120 NOVITATES ZOOLOOICAE XXV. 1918. 



1519a. Chabuata cerastidia n. sp. 



?. Head and thorax bright glossy red-brown, the head and tegulae with a 

 few white scales ; antennae dark brown, ringed with white towards base ; palpi 

 deep chocolate-brown irroiated with ochreous ; abdomen red-brown tinged 

 with grey, the anal tuft rufous ; pectus, legs, and ventral surface of abdomen 

 dark red-brown irrorated with white, the tarsi ringed with white. Forewing 

 deep glossy red, the veins daik browii irrorated with white ; a waved grey-white 

 subbasal line from costa to submedian fold ; antemedial line grey-white, waved ; 

 orbicular a faint brown spot with some white scales on it in upper part of cell, 

 the reniform repre.sented by a small patch of white scales ; traces of an oblique 

 waved line formed by white scales from lower angle of cell to inner margin ; 

 postmedial line formed by white scales faintly defined on inner side by brown, 

 slightly waved, excurved beyond the angles of cell and incurved at discal fold 

 and below vein 3, some white points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line 

 formed by white scales defined on inner side by a brown line, excurved below 

 vein 7 and at middle ; a terminal series of slight white points ; cilia dark red- 

 brown tinged with grey. Hindwing glossy red-brown, the cilia whitish tinged 

 with red-brown and with brown line near base. Underside of forewing brown, 

 the costal and terminal areas red-brown irrorated with whitish, the inner area 

 whitish ; hindwing grey tinged with red-brown and irrorated with dark brown, 

 the costal area red-brown irrorated with ochreous, a blackish discoidal spot 

 and brown postmedial line. 



Hah. Pern, Uruhuasi (Watkins), 1 S type. Exp. 32 mill. 



15376. Hyssia niflmixta n. sp. 



?. Head, thorax, and abdomen dark brown mixed with some whitish ; 

 antennae dark brown ; palpi black mixed with whitish ; pectus, legs, and ven- 

 tral surface of abdomen whitish mixed with brown, the tarsi dark browii ringed 

 with white. Forewing dark brown suffused with leaden grey and iiTorated with 

 blackish and some rufous ; subbasal line black defined on outer side by rufous ; 

 from costa to above vein 1, where it is curved inwards ; antemedial line black 

 defined on inner side by rufous, inwardly oblique below submedian fold ; clavi- 

 form defined by black and with black patch from its extremity to the post- 

 medial line ; orbicular and reniform large, rufous mixed with grey-brown, 

 the former round, the latter extendirg to below the cell ; postmedial lir^c black 

 defined on outer side by rufous, bent outwards below costa, then dentate and 

 produced to slight streaks on the veins, excurved to vein 4, then incurved, some 

 white points beyond it on costa ; subtermirial line white defined on inner side 

 by slight brown marks, bent outwards at vein 7 ard dentate at veins 4, 3 ; a 

 terminal series of small black lunules ; cilia rufous with blackish line near base 

 and chequered with blackish at tips. Hindwing white', the veins and inner 

 and terminal areas suffused with brown ; a dark terminal line ; cilia white, 

 tinged with brown at base. Underside of forewing grey-brown, the ccstal area 

 irrorated with whitish ; hindwing with the costal and terminal areas suffused 

 and irrorated with brown, a sinuous brown postmedial line. 



Hob. Br. C. Africa, Mt. Mlarje (Neave), 1 $ type. Exp. 34 mill. 



