14 Sir G. F. Ilampsoii on new 



brown, wliitish at base ; pectus, mid and bind legs, and 

 ventral surface of abdomen wliite. Fore wing pale reddisb 

 brown, the inner lialE rather paler ; traces of a sinuous 

 antemedial line; a faint dark spot in middle of cell and 

 discoidal lunule ; postmedial line indistinct, slightly curved 

 from costa to vein 2, then retracted to lower angle of cell 

 and again excurved ; a fine pale line at base of cilia followed 

 by a dark line. Hind wing pale reddish brown, the basal 

 and inner areas whitish ; a slight dark discoidal bar ; post- 

 medial line indistinct, dark, slightly sinuous fi"om costa to 

 vein 2, then obsolete ; a fine pale line at base of cilia followed 

 by a dark line ; the underside with the postmedial line slightly 

 bent inwards at vein 2 and continued to inner margin. 



Hab. Mexico, Vera Cruz, Atoyac {H. H. Smith), 1 ? , 

 Godman-Salvin Coll. ; Brazil, Rio Janeiro, 1 ? type. Exp. 

 30 mm. 



(86 a) Sylepta prorogata, sp. n. 



Head, thorax, and abdomen creamy white ; palpi with 

 blackish bands at extremities of first, and second joints ; 

 tegulse brownish at base; fore tibiae with fuscous band; 

 abdomen with subdorsal fuscous points on second segment, 

 faint brownish segmental lines, subdorsal black points on 

 penultimate segment and bar on terminal segment, the 

 extremity tinged with orange. Fore wing ochveous white ; 

 basal blackish spots on costa and below cell; a subbasal 

 black striga from costa and point below the cell, with fuscous 

 points beyond them in and below the cell ; antemedial line 

 blackish with spot at costa, oblique to median nervure; two 

 sinuous bars at middle of call and two at discocellulars ; the 

 veins beyond the cell streaked with blackish ; postmedial line 

 slightly waved, angled outwards at vein 5, oblique to vein 2, 

 then excurved, a curved waved line arising from it at vein 5 

 and joining it again at vein 2 ; a curved waved subterminal 

 line from costa to vein 2 and patch further from termen in 

 submedian interspace ; a slightly waved terminal line; cilia 

 black at tips. Hind wing ochreous white ; two black strice 

 at discocellulars ; an oblique medial line from cell to vein 1 

 and an oblique line from lower angle bent inwards to inner 

 margin above tornus ; postmedial line angled outwards at 

 veins 6 and 5, then oblique to above tornus, an irregularly 

 waved line beyond it from costa to vein 2 ; a subterminal 

 line from costa to vein 2, slightly excurved at middle ; a 

 terminal line; cilia yellow at base and with black line 

 through them. 



Hab. Surinam^ Paramaribo [EUacombe), 1 S type ; 13r. 



