in the Basin of the Amazons. 289 



One female and three males. The female from E. 

 Madeira, May 26th, 1874 ; the males from E. Madeira, 

 May 26th, Serpa, April 22nd, E. Manhes, May 2nd, 

 1874. 



108. Hyalea aurantiacalis, n. s. 



Wings bright orange ; fore wings with the costa and hind 

 margin narrowly bronzy purple, and a straight fascia beyond the 

 middle and wider on the costa of the same colour ; this fascia 

 contains a spot of the yellow ground colour just below the costa, 

 and a smaller one on the inner margin ; also at the base of the 

 bronze costal streak is a small yellow dash ; a minute bronzy spot 

 lies contiguous to the costal streak in the middle. Hind wing with 

 a broad curved bronzy border, traversed throughout by a narrow 

 yellow band. Head, thorax, and abdomen yellow, the latter with 

 the penultimate segment and one or two rings before it dark. 

 Under side yellow, with all the markings reproduced ; the costal 

 dot is isolated ; sides of the tibiae bronzy fuscous. Expanse of 

 wings, 18 mm. 



Two males near Porto Salvo, E. Purus, Oct. 3rd, 1874, 

 and one male at Gepatiny, E. Purus, Sept. 26th, 1874 ; 

 all at light. 



109. Epichronistis (?) albiguttalis, n. s. 

 Fore wing yellow, tinged with brown at the base, along the costa, 

 and hind margin ; a brown nearly vertical line near the base, pre- 

 ceded by a faint whitish spot ; a brown, double-curved, submarginal 

 line running inwards along the first median branch, and curving 

 again into the inner margin just beyond the middle ; this line is 

 edged externally by a series of semicircular white blotches lying 

 between the veins, which are followed by a brown shade that fades 

 away into the yellow ground colour before the fringes ; the three 

 stigmata all large, roundish, distinct, brown-edged ; a white spot 

 between the orbicular and reniform stigmata. Hind wing yellow, 

 without any brown suffusion ; with the submarginal line exactly 

 reproduced, and with a large brown central spot. Under side 

 shining whitish, with the markings showing through. Head and 

 thorax pale yellowish ; abdomen darker yeUow, the incisions of the 

 segments whitish. Extreme tip of the palpi brown. Fringes of 

 both wmgs, as far as can be made out, yellowish spotted with 

 brown. Expanse of wings, 20 mm. 



Three females. One from Boa Vista, one from Pariti, 

 Oct. 5th, 1874, and one from Guajaratuba, Sept. 12th, 

 1874 ; all on E. Purus. 



