50 Mr. A. G. Butler on the 



four whitish dots ; disc crossed by an ill-defined dentate- 

 sinuate blackish stripe, bounded externally, on first median 

 interspace, by a testaceous >-like character ; two pai-allel 

 zigzag black submarginal lines ; discoidal spots brown, 

 with black margins, the " orbicular" slightly ellijitical in 

 form, the " reniform " D-shaped ; secondaries Avith brown 

 discocellular spot, speckled with testaceous and edged Avith 

 black; an angular testaceous marking on the basi-abdo- 

 minal area; disc crossed by a slightly-undulated arched 

 black stripe, bounded externally at apex by a diffused tes- 

 taceous patch, and upon the first median interspace by a 

 dasb of the same colour; two undulated black submarginal 

 lines ; body broAvn, varied with black, the abdomen with 

 whitish-bordered black segmental bars interrupted in the 

 centre by whitish spots ; undersurface grey, white, and 

 black, much as in L. alauda, the discoidal spots dark and 

 Avell-defined, both wings crossed beyond the middle by a 

 black-bordered angulated white belt; sevei-al Avhite dis- 

 cal spots ; fringe varied with white ; secondaries crossed 

 in the centre by three slender parallel irregular brown 

 lines, the middle one indistinct; basal area greyish-white; 

 body below whitish, venter Avhite : expanse of wings 

 4 inches 4 lines. 



Boaventura, Rio Jutahi, 24th January, 1875. 



Dr. Trail, unfortunately, only obtained one example of 

 this fine species. All the species of Letis seem to be rare. 



83. Letis confuudens. 



9 . Syrnia confundens, Walker, Lep. Het. xiv. 

 p. 1279, n. 6 (1857). 

 $ . On board the Yeamiaba, 27th August, 1874. 



Allied to the preceding, but considerably smaller and 

 more uniformly fuliginous on the upper surface ; the form 

 of the male at once decides the generic position of this 

 species. 



Latebraria, Gueuee. 



84. Latebraria janthinula. 



Latebraria janthinula, Guenee, Noct. iii. p. 160, 

 n. 1551 (1852). 

 Para, 8th March, 1875. 

 A single example only of this rare and beautiful species. 



FolloAving Walker's Catalogue, it would be necessary 

 here to introduce Crinodes, referred by that author to the 



