20 Mr. A. G. Butler on the 



Avliite ; collar reddish ; al)domen whity-broAvn ; primaries 

 below greyish-brown, with a pink gloss, borders whity- 

 brown, speckled with darker broAvu; costal border towards 

 apex red-brown, with four whitish costal dots ; secondaries 

 whitish, speckled with brown and with a pinky-brown 

 diffused discal band ; marginal line of all the wings black 

 and undulated ; body whitish : expanse of wings 1 inch 

 3 lines. 



Kio Trombetas, near the Falls, 28th February, 1874. 



Family LEUCANIID^E. 

 Leucania, Ochsenheimer. 



2. Leucania antica. 



Leucania antica, Walker, Lep. Het. ix. p. 100, 

 n. 52 (1856). 

 Curimata, Rio Jurua, 30th Octoljer ; Pupunha, 4th to 

 6th November, 1874. 



3. Leucania dorsalis, var. 



Leucania dorsalis, Walker, Lep. Het. ix. p. 98, 

 n. 43 (1856). 

 Aveyros, Rio Tapajos, 11th March, 1874. 



Family GLOTTULID^. 



GiSCALA, Walker. 



4. Giscala quadricolor. 



Giscala quadricolor, Walker, Lep. Het. xv, 

 p. 1672, n. 1 (1858). 



Ceroctena pictipennis, Felder, Reise der Nov, 

 Lep. iv. pi. cxix. fig. 3 (1874). 

 Rio Javary, 3rd December, 1874. 



Family XYLOPHASIID^. 



Peometopus, Guenee. 



M. Guenee says of this genus : " II faudrait connaitre 

 de ce genre cm-ieux pour lui assigner une place definitive. 

 L'insecte parfait offre une assez gTande analogic avcc les 



