ijOVtTATES ZoOLOOiCAE XXlV. I Oil 477 



oloudiiig on forewing, with ante- and postmedian lines more distinct and hind- 

 wings paler more rose-pinli. 



Length of forewing ; S9 15 mm. Expanse : 34 mm. 



Habitat. La Union Rio Huacamayo Carabaya, South-East Peru, 2,000 ft., 

 November 1904 (G. Ockenden), 1 ? ; French Guiana, Nouveau Chantier, May, 

 1 (J Type ; St. Jean de Maroni, French Guiana, 5 (JcJ. 



8. Amaxia maroniensis, sp. nov. 



o . Pectus white ; antennae black, basal one-fifth amber-yellow, apical one- 

 fifth white ; head golden yellow ; tegulae golden yellow, patagia sooty purplish 

 grey with shoulder patch golden yellow edged with crimson and some pink hail- 

 on edge, rest of thorax sooty purplish grey ; abdomen sooty purplish grey, two 

 last segments golden yellow, lateral scarlet stripes which join on dorsal line 

 on penultimate segment. 



Forewing costal area from base and outer three-fifths of wing golden yellow, 

 basal two-fifths of wing except costal area sooty purplish grey with scarlet edging 

 and nervures, basal one-third of vein 1 broadly a mixture of scarlet and yellow, 

 a yellow median spot with scarlet ring lielow vein 1 ; a subterminal row of seven 

 grey dots, disc of wing with a number of grey spots, foui' of which towards 



apex are larger, contiguous, and more or less edged with scarlet. Hindwing 



yellowish salmon-rose ; costal area whitish, a large subterminal sooty-grey 

 elongate patch. 



Length of forewing : 16 mm. Expanse : 37 mm. 



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



9. Eriostepta pseudamaxia, sp. nov. 



J. Pectus white, forecoxae j^ink, foretibiae crimson; antennae brown, tip 

 white, basal segment crimson ; frons dark grey with white spot, vertex golden 

 yellow with some crimson dots ; tegulae dark grey with a golden scarlet-edged 

 spot, patagia dark grey with outer half white and a basal yellow scarlet-edged 

 spot, rest of thorax dark grey with scarlet dots ; abdomen pale scarlet-crimson, 

 anal tuft dirty yellow. 



Forewing basal half obliquely dark grey very irregular and jagged on distal 

 edge and with several yellow scarlet-edged sjjots the veins being mostly scarlet ; 

 outer half yellow, six marginal fuscous dots ; at apex of cell and between veins 



5 and 8 four quadrate crimson-edged dark-grey j^atches irregularly placed. 



Hindwing creamy white washed with yellow, a dark-grey terminal patch below 

 apex. 



Length of forewing : 15 mm. Exjianse : 33 mm. 



Habitat. St. Jean de Maroni, French Guiana, 1 3- 



10. Paranerita postrosea, sp. nov. 



o. Antennae dark brown, outer one-fourth white ; head golden yellow with 

 red line behind vertex ; thorax dark mauve-grey ; abdomen crimson, anal tuft 

 yellow. 



Forewing basal half obliquely dark mauve-grey, the distal side somewhat 

 irregular with a tooth under cell ; outer half lemon-yellow with large ovoid 

 subapical mauve-grey patch. Hindwings rose-pink. ? differs m the mauve- 



