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Ilinrlwing : wlioUj Mack. 



Uiidprside like u])per, but the fascia of forewing broader and orange-j-eUow. 



Palpi black, grey below ; face black, with a grey spot below each antenna ; 

 vertex, thorax, and abdomen black ; an orange spot behind each e3"c ; dorsum with 

 six small ])ale liitoons spots : an olive belt across vein 5 : a broad yellow lateral 

 stripe ; legs black, with the inside yellowish. 



Expanse of wings : 40 mm. 



2 (JcJ, 1 ?, from Cananche, ('nudinamarca, Colombia, July 1903 (de Mathan). 



The fascia of forewing is exactly like that in Sayai isxti/fpic Wlk. and Phui-araea 

 enjnnis Hiib. ; bnt in both the wings are mnch broader, and the dorsnm nnspotted, 

 enjnnis being further separated by the abnormal development of tlie liindwing 

 of the (?. 



1^. Ephialtias percurrens sjiec. nov. 



Foifiiciiii/ : brown-lilack, crossed by a yellow liand from middle of costa to anal 

 angle, mnch as in tri/ma Schaus ; bnt the yellow is deeper, its inner edge starts from 

 before middle of costa, and the yellow runs tlirongh to costa and inner margin. 



Hindwing : brown-black. 



Underside like upper. 



Head, thorax, and abdomen like wings. 



Expanse of wings : 30 mm. 



1 ? from Limbani, Carabaya, S.E. Pern, 10,000 ft., November 1001, wet season 

 (Ockenden). 



l'.». Ephialtias repetita spec. nov. 



Foretriiig : velvety black, with slight bine reflections ; a yellow band of 

 uniform width from below middle of costa to vein 1 at three-fourths, its outer edge 

 slightly convex outwards ; fringe concolorous. 



Tlindiriiig : black, with strong blue reflections, witli a trilobed yellow spot 

 before ajiex, continuing the band of forewing. 



Underside the same, but the yellow in both wings broader. 



Head, thorax, and abdomen black, with bine rcflertions ; underside of alidomen 

 dull whitish, with a grey streak down the centre. 



Expanse of wings : 40 mm. 



1 S from Gnadalite, C'undinamarca, t'ldombia, August 10(i3 (de Mathan). 



Nearest to E. liiuiiqi Feld., from Panama, which is a larger insect with broader 

 wings. There are two examples unnamed in the British Slnseum Collection from 

 Sta. Martha. E. ilaire Druce resembles this species in the narrowness of the 

 wings, but is without the yellow spot at apex of hindwing. 



20. Josia turgida spec, nov., and ali. conifera nov. 



Forewing: dark orange-fulvous; costa and inner margin brown-black, narrow 

 at base, gradually widening outwards, the edge of the orange area beyond middle 

 irregular and curved, and forming a blnnt projection before margin at vein 4. 



Hindwing : with the apex only broadly black-brown, tliis tint rimning in 

 narrowly along the subcostal vein to midwing and containing a dee|)er coloured cell- 

 sput ; a horseshoe-shaped dark blotch on margin between vein 2 and the submedian 



