( 165 ) 



and vein 1, fringe at apex whife. -Himlwing above velvety black with white 



ajiical fringe, abdominal area broadly monse-grev ; below the abdominal one-third 

 of wing, the basal third of costal area, and the aj)ex pure white. 



Length of forewing : 14 mm. 



Hub. San Jacinthe Valley, Theophilo Ottoni, Minas Geraes, 1907-8 (F. Birch) 

 (type) ; Minas Geraes, 1897 (ex coll. Frnhstorfer). 



07. Agyrta birclii borealis snbsp. nov. 



S. Differs from b. birchi in its larger size and white abdominal area of hind- 

 wings above. 



Length of forewing : 10 mm. 



Hab. Corosito, Canra River, June 1904 (S. M. Klages). 



68. Agyrta birchi pumila snbsp. nov. 



S ? . Differs from h. birchi by its small size, narrower and more pointed fore- 

 wing, in the white abdominal area of hindwing above, and in the absence on 

 hiudwing below of white basal part of costal area and white apex. 



Length of forewing : 12 mm. 



Hab. Allianca, below San Antonio, Rio Madeira, and Calama, Rio Madeira, 

 November — December 1907 (\V. Hoffmanns). 



69. Delphire rufiventris hampsoni subsp. nov. 



S. Pectus, underside of and sides of abdomen brick-red; basal joint of palpi 

 brick-red ; head, antennae, and thorax mouse-grey ; collar and spots on tegnlae 

 crimson-scarlet ; abdomen mouse-grey with brick-red intra-segmental rings on 



aj)ical half Forewing mouse-grey, nervures darker, and some of the interspaces 



on basal half and jiostdiscally whitish semihyaline. Hindwing sooty black 



washed with blue ; abdominal area mouse-grey ; median area greyish hyaline. 



Length of forewing : 24 mm. 



llah. Sauto Domingo, Carabaya, Peru, 0000 ft., June 1902 (dry season) 

 (G. Ockendeu). 



7n. Delphire rufiventris orientalis subsp. nov. 



S . Differs from ;■. hampsoni by the scarlet vertex to head, much smaller size 

 and deep brownish grey ni]iform colour of forewings and thorax. 



Length of forewing : 20 mm. 



Ilab. Allianca, below San Antonio, Rio Madeira, November — December 1907 

 (W. Hoffmanns). 



71. Delphire rufiventris meridensis sabsp. nov. 



(J ¥ . Differs from r. hampsoni by its very broad, clay-grey reniform forewing, 

 absence of blue gloss on hindwing, and sooty black abdomen. 

 Hub. Merida, Venezuela (Briceuo). 



72. Delphire klagesi sp. nov. 



cJ. This is a near ally oi testacea Druce, but much darker and more distinctly 

 marked. Pectus brown ; under.-iide of abdomen and basal joint of palpi orange ; 



