42 Psyche [February 



The paratype differs from the tj-pe cJ" and 9 in having the 

 first flagellar segment of the antennae tipped with black, the wings 

 more unic-olorous ; and femora without the broad indistinct yellow 

 band. I believe that the specimen is merely a variant of the 

 tj'pical species. (Length, almost 28 mm.; wing, 21 mm.) 



Eriocera peruviana sp. nov. 



General color dull bro^\ii; frontal tubercle orange. 



o'. Length, 11.8 mm.; wing, 11.2 mm.; antenna; about 2 mm. 

 Middle leg, fem., 8 mm.; tibia, 8.8 mm. 

 Hind leg, fem., 8.9 mm.; tibia, 10.2 mm. 



Rostrum and palpi yellonish, the latter rather more brownish. Antcmi^ very 

 short, brown; basal segments lighter colored. Frontal tubercle and region imme- 

 diately behind it rich orange-yellow; frontal tubercle deeply furrowed. Remainder 

 of front, vertex and occiput rich brown. 



Pronotum dark brown. Mesonotum, prsescutum, ground color light brownish- 

 yellow; cephalic margin dark brown, continued backward as a stripe on either side 

 of the narrow median line; a short brownish stripe on sides; scutum, scutellum 

 and postnotum browTiish-yellow. Pleurae yellowish-white, a broad darker band 

 extending from the root of the wings to the cervical sclerites. Halteres light 

 brown. Legs: light brown, uniform. Wings: cells C and Sc brownish-grey, 

 remainder of wings clearer grey. Venation (see fig. 5) : Sc strong, Sci remote from 

 tip of Sci; Ri+z more or less on a level with i?*. 



Abdomen dull yellowish brown; sub-terminal three segments darker; hj-po- 

 pygium reddish-brown. 



Holotj-pe, &. Callanga, Peru. (Received froui Staudinger-Bang-IIaas). 

 Type in author's collection. 



Eriocera townsendi sp. nov. 

 Frontal tubercle orange-yellow; scape of antennae dark brown; legs black. 

 9, Length, 18 mm.; wing, 13.fi mm. 



Fore leg, femora, 6.3 mm.; tibia, 7.3 ram. 

 Middle leg, femora, 7.8 mm.; tibia, 7.2 mm. 

 llind leg, femora, 9.1 mm; tibia, 9.5 mm. 

 Rostrum and palpi dark brown; scape of the antenna; dark brown, apicc of 

 segment one pale, silvery; segments 3 to 5, yellowish-orange; remaining antennal 

 segments darkening to brown. Frontal tubercle moderately prominent and rather 

 deeply notched, rich orange-yellow; sides of the vertex behind the eyes brown. 



Mesonotal prascutum with a broad deep brown median stripe, margined with 

 a narrow deep black line and di\-ided by a narrow median line of the same black 

 color; the lateral black stripe is forked near the pseudo-suture, the caudal branch 

 ending at the pseudosutural fovea; sides of the sclerite somewhat brighter brown; 

 scutum, lobes brown, blacker on the cephalic margin; scutellum and middle line 

 of the scutum orange; postnotum dark brown laterally, broadly dull yellow medially. 

 Pleune dark brown. Halteres deep brown, base of the stem a little paler. Legs: 

 coxae and trochanters deep brown except the fore trochanter which is dull yellow; 



