4^8 NOVITATES ZOOLOGICAE XXIV. Ull7. 



grey areas of forewing being much darker and strongly suffused with crimson, 

 in the hindwings being suffused with yellow, and in the abdomen being darker 

 more crimson-scarlet. 



Length of forewing : <J 13 mm, $ 11 mm. Expanse : S 29 mm., ? 25 mm. 



Habitat. Caracas, Venezuela, 3 55, 7 ?? ; San Esteban, Venezuela, July 1909 

 (S. M. Klages), 5 55; Las Quignas, Venezuela (S. M. Klages), 255; St. Jean 

 de Maroni, French Guiana, 1 ?. 



11. Paranerita diversa, sp. nov, 



5. Antennae dark brown, outer one-thu-d white ; head golden yellow ; 

 thorax cinnamon-mauve-purple ; abdomen scarlet, anal tuft yellow. 



Forewing basal half very obliquely cinnamon-mauvc-purijle edged with 

 scarlet ; outer half golden yellow, a large subapical ovoid patch mauve-purple. 



Hindwing cream-white irregularly suffused with yellow. ? larger, differs 



in having the subapical patch jomed to basal half of wing by a broad band of 

 same colour and rmged with scarlet, and in the hmdwing being semivitreous 

 and suffused with pale pink. 



Length of forewing : 5, 14 mm, ? 17 mm. Expanse : 5 31 mm., ? 38 mm. 



Habitat. San Esteban, Venezuela, June 1909 (S. M. Klages), 6 ,S<S, 2 ?? ; 

 Las Quignas, Venezuela (S. il. Klages), 1 ? ; Merida, Venezuela, November 1898 

 (Briceno), 1 5- 



12. Parajierita plagosa, sp. nov. 



?. Antennae dark brown, outer two-fifths white ; head yellow broadly edged 

 with scarlet ; tegulae scarlet with golden-yellow central spot, patagia basal 

 half scarlet with dull yellow marks, outer half niauvc-brown, rest of thorax 

 mauve-brov\n ; abdomen dark brick-red. 



Forewing dark purplish brown-grey ; a trilobed subbasal golden-yellow 

 patch edged with scarlet, a wedge-shaped golden patch edged with scarlet 

 from middle of costa to median nervure, two irregular golden terminal patches 



edged with scarlet, three dull-scarlet marks round about vein 1 . Hindwings 



dark salmon with broad sooty marginal band. 



Length of forewing : 14 mm. Expanse : 31 mm. 



Habitat. St. Jean de Maroni, French Guiana, 1 ?. 



13. Paranerita translucida, sp. nov. 



5. Antennae amber-brown ; head dull lemon-yellow ; thorax mouse-grey ; 

 abdomen dull brick-red, anal tuft buff. 



Forewing vitreous ; basal two-fifths and large ovoid apical patch mouse- 

 grey, median three-fifths of costa duty buff. Hindwing buff suffused hregu- 



larly with mouse-grey. 



Length of forcwmg : 12 mm. Expanse : 26 mm. 



Habitat. La Union, Rio Huacamayo, Carabaya, 2,000 ft., December 1904 

 (G. Ockenden), 1 5- 



14. Paranerita kennedyi, sp. nov. 



5. Antennae black-brown, tip paler ; head golden j'cllow ; thorax mauve- 

 grey ; abdomen scarlet-crimson, anal tuft buff'. 



Forewing outer half obliquely golden yellow ; basal half and large very 



