Pyralidas of the Subfamily Hyclrocampiiife. 4G5 



except at base. Hind wing white ; a triangular area from origin 

 of vein 2 to tennen l)etween discal fold and vein 2 orange-yellow ; 

 the tuft of scales below end of cell black ; a curved scarlet post- 

 medial line between veins 5 and 2 ; a brilliant silver line before 

 termen from costa to vein 5, then a series of small brilliant silver 

 spots with black points before and bej^ond them on each side of veins 

 4 to 2 ; the termen narrowly orange-yellow to apex ; cilia white, their 

 bases orange-yellow with a brown line at base to vein 2. 



Ab. 1. Head, thorax, abdomen, fore Aving, and the triangular 

 patch on hind wing yellowish suffused with rufous, the scarlet 

 markings replaced by rufous, the fore wing with silvery marks 

 before the antemedial line in the interspaces. 



Hab. W. Colombia, Jiminez, 1 S type, W. slopes, 1 6 . Exp. 

 20 mm. 



(38 c) Ambia pliceoineralis, sp. n. 



5 . Head, thorax, and abdomen grey-white mixed with brown ; 

 palpi, pectus, legs, and ventral surface of abdomen white tinged 

 with brown, the tarsi dark brown ringed with white. Fore wing 

 grey-white thickly irrorated with brown ; an indistinct brown 

 medial line defined on inner side by whitish, excurved to median 

 nervure, then sinuous ; a slight dark discoidal spot ; a large patch 

 of dark brown suffusion from costa to vein 2 before the postmedial 

 line which is Avhite slightly defined on outer side by brown and 

 excurved from costa to vein 2 near termen, then almost obsolete 

 and retracted to below the angle of cell, then more distinct, defined 

 on inner side by brown and waved to inner margin ; a series of dark 

 striae before termen from below apex to above tornus. Hind wing 

 white thickly irrorated with dark brown, the base, cell, and costal 

 area to near apex white ; the tuft of hairs below end of cell black- 

 brown ; subterminal line white, excurved to vein 2, then sinuous ; 

 a series of ocellate black spots on termen from apex to submedian 

 fold, defined on inner side by white with a fine sinuous dark hne 

 before it and with slight orange marks between them, the spots 

 from apex to discal fold minute, then larger and with a black Hne 

 beyond them on termen ; cilia Avhite, metallic silver at base. 



Hab. Bolivia, Yungas de la Paz {Seebold), 1 $ type. Exp. 

 22 mm. 



(4 a) Oligostigma centrimacula, sp. n. 



AntenuEe of male fringed with hair above at one-third from base ; 

 hind tibiae fringed with hair below towards base. 



Head and thorax white, the head tinged with rufous behind, the 

 patagia with some black-brown on outer edge ; abdomen white, 

 suffused with pale yellow except towards extremity ; antennae 

 tinged with rufovis ; palpi with some black on extremity of 2nd 

 joint behind ; pectus, legs, and ventral surface of abdomen white, 



