44 Mr. A. G. Butler on the 



PIeliuea, Butler. 



25. Heliura gnoma. 



Heliura gnoma, Butler, 111. Typ. Lcp. Het. i. 

 pi. 16, %. 2. 

 Rio Padaniry, under the Equator, 26th June, 1874. 



26. Heliura lamia. 



Heliura lamia, Butler, 111. Typ. Lep. Het. i. 

 pi. 16, fig. 3. 

 Rio Mauhes, 5° 30' S., 29th April ; Tanaria, Rio 

 Purus, 1st October, 1874. 



Metriophtle, Butler. 



27. Metriophyle lacteinota. 



Heliura lacteinota, Butler, Journ. Linn. Soc. 

 1876, p. 417. 

 Rio Purus, near Aruman, 8th September; Jurucua, 

 Rio Purus, 24th September ; Rio Jurua, 23rd October ; 

 Curimata, 30th October ; Rio Jurua, 7th November ; 

 Gaviao, 10th November; Rio Jurua, 13th November, 

 1874. 



This species much resembles Heliura leneus, but has 

 the sexes alike as in M. apicalis. 



ACKIDOFSIS, Butler. 



28. Acridopsis marica. 



Sphinx marica, Cramer, Pap. Exot. i. pi. 20, 

 figs. F, G. 

 Gepatiny, Rio Purus, 29th September, 1874. 



29. Acridopsis pusilla, n. sp. 



Allied to the preceding, but much smaller and paler ; 

 the primaries tinted with pink at the base, the black spots 

 smaller, the veins whitish ; no tint of green in any of the 

 wings ; secondaries with a broader blackish outer border 

 occupying nearly half the wing; tegula3 indistinctly 

 whitish at the edges; hind margin of head carmine; 

 abdomen brown with a large rosy ventral patch ; wings 

 below very similar to A. marica, but the secondaries with 

 broader outer border : expanse 1 inch 1 line. 



Braga, Rio Javary, 7th December, 1874. 



The primaries above much resemble those of Heliura 

 solicauda, Butler, 111. Lep. Het. i. pi. 9, fig. 4. 



