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and white patch at anal angle ; veins white ; wing studded with green and black 

 spots, being most conspicuous on abdominal border ; wings below smoky ; fore-wings 

 with pinky reflections ; abdominal half of hind-wings creamy-white ; an angulated 

 black line from abdominal to upper border ; a dark discal spot, and all the wing 

 dark speckled ; fore-wings, costa creamy, black speckled, a faint indication of an 

 angulated line, corresponding to that of outer third on upper-side ; head green ; 

 thorax snow-white on sides, fawn above, intermixed with a few green scales ; a 

 dark brown or blackish stripe across pro- and metathorax ; abdomen smoky, inclining 

 to fawn, speckled with darker scales ; and on the first three segments of abdomen 

 are a bunch of raised green tufts ; body and abdomen below dirty brown or drab ; 

 legs cream-coloured, black speckled. 



I have placed this in Scotopterxjx, but really I am uot sure 

 whether it will remain there. 



Htponomeuta eutila, sp. nov. 

 Alls anticis supra rutilis ; posticis ulbido-splendentibus ; infra, ant ids 

 roseo-liiteis ; posticis alhidis. Exp. alar., 15 mm. 



Hah. : Araucania ; meusis Jauuarius. 

 Fore-wings on the upper-side of a fiery-red ; from the base to near outer angle 

 a darkish stripe runs parallel to inner border ; under-side of a rosy-yellow, without 

 markings ; hind-wings, above, shining white ; below, white ; thorax red ; abdomen 

 dark brown. 



AnTITHESIA MONTANA, sp. nOV. 

 Alls anticis in dimidio hasali luteis, in postico fuscis, macula orhiculari 

 lutea versus angulttm notata ; posticis nigris fumosis ; subtus fumosa. 



Exp. alar., 15 mm. 

 Sab. : Lolco, in Araucania; mensis Februarius. 

 Fore-wings above with a large yellow patch occupying the basal half of wing ; 

 outer half of wing and a part of base of a very dark red (in some lights), but 

 generally blackisli ; in centre of outer half is a large round yellow dot, enclosed in 

 a black ring ; hind-wings of a shining smoky-black ; under-side of all the wings 

 smoky, inclining to black ; head yellow ; thorax and abdomen colour of hind- wings ; 

 fringe on fore-wings blackish ; of hind-wings piceous. 



Aqriocoma mimulina, Butler. 

 var. araucana. 



Alis anticis supra sulphureis ; macula fumosa magna ; posticis alhido- 

 splendentibus ; subtus, anticis albido-sulphureis, macula eadem ut suj)ra 

 conspicua ; posticis albidis, macula discoidali nigra. Exp. alar., 19 mm. 



Sab. : Araucania ; mensis Februarius. 



Of this species, Butler's description of mimulina comes pretty near, excepting 

 that the patch is smoky-coloured, instead of reddish, also he does not mention the 

 black discal spot and a series of black dashes on outer border of hind-wings on the 

 under-side ; so that should var. araucana bo elevated to the rank of a new species 



