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scales ; apical ami snbapical black and veil partitions of submarj,nual line of 

 liindwing larger than in the preceding race. 

 Uab. Marcapata, 8onth-East Pern ; 1 J. 



9c. S. medea miles snbi3p. nov. 



c?. White submargiiial line narrower than in the previons forms ; the black 

 apical spot of the forewiug larger, especially beneath, where it is at least as large 

 as the black centre of the ocellns of the hind wing. This spot on the underside 

 followed by a large red spot; first two red and black partitions of the snbmarginal 

 line of the hiudwing as large as in the preceding race; the snbmarginal white line of 

 the hindwiug distinct, that of the forewing marked only posteriorly ; ground-colour 

 whitish grey. Abdomen with a black line at the sides edged with white. 



Hab. Rio Blanco, Oroya Railway, West Pern, 12,000 ft. (A. Miles Moss) ; 1 iS. 



In this specimen the ocellns of the hindwing above has no vitreous dot and 

 the outer border of the snbmarginal line is pure white from R' to anal angle. In 

 a second specimen, from Huancabamlja, to the east of C'erro de Pasco, the ocellns 

 of the hindwing above has a vitreous pupil, the white snbmarginal line of the 

 forewing, also on upperside, is less than 2 mm. wide and the corresponding line of 

 the hindwiug is shaded with red throughout ; the underside is suffused with fuscous 

 and red as in the Carabaya form. Moreover, the black lateral line of the abdomen 

 is not edged with white. 



9d. S. medea medea Maass. 



Sahirnia metlm Maassen, in Stiibel's Reise p. 133. no. 72. t. 5. fig. 7 (1890). 



S. White submarginal line of forewing above narrow ; apical spot small above 

 and beneath. Underside fnscons for the greater part, both wings with a narrow 

 white submarginal line ; below apical spot of forewing a narrow white crescent (part 

 of submarginal line) edged with red. 



Hab. Ecuador : Pichincha, Riobamba, Iluambaya, at higher elevations. 



Catharisa gen. nov. 



¥ . Tongue reduced to two thin separate lobes. Palpi quite short. Shaft of 

 antenna strongly compressed, ventral outline appearing serrate, each segment more 

 than half as wide again in a dorso-ventral direction as in a basi-distal direction ; 

 bipectinate, the branches long, slender, curving evenly upwards and then down- 

 wards, those of the central segments about as long as five segments. Foretibia 

 with apical thorn as io Heliconisa Walk. (1855) and Coloradia Blake (1863) ; spur 

 of inside large, more than half the length of the tibia. Spurs of mid- and hindtibia 

 short, hindtibia with only the apical pair. Forewing with three snbcostals, the first 

 from cell, upper radial from angle, second radial much before centre, upper angle 

 of cell about 90", cross-veins less oblique than in the species of Heliconisa. Nenra- 

 tion of hindwing nearly as in Heliconisa imgenstecheri Geyer (1837?), but the cell 

 broader at the origin of SC^ the cross-vein traversing the ocellus less oblique and 

 nearer to the upper median vein. 



One species. 



10. Catharisa cerina sp. nov. 



?. Uniformly greenish chrome-yellow; antenna ochraceous ; tibiae and tarsi 

 smooth, more or less purplish ; costal margins and fringes rosy. Forewing with 



