438 Mr. E. Dukinfield Jones on New Species oj 



base, shading to yellowish grey at apex ; an orange fascia through 

 lower half of cell, extending to apex, diffused beyond cell ; a dark 

 space on terminal area below apex ; termen narrowly dark cream- 

 colour from near tornus to vein 5 ; inner margin suffused with 

 orange; cilia cream-colour suffused with fuscous. Hindwings 

 fuscous ; base rose pink ; inner half of wing, costa and inner margin 

 orange ; cilia cream-colour suffused with fuscous. Underside : fore- 

 wings the same as upper, excepting that the fascia in the cell does 

 not extend beyond it ; the base of both wings rose pink. 



5 . The colours are paler and there is no fuscous on frons. 



Expanse, ^ 37 mm, 9 50 mm. 



Hah. CoRCOVADO, Rio de Janeiro. 



Edihessa placida, n. sp. 



^ . Head, pectus and thorax dull orange ; frons heavily suffused 

 with fuscous ; legs fuscous, the tarsi white at extremities of joints ; 

 antennae dark fuscous ; tegulae and patagia fringed with pinkish 

 white ; two large black subdorsal spots on metathorax ; abdomen 

 dark fuscous. Forewings light fuscous ; base pinkish white followed, 

 by suffused fuscous shade, more defined at base of cell ; costa dark 

 fuscous at base fading to pale fuscous at apex ; subcostal area creamy 

 white ; termen narrowly creamy white from tornus to vein 5 ; cilia 

 creamy white, suffused with fuscous below apex. Hindwings pale 

 fuscous; costal area creamy. Underside the same as upper, except 

 that the costa of forewing is creamy. 



Expanse 30 mm. 



Hah. CoRCOVADO, Rio de Janeiro, 



Edihessa rufa, n. sp. 



^ . Body bright brick red ; frons brick red ; vertex of head red 

 brown ; antennae brown, shaft dark ; tegulae red brown tinged with 

 brick red anteriorly ; thorax red brown ; abdomen bright brick red, 

 anal tuft brown. Forewings red Ijrown thinly scaled ; a postmedial 

 diffused fuscous band, broad beyond cell, more defined and broken 

 into three spots near inner margin ; cilia fuscous. Hindwings bright 

 brick red. Underside uniform brick red. 



Expanse 28 mm. 



Hah. Sao Paulo, S.E. Brazil. 



Edihessa ruhrivena, n. sp. 

 $ . Head, pectus and legs bright red ; tarsi fuscous ; antennae 

 fuscous ; thorax light bi'own with two anterior tufts of red ; patagia 

 light brown, outwardly red ; abdomen bright red ; anal segment 



