312 NOCTUIB^. 



*1583. Eriopyga melanogaster. (Plate XC. fig. G.) 

 Orthodes melanoyasier, Griien. Noct. i. p. 373 (1852). 



(S . Head and thorax pale rufous ; abdomen fuscous, with the 

 Jatural and anal tut'ts ochreous. Fore wing greyish ochreous suffused 

 with purplish rufous, and with very slight fuscous irroration chiefly 

 on the veins and costal area; subbasal line represented by a few dark 

 scales ; antemedial line defined by whitish on inner side, strongly 

 incurved in cell and slightly bent inwards to inner margin ; claviform 

 absent; orbicular and reniform large, defined by whitish, the former 

 elliptical; an oblique medial shade from lower angle of cell to inner 

 margin ; postmedial line slightly bent outwards below costa, exeurved 

 to vein 5, then strongly incurved, some black and white points 

 beyond it on the veins ; subterminal line almost straight, whitish 

 defined by brown on inner side ; a terminal series of small brown 

 spots ; cilia olive-ochreous. Hind wing reddish brown ; the cilia 

 pale brown, whitish at tips ; the underside whitish, the costal area 

 irrorated with rufous, some postmedial points on the veins, an 

 indistinct subterminal line. 



Hah. Brazil, New Fribourg, type t c? in Coll. Oberthiir. Exp. 

 44 millim. 



15S4. Eriopyga secedens, (Plate LXXXYII. fig. 9.) 

 Himella secedens, Schaiis, J. N.Y. Eut. Soc. xi. p. 234 (1903). 



Head and thorax rufous with a purplish-pink tinge ; sides of 

 palpi and frons blackish ; abdomen fuscous, the anal tuft ochreous, 

 the lateral fringes and ventral surface rufous, the basal tufts yellow. 

 Fore wing rufous suffused with purplish pink and with some dark 

 irroration ; traces of a waved subbasal line from costa to submedian 

 fold, with a small black spot beyond it in cell ; antemedial line 

 indistinct, ochreous, only traceable from median nervure to inner 

 margin ; orbicular and reniform large with ochreous annuli, the 

 former round ; a slight medial shade bent inwards to costa ; post- 

 medial line rather indistinct, even, bent outwards below costa, 

 exeurved to vein 4, then incurved, and with a series of black points 

 beyond it on the veins; subterminal line ochreous, defined by l3rown 

 on inner side, slightly exeurved below costa and incurved towards 

 inner margin. Hind wing yellowish suffused with fuscous, the cilia 

 yellow; the underside yellow, the costal area suffused with purplish 

 pink, a black discoidal spot and slightly sinuous postmedial line. 



Hah. Brazil, Castro Paraiia, 1 $, type f ^ in Coll. Schaus ; 

 Bolivia, Cochabamba, 1 $ , La Paz. Exp. 36 milb'm. 



15S5. Eriopyga excavata, n. sp, (Plate LXXXYII. fig. 10.) 



Head and thorax red-brown mixed with grey ; palpi blackish at 

 sides; abdomen and lateral tufts fuscous, the ventral surface reddish 

 mixed with grey, the anal tuft yellowish. Fore wing grey thickly 

 irrorated with red- brown and slightly with black; an indistinct 



