collected in Chili. 115 



" Larva. — Dull brown, with dorsal and lateral longi- 

 tudinal line of paler brown ; found under stones in the 

 spring. Feeds on clover and on other larvae." — T. E." 



The pale variety appears to be confined to the female 

 sex. 



3. Leucania saccharivora, n. s. 



Allied to the preceding, but differing in colour ; the 

 primaries and thorax above being of a bright sericeous 

 foxy-red colour ; the discoidal spots indistinct, not re- 

 lieved by a greyish nebula ; the external border scarcely 

 darker than the rest of the wing, crossed by abbreviated 

 white-speckled blackish internervular lines ; fringe tipped 

 with whitish ; secondaries whity-brown, with brown bor- 

 ders and veins ; fringe rather paler than in the preceding 

 species ; abdomen grey, whitish at the base, and with 

 reddish lateral fringes ; wings below creamy white, 

 sericeous, irrorated with black, especially upon the bor- 

 ders ; primaries with the central area dark grey ; disco- 

 cellulars white ; costal margin and fringe reddish, the 

 latter traversed by two dusky lines ; external border 

 reddish, with the veins upon it white speckled with black ; 

 secondaries with a discal series of short linear dashes 

 upon the veins, and a short linear marking at the end of 

 the cell, black ; fringe slightly yellowish at base, the 

 apical portion reddish and black-speckled, otherwise 

 white and traversed by a very slender blackish line ; 

 body below pale reddish brown ; anterior tarsi blackish. 

 Expanse of wings, 43 — 45 mm. 



From five examples associated in the collection with 

 the preceding ; one of these specimens bears a distinctive 

 number (either 6 or 9), but on referring to Mr. Edmonds' 

 notes I find that the number is one already referred to 

 under the Butterflies. L. saccharivora has the general 

 aspect of L. lithargyria of Europe. 



4. Leucania chilensis, n. s. 



Allied to L. diffusa ; upper surface whity-brown, 

 sericeous ; primaries with the veins upon the costal area 

 more or less dusky ; a forked buff-coloured line in the 

 cell, and in some examples an oblique abbreviated 

 blackish line between the forks ; a white line just above 

 the median vein ; a buff-coloured (or sometimes blackish) 

 looped line from the base to the middle of the internO' 



