582 Mr. W. 8cliaus on 



Underneatli white; the postniedial line lieavler, black; 

 black irrorations oti outer margins and black discal points. 

 Fore wino's : subterminal spots coalescing; a broad black 

 antemedial shade not reaching costa. 



Expanse 23 mm. 



Female : the black irrorations more evenly spread over 

 wings; the points on postniedial less distinct; subterniinal 

 spots faintly indicated on vein 5; tlie outer margins more 

 distinctly angled. 



Expanse 26 mm. 



Huh. Juan Vinas. 



Closely allied to M. attenuata, Dogn. 



Pseudapieia mer(uia, sp. n. 



($ . Palpi dark grey; frons paler grey^ with fuscous 

 irrorations ; vertex, collar, thorax, and abdomen dorsally to 

 beyond middle rust-red, terminally greyish. Body and wings 

 underneath yellowish buff. Wings above rust-red, mottled 

 medially with bright yellow. Fore wings : an irregular 

 reddish-brown antemedial line preceded by grey points on 

 veins ; similar points follow the postniedial line, which is also 

 reddish brown, incurved between 6 and 4, sinuous and in- 

 bent below 3; subterniinal fuscous and grey points. Hind 

 wings : a postniedial irregular line ; seme yellow mottling at 

 apex; the outer margins are faintly angled. 



Expanse 30 mm. 



Female : wings yellow, slightly striated with purplish 

 brown. Fore wings : the base and postniedial space from 

 line to subterniinal spots purplish brown. Hind wings : the 

 base and inner margin narrowly purplish brown; similar 

 postmedial spots partly coalescing and containing white 

 points on veins; a subterniinal series of small purplish spots. 



Expanse 36 mm. 



J:lah. Juan Vinas, Sitio. 



The female is figured in the ' Biologia ' as that sex of 

 Apioia mera, Dr., but mera has the sexes similar. 



Cimicodes purjjureaj sp. n. 



(^ . Palpi and head fuscous, the palpi laterally streaked 

 with olive-brown. Collar pale greenish yellow. Thorax 

 and abdomen reddish brown, the latter fuscous grey terminally. 

 Wings daik brown, tinged with lilacine and thinly streaked 

 with black. Fore wings : the costal margin yellowish buff, 

 becoming whitish below subcostal, and above it irrorated and 

 striated with black. The lines from whitish shade along 



