190 EXOTIC MrCKOLEPIDOrXEKA. 



grcjMsh. Forewings sul)oblong, moderate, costa gently arched, 

 apex rounded, tcrmen rounded, little oblique ; 9 separate ; brown 

 suffused with pale purplish-rosy ; a yellow basal ])atch occupying 

 nearly | of wing but not reaching costa, nearly followed in disc by 

 a roundish yellow blotch reaching small black first discal stigma ; 

 second discal stigma small, white ; a dark ferruginous-brown patch 

 on costa beyond middle, followed by a very obliquely placed series 

 of three white marks with some blackish scales adjoining ; a yellow 

 fasciaform blotch extending along tcrmen throughout, edged all 

 round with dark ferruginous-brown : cilia ferruginous-brown, 

 beneath apex with tips white. Hindwings light grey, apex and 

 upper part of ternien suffused with light yellowish ; cilia light 

 grey, tips white round apex. 



Bkitish Guiana, Bartica, in February {Parisli) ; one specimen. 



^ Hypercallia uberrima, n. sp, 



(5 . 18 mm. Head ochrcous suffused with reddish-ferruginous, 

 lower part of face white. Palpi crimson-fuscous, scales of second 

 joint somewhat expanded above at apex, terminal joint thickened 

 posteriorly -with scales projecting above middle, extreme tip slender, 

 whitish. Thorax orange-yellow suffused anteriorly Avith reddish- 

 ferruginous. Abdomen coppery-fulvous. Forewings suboblong, 

 rather broad, costa anteriorly strongly, posteriorly hardly arched, 

 apex rounded-obtuse, termen rounded, hardly obhque; 9 separate; 

 ferruginous ; a deep yellow blotch occupying basal | except costal 

 third, its outer edge convex and extended to costa as a slender 

 streak, a light ferruginous line crosses this blotch at | of wing, 

 terminating in its dorsal angle ; a short oblique white strigula on 

 costa at I : cilia dark grey. Hindwings coppery -fulvous ; cilia 

 pale greyish, with thick dark grey subbasal shade. 



Peru, Contamauo, R. Ucuyali, in December (Mounsey) ; one 

 specimen. 



--V. Hypercallia mitis, n. sp. 



(5' . 18 mm. Head light yellow, sides of face ferruginous. 

 Palpi yellow, lower longitudinal half suffused with ferruginous- 

 brown, second joint with scales expanded above towards apex, 

 terminal joint half second, basal | thickened posteriorly with 

 rather expanded scales. Thorax light ochreous-yellowish suifuscdly 

 mixed with ferruginous anteriorly. Abdomen pale yellow-greyish, 

 anal tuft whitish. Forewings suboblong, broad, costa anteriorly 

 strongly, posteriorly hardly arched, scales slightly prominent in 

 middle, apex rounded-obtuse, termen rounded, nearly vertical ; 

 9 separate ; light ferruginous-brownish, posteriorly deeper and 

 becoming dark ferruginous-fuscous on costal half, costal edge 

 dark fuscous ; an oblique yellowish transverse blotch from costa 

 before middle, reaching half across wing, cut obliquely by a 

 ferruginous line ; a fine whitish line along costa from middle to 

 near |, and a patch of whitish irroration near beyond this, whence 



