4-J4 EXOTIC MICnOLKPlBorTEKA. 



»/Sesia votaria, n. sp. 



c^ . 11 mm. Head, thorax iridescent green-blue, face and orbits 

 white. I'alpi with apprcssed scales, yellowish, a dark fuscous streak 

 on terminal joint. Antenmc deep purple. Abdomen dark indi<j;o- 

 blue, base whitish, posterior margins of soginents 5, 7, and 

 sometimes 6 white, on ventral surface margins of all segments 

 more or less suffused white, anal tuft deep purple, mixed wjiite on 

 each side at tip. Wings byaliric, veins black, cilia dark fuscous ; 

 forewings M'itli costal and dorsal streaks deep purple, a moderate 

 purple- blackish fascia on transverse vein, and terminal patch 

 occupying I of area beyond this; hindwings with transverse vein 

 colourless, a slender dark fuscous terminal streak becoming thicker 

 towards apex. Forewings beneath with apical patch sprinkled 

 whitish. 



Ekazil, Para, Teffe, June, July, and January (Pcn-ish) ; 3 ex. 



v/ Sesia scarabitis, n. sp. 



(^ . 14 mm. Head, thorax dark blue, orbits white, collar 

 yellowish. Palpi smooth, blackish, anteriorly whitish. Antennae 

 black. Abdomen green-blackish, anal tuft dark blue. Wings 

 hyaline, veins black, cilia dark fuscous ; forewings with costal and 

 dorsal streaks, a bar on end of cell, and slender terminal streak 

 purple-black; hindwings with terminal line black, transverse vein 

 colourless. 



Pekxj, Jurimaguas, March [ParisJi) ; 1 ex. 



X\LORYCTID^. 



Eporycta hiracopis, n. sp. 



J. 32 mm. Head, palpi, abdomen grey-whitish. Antennal 

 pectinations 1. Thorax whitish-grey. Forewings narrow^ at base, 

 dilated, costa gently arched, termen rather obli(]uely rounded ; 

 whitish iri-egularly tinged pale grey, some scattered grey scales ; 

 a small mark of dark grey irroration towards costa near base ; 

 stigmata dark grey, plical obliquely before first discal, an additional 

 dot beneath second discal : cilia grey-whitish, baso mixed grey. 

 Hindwings pale grey, whitish-tinged towards base; cilia white, 

 faint greyish basal and median lines. 



South Australia (0/?/^) ; 1 ex., Wals. Coll. (3601). 



Xylorycta terminata, n. sp. 

 (^ . 26 mm. Head, thorax white. Pal|)i white, second joint 

 yellow - ochreous externally, terminal joint somewluit over half 

 second. Antennal ciliations 2, fasciculated. Abdomen ochreous- 

 whitish. Forewings posteriorly dilated, termen slightly rounded, 

 somewhat oblique ; 8 to apex ; shining white ; extreme costal 

 edge light yellow-ocbreous, at base greyish, a very fine interrupted 

 orange line from costa at | to beneath two small orange spots on 

 costa near apex ; a short fine black line on apical edge, forming a 



