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Euhalisidota aperta, n. sp. — Primaries smoky dral), speckled with 

 dull yellowish scales. Secondaries yellowish white, buff at al)dominal 

 mari>in, and smoky at external margins. Beneath, the wings have all 

 a yellow tint. Head and thorax smoky brown; abdomen dull orange 

 at base, smoky brown in the middle, three posterior segments orange, 

 with a row of black dorsal spots; anal tuft smoky brown, as is also the 

 under side of the entire abdomen. Pectus and base of legs dull yel- 

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Exp. wings 46 mm. Length of body 17 mm. 



Euhalisidota cervina, n. sp. — Primaries dark fiwn-color, with a 

 lilacine tint, the veins all very distinctly marked in a darker shade. 

 Secondaries smoky, lighter at the base, becoming almost sordid white. 

 Beneath, the wings are all dull fawn-color, with a golden reflection. 

 Entire thorax and abdomen bright orange, with a dusky shade on the 

 disc of former, and on the three basal segments of the latter. Head 

 also bright orange, as are the basal joints of the palpi. On the base 

 of the primaries are four black spots, three on front, one on the crown, 

 one on each basal joint of the palpi, and ten on the thorax. There 

 are six transverse bands on the abdomen dorsally, a double row later- 

 ally, and ventrally there are three spots. All these spots and bands 

 are velvety black. The tibia- are orange, the anterior pair black exter- 

 nally, and the posterior pair with black spots on the joints; tarsi all 

 dull tawn-color. Antennae very long, chestnut brown. i S . 



Exp. wings 48 mm. Length of body 18 mm. 



This beautiful and striking insect is placed provisionally in Euhalisi- 

 dota. as structurally it is more like it than any other genus known to 

 me. It is congeneric with E. aperta (described above), and it is pos- 

 sible that they may form a new genus. 



Apatelodes vivax, n. sp. — $ . Primaries bright reddish brown, 

 mottled with shades of lilac and dark orange. The basal line is white, 

 indented and not reaching the internal margin. Behind it on costa is 

 a lilacine patch of irregular, triangular shape, then a broad, oblique, 

 brown line, bent forward on sub-costal nervure. This is followed by 

 a narrow brown line edged with white towards costa, and very slightly 

 dentate, and the sub- marginal line is black, very deeply dentate. The 

 orange shades are most conspicuous at the base and near the apex. 

 Secondaries chestnut-brown, lighter at the base of costal margin, and 

 with an irregular sub-median band. P>inge of primaries red-brown, 

 blotched with dull yellow; of secondaries, dull yellow towards apex 

 and anal angle, dark brown in the middle. Beneath, the primaries 

 are light fawn-color, darker at posterior margin, with a sub-marginal 

 brown, slightly waved line, and some brown spots near the apex. 

 Secondaries rich jMnkinh brown, beautifully mottled with chestnut- 

 brown shades, a broad median band of same color not reaching the 



