collected in Chili. 425 



brownish ; body dark greyish brown. Expanse of wings, 

 32 mm. 



Var. aurea. 



Primaries above golden yellow, sericeous, clouded with 

 brown, the markings either cupreous-brown or only in- 

 dicated in outline by brown stripes ; secondaries varying 

 from bronzy grey to straw-yellow, with a slight flesh-tint ; 

 body varying from greyish brown, with cupreous thorax, 

 to pale stramineous ; under surface shining straw-yellow, 

 the primaries sometimes washed with grey. Expanse of 

 wings, 30 — 36 mm. 



" Valparaiso, in February and March." — T. E. 



Tanagridia, n. g. 



Wings ample, the primaries with acute apex, costa 

 nearly straight, outer margin slightly arched (gesch- 

 wungen), inner margin straight ; discoidal cell extending 

 to just beyond the middle of the wing, rather broad ; all 

 the veins perfectly normal, the median branches wide 

 apart ; secondaries triangular, with slightly convex outer 

 margin ; discoidal cell extending to the middle of the 

 wing ; all the veins well separated ; body rather slender ; 

 the thorax rounded ; palpi moderately long, compressed, 

 curved, porrect, fringed above, extending its full length 

 in front of the head ; antennae curved, simple, excepting 

 towards the tips, where they are subserrate, flattened ; 

 legs long, thick, and compressed ; middle tibiae termi- 

 nating in two long divergent blunt spurs ; posterior tibiae 

 with an additional subterminal spur. 



136. Tanagridia fusca, n. s. 



Dark cuj)reous-brown above ; wings with white-tipped 

 fringe ; a discal series of minute black and white dots 

 across the primaries ; primaries below cupreous-brown, 

 with a discal series of darker dots on the veins ; outer 

 margin irrorated with white ; fringe white, traversed by 

 a brown line ; secondaries greyish white, densely irro- 

 rated with cupreous-brown, especially towards the outer 

 margin ; a spot at the end of the cell and a discal series, 

 of darker brown ; body below paler cupreous-brown ; the 

 tarsi almost golden below. Expanse of wings, 35 mm. 



•• Pines Valley, in November." — T. E. 



