THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 321 



NEW DIURNAL LEPIDOPTERA FROM SOUTH AMERICA. 



BY A. G. WEEKS, JR., BOSTON, MASS. 

 ( Continued from page 2g6. ) 

 PytJionides hirta, sp. no v. 



Habitat: Bogata district, Colombia. Expanse: 1.50 inches. 



Head, palpi, thorax and abdomen above, dark mouse colour ; 

 beneath, nearly white. Between the eyes are three white dots. Antennae 

 black. Legs grayish white. 



Upper side of fore wing dark mouse colour. There is a broad 

 prominent yellowish-white band extending from costa down to submedian 

 nervure, its inner edge straight, the outer edge swelling outwards 

 somewhat. The interspaces between this distinctive band and the hind 

 margin, also the interspaces upwards towards costa, are heavily dusted 

 with light mouse-coloured scales. The nervures and nervules are nearly 

 black. The hind margin bears a slight hairy fringe and a very slight 

 darkish thread. 



Upper side of lower wing dark mouse colour. There is a broad 

 white area covering central half of costa and extending downwards to the 

 median nervure, suffusing somewhat towards hind margin. Outside of 

 this area the interspaces show a little lighter shade than the ground 

 colour. The nervures and nervules are dark. The hind margin has a 

 slight hairy fringe and a very slight darkish thread. 



The yellowish-white band of fore wing and the white band or area of 

 lower wings form the prominent marking of upper surface. The rest of 

 the wing is of dark colour, with the slight variations above noted. 



The under side of fore wing is divided between white and dead 

 mouse colour. The basal portion within a line drawn from centre of 

 costa down to lower angle is white. The rest of the wing (the apical 

 area) is dead dark mouse colour, the interspaces showing white dashes 

 starting at subcostal interspaces midway between the apex and the edge 

 of the white area. The hind margin has a hairy fringe and a darkish 

 thread. 



The lower side of hind wing is white, excepting a broad hind 

 marginal border of dark mouse colour, which suffuses upwards towards 

 base as it reaches the anal angle. At the upper angle there is a sugges- 



