372 Sir G. F. Hampson on neio 



slightly waved and paler below vein 4, a pale oclireous-brown tinge 

 before its costal half and beyond it below vein 5, pale ochreovis- 

 brown streaks be^'ond it on costa and vein 7 with a black streak 

 between them fi'om termen ; cilia tinged with ochreous brown. 

 Hind wing silvery white ; a double waved black-brown antemedial 

 line ; a discoidal bar defined by black-brown ; postmedial line 

 double, ochreous brown and somewhat dentate, slight ochreous- 

 brown suffusion before it except towards costa and inner margin 

 and slight streaks beyond it on the veins of costal half, then brown 

 suffusion to tornus ; cilia with pale ochreous brown mixed. 



Hab. Peru, Carabaya, Oconeque {Ockenden), 1 $ type. Exp. 

 20 mm. 



(1 J) Margarosticha gaudialis, sp. n. 



S . Head and thorax greyish mixed with brown, the tegulae and 

 patagia with some fulvous ; abdomen fulvous with brown dorsal 

 bands ; antennae whitish tinged with brown ; palpi banded with 

 dark brown ; pectus, legs, and ventral surface of abdomen whitish 

 tinged with brown, the fore legs with the femora black above, the 

 tibia; black at extremities, the tarsi with black marks at the joints. 

 Fore wing fulvous orange, the base tinged with brown ; an oblique 

 silvery band defined on each side by brown from middle of cell to 

 inner margin ; the fovea in end of cell surrovmded by brown suffu- 

 sion ; a triangular silvery-white mark beyond the cell defined by 

 rather diffused brown which extends to the costa ; a silvery- white 

 subterminal band from costa to vein 4 where it ends in a point, 

 defined on inner side by rather diffused brown and on outer by a 

 black line extending to below vein 3 ; a terminal series of small 

 black spots to vein 2 and a short leaden-brown fascia above tornus 

 ending in a silvery point ; cilia silvery; Hind wing fulvous orange, 

 the base pale ; a slightly sinuous silvery- white medial band defined 

 on each side by brown ; the postmedial area brown, ending in a 

 point above tornus ; four ocellate black spots on termen between 

 veni 7 and submedian fold, defined on inner side by a waved white 

 line and with fulvous orange between them, a small triangular 

 black spot above the uppermost ocellus ; cilia silvery. 



Rah. Admiralty Is. {Meek), 3 6 type. Exp. 18 mm. 



(3 a) Margarosticha euprepialis, sp. n. 



c? . Head and thorax silvery white, the shoulders and some hairs 

 at tips of patagia yellow-brown ; abdomen silvery white at base 

 with a yellow-brown band, then pale yellow with slight yellow-brown 

 dorsal spots to beyond middle and silvery-white segmental lines ; 

 antennfe pale fulvous ; palpi white, the 2nd joint banded with pale 

 red-brown ; pectus, legs, and ventral surface of abdomen silvery 

 white, the fore tibise tinged with yellow above. Fore wing pale 

 yellow ; a I'ed-brown tinge at base of costa and a triangular white 

 patch on basal inner area defined on outer side by red-brown scales ; 



