218 [August, 



and in Oxyptilus, Z. I caiiuot but regard it as a connecting link 

 between these genera and Agdistis, to which its affinities are more 

 neai'ly inclined. 



OCHTEOTICA FASCIATA, S^J. nOV. 



AntenncB whitish, spotted with pale ferruginous. 



Palpi whitish, touched with pale ferruginous at the sides, the base with a small 

 ferruginous spot. 



Haustellum whitish. 



Head pale ferruginous, covered with a brush of erect hair-like scales, each of 

 which is distinctly flattened and furcate at its apex. 



Thorax white, witli a ferruginous band along its anterior margin, reaching to 

 the base of the wings on each side. 



Fore-ioings white, sparsely speckled with ferruginous scales ; the costal margin 

 ferruginous throughout, as are also the apical and the whole outer portion of the 

 dorsal margin, this colour can also be traced towards the base, but is interrupted 

 before the middle ; a triangular ferruginous fascia commencing before the outer 

 third of the costa is attenuated downwards to the ferruginous shade on the dorsal 

 margin, thus completely enclosing the white central portion of the outer third of 

 the wing by a narrow ferruginous band, this portion is slightly tinged, as well as 

 speckled with pale ferruginous ; on the middle of the apical margin is a slight in- 

 verted ferruginous tooth-like projection ; cilia at the apical margin ferruginous at 

 the base, forming part of the dark marginal band, but externally pale inclining to 

 ochreous ; a slight fuscous streak runs through them at the anal angle, and a second, 

 less conspicuous, ojiposite the transverse fascia. Exp. alar., 14 mm. 



Uind-wings brownish, cilia paler. 



Abdomen wanting. 



Legs, anterior pair tinged with ferruginous, whitish at the joints ; posterior 

 pair with alternate bars of ferruginous and white ; first pair of spurs scarcely ex- 

 ceeding the second pair in length, both pairs indistinctly barred ; the erect fringes 

 at their base tipped with dark ferruginous. 



Hob. : Brazil, Espiritu Santo {Schmidt). 

 Type, (J, Mus. Wlsm. 



I purchased this specimen some years since from M. Dcyrolle in 

 Paris. 



I add further details from a specimen in the collection of Mr. 

 Herbert Druce, from Central America. 



Abdomen brownish at the base, whitish beyond it, with crossed bars of ferru- 

 ginous forming a letter X before the middle ; a ferruginous transverse band beyond 

 the middle ; anal segment ferruginous ; the posterior edges of the white portions of 

 the abdomen have the appearance of raised fringes marking the ends of the segments. 



Fore-wings with an irregular fasciaform ferruginous marking before the middle 

 of the dorsal margin ; the dorsal margin is distinctly tinged with ferruginous 

 tliroughout. 



(To he continued). 



