collected in Chili. 423 



Var. 4 with no creamy yellowish stripes below, the 

 subapical costal transverse clash being only indicated in 

 pale grey ; the secondaries also with a spot at the end of 

 the ceh, and an angular discal band of greyish white. 

 Expanse of wings, 29 mm. 



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



This is, as may be seen from the above description, a 

 very variable species, none of the forms being sufficiently 

 constant to permit one to regard them for a moment as 

 specifically distinct. 



Heterophleps, Herrich-S chaffer. 



133. Heterophleps ophiusina, n. s. 



Whity-brown ; a large irregular dark brown patch, but 

 changing to pale brown on costal border, with black 

 margins upon the basal half of primaries, its inner edge 

 oblique and slightly arched, its outer edge elbowed upon 

 the median vein, and more or less sinuated ; immediately 

 beyond this patch is a whitish belt which crosses the 

 wing, and is bounded externally by a widely zigzag 

 blackish and white stripe, widest towards the costa ; 

 external border irregularly dusky ; a marginal series of 

 almost sagittate black spots ; fringe dark brown, tra- 

 versed by two whitish lines ; the whole surface of these 

 wings is tinted with flesh-pink in certain lights and 

 irrorated with blackish scales ; secondaries brown- 

 speckled ; an ill-defined brownish spot at the end of the 

 cell, and a slender discal line of the same colour ; ex- 

 ternal border slightly flesh-tinted ; fringe nearly as in 

 primaries; head and thorax dusky; under surface bronze - 

 brown ; costa of primaries and entire surface of secondaries 

 mottled with whitish ; all the wings with indistinct dusky 

 disco-cellular spots ; fringes almost as above. Expanse 

 of wings, 35 mm. 



" Chiloe, from Keed's collection." — T. E, 



This species reminds one of the genus Ophiusa. 



134. HeteropJilejJS agitata, n. s. 



Primaries above silvery grey, with dark bronze- shot 

 fuliginous-brown markings somewhat as in the preceding 

 species ; the patch on the basal half, however, is of a 



