collected in Chili. 385 



vein, just below the basi-costal litura, runs an oblique 

 tapering and somewhat arched series of black-brown 

 dashes, only separated from each other by the cream- 

 coloured veins ; a marginal series of black spots ; 

 secondaries paler than the primaries, indistinctly grey- 

 speckled, with a marginal series of black dots ; body 

 sordid cream-coloured ; wings below pale stramineous, 

 changing to cream-colour towards the inner borders ; 

 grey- speckled, with black disco-cellular dots, and an 

 arched discal series of spots, grey on the primaries and 

 blackish on the secondaries, though less distinct in the 

 male than in the female ; fringe traversed by a slender 

 grey line ; body as above. Expanse of wings, S 30 mm. ; 

 ? 35 mm. 



" Corral, in February."— r. E. ■ 



Selidosema, H'nhner. 

 67. Selidosema phasma, n. s. 



<? . Shining grey ; primaries crossed by an irregu- 

 larly zigzag darker discal streak, diffused internally ; 

 costa blackish speckled, the remainder of the surface 

 irrorated with dark grey ; a slender interrupted marginal 

 blackish line ; fringe with faint bronze-brown reflections, 

 traversed by a central slender white line ; secondaries 

 irrorated with dark grey towards the outer margin ; 

 fringe as in primaries ; wings below with black disco- 

 cellular dots ; primaries with no discal streak ; costa 

 whity brown, black-speckled, rest of the surface uniform 

 shining grey ; fringe as above ; secondaries paler, 

 silver-grey, irrorated with blackish scales ; fringe as 

 above ; body slightly brownish. Expanse of wings, 

 45 mm. . 



"Mountains of the hacienda of Cauquenes." — T. E. 



I am not acquainted with any species allied to this ; 

 it more nearly approaches S.jnturnaria than anything 

 else that I have seen. 



FiDONiA, Treitschke. 



68. Fidonia edmondsii, n. s. 



Primaries above pale olivaceous-brown, crossed by 



alternate bands of ash-grey and chocolate-brown as 



follows : base grey, speckled with chocolate, and bounded 



