new Species of Heterocera. 179 



Iscadia variegata, sp. n. 



Female. — Head, collar, tegulse, thorax, and abdomen grey 

 irrorated with black hairs, collar edged with black ; antennas 

 greyish brown j palpi grey, the point black ; underside of the 

 abdomen and legs greyish white. Primaries grey, heavily 

 marked with brown along the costal margin ; a waved black 

 line crosses the middle of the wing from the costal to the 

 inner margin ; an indistinct zigzag white line crosses from 

 near the apex to the anal angle ; a marginal row of small 

 black spots extends from the apex to the anal angle ; a black 

 spot at the end of the cell; the fringe dark grey : secondaries 

 brownish white, deeply shaded with brown at the apex and 

 partly round the outer margin. Underside : primaries 

 greyish black, the inner margin white : secondaries the same 

 as above. 



Expanse 1| inch. 



Hab. Trinidad, Caparo (S. M. Klaqes) ; Colombia, Don 

 Amo, 2000 feet (H. II. Smith) ; S.E. Peru, Santo Domingo, 

 6000 feet (G. Ockenden, Mm. Druce). 



Alceognatha nitescens, sp. n. 



Male. — Head, antennas, collar, tegulee, thorax, and abdomen 

 very dark grey; the underside of the thorax, legs, and abdo- 

 men pale grey. Primaries grey, thickly irrorated with fine 

 black scales ; a black spot in the middle of the cell and one 

 at the end of the cell ; a dark grey mark near the apex, 

 below which are several black spots ; the outer margin 

 spotted with black ; the fringe grey : secondaries white, 

 slightly edged with pale brown at the apex ; the fringe white. 

 Underside : primaries pale grey, with three black spots on 

 the costal margin near the apex : secondaries as above. — 

 Female the same as the male, but larger and more heavily 

 marked. 



Expanse, J 1\, ? If inch. 



Hab. Peru, Oconeque, Carabaya, 7000 feet (G. Ockenden, 

 Mus. Druce). 



Elosognatha melanosticta, sp. n. 



Male. — Head, collar, tegulse, and thorax dark grey, the 

 third joint of the palpi black, the base of the thorax mottled 

 with white ; abdomen blackish brown, anal tuft white ; under- 

 side of the abdomen and legs yellowish white. Primaries 

 grey, the base heavily mottled with white, crossed by several 

 black lines ; a submarginal waved pale grey line extends 



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