24 Mr. E. Meyrick's Descri2Jtions of 



Palpi blue-black, second joint very long, terminal f of second. An- 

 tennae dark purple-fuscous, ciliations short, thin, becoming moderate 

 (1) towards base. Thorax blue-blackish, patagia orange, tips purple. 

 Abdomen dark purple-fuscous. Fore-wings oblong, costa anteriorly 

 rather strongly, posteriorly gently arched, apex rounded, termen 

 rounded, rather oblique ; bright deep orange ; two deep blue oblique 

 fasciae edged with purple, not quite reaching dorsal edge, first 

 moderate, near base, second broad, median, expanded in disc so that 

 posterior edge is convex ; a series of longitudinal purple-black marks 

 terminating in posterior third of costa and termen, becoming shorter 

 towards ends of series : cilia orange, towards tornus blackish. Hind- 

 wings deep orange ; an irregular-edged purple-blackish blotch occu- 

 pying basal half ; a row of black subquadrate spots round apex 

 and termen ; cilia orange, round lower f of termen and dorsum 

 blackish. 



Peru, El Porv^enir, in October; two specimens. 



GONIONOTA, Zell. 



Head with dense loosely appressed hairs, projecting on forehead 

 in a rough tuft; ocelli present ; tongue developed. Antennae |, in 

 ^ shortly ciliated {\). towards base more strongly (nearly 1), basal 

 joint moderately elongate, without pecten. Labial palpi very long, 

 recurved, second joint considerably exceeding base of antennae, 

 thickened with dense scales, sometimes more or less roughly ex- 

 panded above, terminal joint much shorter than second, with dense 

 scales more or less expanded or forming a median projection 

 posteriorly, acute. Maxillary palpi short, filiform, drooping. Thorax 

 crested. Posterior tibiae clothed with rough hairs above. Fore- 

 wings with lb furcate, 2 from near angle, 7 and 8 stalked, 7 to 

 termen, 11 from middle. Hind-wings 1, ovate, cilia l-\ ; 3 and 4 

 connate, 5-7 parallel. 



I give the characters of this genus, which was incom- 

 pletely described by Zeller, who regarded it as a group of 

 Hypcrc.allia, from which it is in fact very distinct, the 

 resemblance being only superficial. It is most allied to 

 the Australian genera Bnchocmtes and Thudaca, and pro- 

 bably also to the New Zealand Izatha. I am of opinion 

 that Brackyplatea, Zell., and Agriocoma, Zell., are merely 

 synonyms of it. I am informed by Mr. A. Busck that 

 the typical species of Gonionota, G. notodontdla , Zell., 

 has vein 9 of fore-wings rising from stalk of 7 and 8, a 

 character which does not occur in any of the following 



