(56 LITHOSIADiE. 



tibia; and tarsi at extremities black, the mid tibiae at base and 

 extremities with black spots. Fore wing with the basal area 

 crimson irrorated with brownish and defined by black, its Outer 

 edge extending obliquebj from costa before middle to termen at 

 submedian fold, irregular and with a projection to near base of 

 vein 3, the veins on it streaked with crimson, enclosing an irregu- 

 larly triangular subbasal yellow patch on costa and with a faint 

 curved vellowish and crimson line from vein 2 to inner margin ; the 

 rest of wing yellow ; a small black spot in upper angle of cell with 

 elongate spot above it, four spots beyond the eell and two below 

 vein 3 towards termen: a very irregular subterminal crimson band 

 tinged with fuscous and defined by black, formed by elongate marks 

 in the interspaces with crimson streaks between them on the veins 

 from costa to vein 3 ; a small black spot on costa towards apex, 

 apical and subapical blackish spots edged with crimson, and a series 

 of small black spots just before termen from below apex to below 

 vein 3. Hind wing pale crimson, the costal area yellowish, the 

 terminal area irregularly suffused with- black; the underside yellowish 

 nhite faintly tinged with crimson except on costal area. 



5 . Fore wing with the brown and crimson patches larger 5 bind 

 wing wholly brown. 



Hab. Pb. Guiaxa, St. Laurent Maroni. typef 6 in Coll. Dognin ; 

 Peri, Yalmarmayo. 1 $. Exp., 6 34, 2*4-1 millim. 



*1232</. Eriostepta peruana. (Plate LXV. fig. 6.) 

 Amaxia peruana, Koths. Nov. Zool. xxiii. p. 265 (1916). 



S . Head and thorax chrome-yellow, the vertex of head with 

 black spot, the patagia with curved grey-brown patch defined by 

 black near upper edge, a scarlet point at middle and some scarlet on 

 outer edge and at extremity, the meso- and nieiatborax with paired 

 dark grey-brown marks; antennae black-brown with some yellow 

 at base and white tips; frons with black bar above: palpi black 

 behind; abdomen crimson with small dorsal yellow spot on 2nd 

 segment and the anal tuft yellow; pectus, legs, and ventral surface 

 of abdomen white, the fore femora above and tibiae at base black. 

 the latter with some pale crimson on inner side, the mid femora at 

 extremity and tibia' at base black, the fore and mid tibia' and tarsi 

 at extremities black. Fore wing chrome-yellow; a grey spot at 

 base defined by Mack and some scarlet and similar subbasal spots 

 below costa and cell: a very irregular maculate oblique grey ante- 

 inedial band defined by black and scarlet, lunulate to median 

 nervure, then formed by irregular spots conjoined to a medial spot 

 and expanding widely towards inner margin where it extends to 

 the tornus : small grey spots defined by blackish in and above upper 

 angle of cell and four spots beyond the cell ; a postmedial series of 

 spots from costa to vein 2 with scarlet streaks between them on the 

 veins to vein 4, the spot above vein 5 more produced ; some small 

 dark brown spots on costa towards apex; a subterminal series of 

 small -pots with grey centres with larger brown spots before them 



