in the Basin of the Amazons. 293 



Asopia moninalis, Wlk., from Borneo, is a closely- 

 allied form ; and Samea medeaUs, Wlk., from St. 

 Domingo, and Samea commixta, Butler, from Japan, 

 must also belong to the same genus. 



115. Pterygisus flavalis, n. s. 

 Fore wings straw-colour, with bright fulvous or orange shading, 

 and dark fuscous lines ; an orange fascia close to the base, dark 

 grey on the costa ; a fulvous fascia before the middle, followed by 

 a double blackish transverse line ; a black-edged pale streak from 

 the costa, pointing towards the anal angle, before the apex, and a 

 pale dark-edged reniform mark ; submarginal line dark, parallel to 

 the hind margin, followed by a fuscous marginal band before the 

 fulvous fringes, which have a dark basal line. Hind wings with 

 the markings of the fore wings repeated and intensified, the fulvous 

 and dark markings being all more distinct. Head, thorax, and 

 abdomen ochreous, mottled with yellowish, the latter ringed with 

 yellow. Expanse of wings, 12 mm. 



Three females from K. Jutahi, Jan. 21st, and Feb. 

 4th, 1875. 



Akin to Guenee's P. ochropteralis, Belt. & Pyr., 230, 

 250, or possibly identical ; but Guenee's description was 

 made from one imperfect specimen. 



116. Synclita gurgitalis. 



Synclita gurgitalis, Ld., W. E. M., vii., pp. 449, 483, 



pi. 17, fig. 17, 3^ . 

 S. modestalis, Ld., ib., pi. 18, fig. 1, ? . 



A single <? from Lages, mouth of R. Negro, Aug. 4th, 

 1874. 



117. Voliba major, n. s. 



Fore wing pale ochreous, rather glossy, with three dark lines, 

 two simply curved ; one close to the base, the second a little 

 beyond ; the third post-median forms first a bracket-shaped mark 

 thus [ nearly reaching the anal angle, then a double curve base- 

 wards, the upper convexity touching the lower end of the reniform 

 stigma, and finally another angle like the first before it reaches the 

 inner margin about the middle. Reniform stigma outlined with 

 brown ; marginal line brown. Hind wing with the reniform 

 stigma and curved external line reproduced. Head, thorax, and 

 abdomen ochreous. Expanse of wings, 18 mm. 



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