collected in CJiili. 375 



52, Pknrmacis 7nixta, n. s. 



(? . Wings above blackish brown, with bronze re- 

 flections, speckled and striated with whitish ; crossed in 

 the middle by a blackish stripe, beyond which is a 

 slightly undulated black-dotted white stripe ; black disco- 

 cellular and marginal dots ; fringe with a slender basal 

 line and the tips white ; secondaries crossed just beyond 

 the basal third by a second oblique white stripe, elbowed 

 towards the costa ; body gre_yish ; under surface white, 

 densely speckled with black ; wings with the veins and 

 costal borders slightly tinted with buff; the disco- 

 cellular spots, a discal and marginal series of minute 

 dots, black. Expanse of wings, 35 mm. 



"Valparaiso, in December." — T. E. 



Var. seriata. 



Pinky brott'n (the female, however, with the basal 

 three-fourths of primaries cream-coloured), speckled, 

 mottled, and striated with dark grey ; external area dark 

 brown, with bronze reflections, the central blackish 

 stripe indistinct in the female ; the white stripes scarcely 

 indicated, excepting by rows of black spots on the veins ; 

 body pale pinky brown ; otherwise almost exactly as in 

 the typical form. Expanse of wings, ^ 34 mm. ; ? 

 39 mm. 



" Valparaiso, in December."— 2'. E. 



Var. melanosticta. 



Paler and greyer than the preceding, creamy whitish, 

 excepting towards the base, outer borders, and the costal 

 border of the primaries ; the inner stripe of primaries 

 dark brown, spotted with black ; the broader central 

 stripe varying in intensity, the outer stripe scarcely 

 indicated, excepting by a row of black spots on the 

 veins ; a submarginal series of externally white-edged 

 black spots, large towards the external angle, but 

 gradually decreasing in size towards the apex ; se- 

 condaries with five small black spots just beyond the 

 discal line, towards anal angle ; under surface as in the 

 typical form. Expanse of wings, 34 — 39 mm. 



"Valparaiso, in December."- — T. E. 



