( IIM ) 



near base, accompanied by a broad dark red sliade ; the second near hiinluiargiii, 

 sinuons and jiarallel to margin in middle, tiie spot on vein 2 displaced base- 

 wards, above vein (i forked and thickened, marked by pale scales; a large dark 

 red cell-spot; fringe brick-red; at the end of eacli vein a few whitish scales. 



Uhuhcinci : darker and withont any l)asal line, otherwise like forewing ; the 

 fringe of inner margin ochreons. 



Underside ochraceous, marked with blackish striae, along hindmargin 

 brownish red ; costa of forewing with dark striae, thickened towards base ; inner 

 margin whitish ; inner line thick ; onter line marked as above ; a whitish grey 

 apical blotch ; cell-spot large, brown ; fringe dark brown with whitish scales 

 along base; liindwing like forewing, the whitish scales on margin more developed. 



Head, thorax, and abdomen above brick-red ; abdomen beneath and anal tnft 

 ochreons. 



In the ? the spots on vein 1 in both lines and those forming the subapical 

 fork are enlarged into lilotches of grey scales, and the costal edge remains red; 

 the hindmargin of forewing is faintly elbovped at vein 4 and concave above, the 

 apex appearing subfalcate, while in the S the hindmargin is sira])ly obliijne, 

 hardly cnrved, the ajiex ronnded. 



Expanse of wings : 32 mm. 



1 <?, 2 ??, from Santo Domingo, ('araba}-a, S.E. Pern, OiiuO ft., November, 

 December 1901, wet season (Ockenden). 



Neuration of forewings the same as in O.Jilata. 



261. Oenoptila prunicolor spec. nov. 



Foreicinq : rich plnm-colonr, towards end of cell fiery red ; a broad grey 

 costal streak from base to apex, its lower edge more leaden grey, the costal edge 

 streaked with black, and with some ferruginous marks ; at three-fonrths of the 

 wing, from vein 7 to vein 4, is an ear-shaped yellow blotch, marked with fiery 

 orange scales, edged inwardly by a sinuous snow-white line, .along which the 

 blotch is marked with doeji ferruginous : it is followed below vein 7 by a largish 

 yellow spot marked with fiery orange ; anal angle tinged with fulvous yellow ; 

 fringe plum-colour. 



Hindwiiig : with basal area deep ferruginous ; the anal area and an irregu- 

 larly sinuous, outwardly white-edged, median band plum-colour ; apical area and 

 an antemedian fascia deep yellow, speckled with black and tinged with fulvous; 

 a round dark cell-si)ot; along the dark median fascia are yellow spots between 

 the veins ; dark submarginal blotches between the veins above middle, that 

 beyond cell joined to the plum-coloured anal area. 



Underside dull grey and yellowish, the grey predominating in the forewing 

 and the yellow in the hindwing, the dark markings showing through from above. 



Head, metathorax, tips of patagia, and base of abdomen deep ferruginous ; 

 rest of abdomen lilac-grey ; collar, shoulders, base of patagia, and front of thorax 

 grey. 



Expanse of wings : r)4 mm. 



1 ? from Santo Domingo, Carabaya, S.E. Peru, 0000 ft., .January 10ii2, wet 

 season (Ockenden). 



A remarkably handsome insect ; notwithstanding its striking sui)erficial 

 difference, the points of resemblance are so great that I shall not be surprised 



