collected in Chili. 117 



apex, interrupted by three equidistant white dots ; three 

 externally white-edged black dashes forming an oblique 

 line near the external angle ; a large CD-shaped white 

 character, with blackish edges, occupying the central 

 third of the internal area ; fringe white, with dusky 

 spots between the veins ; secondaries pearly white, semi- 

 transparent, with broad diffused external border ; two 

 subcostal blackish dots placed obliquely between the end 

 of the cell and the costal margin ; subcostal area from 

 the base to the two spots tinted with buff ; body above 

 greyish white ; primaries below shining greyish white, 

 the disc slightly dusky ; a black spot at the end of the 

 cell ; fringe as above ; secondaries pearly white, irrorated 

 with blackish ; a squamose disco-cellular spot and a 

 series of short black lines on the nervures across the 

 centre of the disc ; body below creamy white. Expanse 

 of wings, 36 mm. 



Cordilleras of Cauquenes in January. 



In his description of X. imtagonica Berg says, speaking 

 of the primaries, " Die beiden Makeln etwas heller als 

 die Grundfarbe, fein schwarz umzogen," and of the 

 secondaries, "nach der Basis zu schalgelb " ; the latter, 

 however, may be the subcostal buff tint noted as occur- 

 ring in X. cauquenensis : on the under surface mention 

 is made of " eine Querbinde auf den Hinterfliigeln," 

 whereas X. cauquenensis only has a series of little black 

 lines upon the veins. 



Spodopteea, Guen. 



7. Spodoptera aspersa, n. s. 



At first sight much like Spcelotis cineraria, with which 

 I found it placed ; primaries above greyish brown, irro- 

 rated with dark grey and whitish scales ; three black 

 dots forming a triangle, in the centre of which is the 

 reniform spot, which is grey and indistinct ; external area 

 dusky, its inner edge bounded upon the costa by a 

 whitish-bordered blackish spot, and below this by four 

 black-bordered whitish dots in a transverse series ; a 

 marginal series of minute black dots with pale brown 

 borders ; fringe traversed by two blackish lines, the 

 outer one strongly defined and ■ placed close to the 

 outer edge, which is white ; secondaries pearly white, 

 semitransparent ; fringe traversed by a pale grey line, 



