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08. Lomographa venata sppc. nov. 



Forewiny : silky wliite, without speckling; costal edge, veius, niul muvgiiml 

 line finely bronzy brown ; three distinct grey transverse lines, none reaching costa : 

 the first along the discocellnlnr, then vertical ; the second close to it and parallel 

 below middle, above middle slightly curved from the subcostal; onter parallel to 

 the second but nearer hindmargin; fringe concolorons; no cell-spot. 



llimlwing : with the two onter lines only, both indistinct; otherwise like 

 fore wing. 



Underside uniform white ; costa of forewing bronzy brown. 



Head, shoulders, and palpi white mixed with dull yellow ; thura.x and abdomen 

 white ; legs white, externally fuscous-tinged. 



Expanse of wings : :3',' mm. 



1 3 from Santo Domingo, Carabaya, S.E. Pern, (iOOO ft., June I'.miI, dry 

 season (Ockenden). 



Subfamily BRACCINAE. 



Of). Melanchroia albifascia spec. nov. 



Forcwiiig : black, with a, broad white band crossing the wing obliquely from 

 costa just beyond middle nearly to anal angle ; fringe black. 

 Ilindwing : purple-black. 

 Underside the same as upper. 



Head, thorax, abdomen, and legs black : pectus fulvons. 

 Expanse of wings : 34 mm. 

 1 ? from Cananche, Cnndiuamarca, July r.i03 ("de Mathan). 



I'lU. Melanchroia astigma spec. nov. 



Foirir//)i/ : deep black, with an oblique subijuadrate blotch with ronnded edges 

 beyond cell pure white ; fringe black with the extreme apical tips white. 



Hituliiiiig: wholly black, the fringe as well. 



Underside like upper. 



Palpi, pectus, and anal tufts fulvous ; all the rest Ijlack. 



Expanse of wings : 35 mm. 



1 6 from Cuzco, Peru, March I'Jnl (Garlepp). 



Ditt'ers from M. ateraea Cram, and its ab. siiljuofntn Warr. in having no 

 trace of a white cell-mark on hindwing either above or below; the fringe of 

 Ilindwing is wholly black; and the veins of both wings are not even pale; the 

 white blotch of forewing also seems to be differently shaped. 



mi. Sangalopsis basidentata spec. nov. 



Fori'iriiKj : velvety black, with a large orange-red patch in middle of wing ; 

 its n]ipiT edge starts from near base of cell and runs along the subcostal vein to 

 a little beyond middle, where it forms a slight projection and turns at right angles 

 straight or somewhat sinuous towards anal angle, before which it curves inwards, 

 not quite touching inner margin to vein 1 at about middle ; the inner edge shows 

 two teetli, one just under the median vein, the other on the snbmedian fold ; fringe 

 reddish black. 



