ACUIDID^. 735 



43. CEdipoda cinerascens. 

 cinerascens, Blanch. Gay, Chile, vi. 78. 

 Chili. 



44. QEdipoda ochraceipennis. 

 ochraceipennis, Blanch. Gay, Chile, vi. 77. 

 Chili. 



45. CEdipoda aurifera. 



Mas. Fulva, suhlus testacea ; caput et prothorax nigra quadrivittata ,• 

 fastigium conicum, excavatum, nigra unifasciatum ; carina: f rani ales 

 guatuar bene determinatce ; oculi subglabosi ; prothorax brevis, sub- 

 carinalus, transverse striatus, margine postico roltindato ; femora 

 poslico exlus nigra uniseriatim punctata ; tibia pusiicce albidce ; al<e 

 anticce pellucido:, bani futvce, guilis punctisque nounullis nigricanti- 

 bus, striga albida plagisque duabus nigricantibus castalibus ; alec 

 poslicce pellucidce, basiJlavcB. 



Male. Tawny. Head and prothorax with four irregular black 

 stripes, which do not extend to the face nor to the hind border of the pro- 

 thorax. Tip of the vertex conical, depressed, with a keel on each side; 

 front with four well-defined keels which diverge towards the face, the inner 

 pair continuous with the keels of the vertex; a black baud between the 

 eyes on the vertex. Eyes rather prominent, nearly round. Prothorax 

 short, with a slight keel and with slight transverse furrows ; hind border 

 rounded. Abdomen and legs testaceous. Hind femora a little longer than 

 the abdomen, with a row of black points on the outer side. Hind knees 

 black on the inner side. Hind tibiae whitish, much shorter than the hind 

 femora, their spines with black tips. Fore wings tawny towards the base, 

 pellucid beyond the middle, adorned with several blackish dots and points; 

 two blackish costal patches, the first near the base, the second a little before 

 the middle; a whitish costal streak with white veins beginning at the end 

 of the first patch and interrupted by the second; costa rounded near the 

 base. Hind wings pellucid, bright yellow and with yellow veins towards 

 the base and along the interior border ; veins elsewhere black ; four blackish 

 subapical points. Length of the body 9 lines; expansion of the fore wings 

 21 lines. 



This species has some affinity to the genus Epacronia. 



a. St. Jago. 



40. CEdipoda speciosa. 



Mas. Pallide testacea ; caput supra fulvum, antiee albidum, vitlis 

 duabus cavinis fasligii subangulatis fusciaque intermedia nigris, 

 carinis frontalibus antiee obs(Aelis ; villis duabus nigris dilalatis 

 furcatis ; antennie fulvce, apice nigricantes ; prothorax brevis, sttb- 

 carinalus, margine poslico obtuse angululo ; femora poslica nigra 

 bi/asciata ; tibia poslica rufa, basi nigra albo unifasciata ; ala 



