436 Mr. L. 13. Prout on 



that of the hind wing is more nearly (though not entirely) 

 parallel with the termen than in typical strigosa, the 

 difference of position therefore more pronounced at inner 

 margin than at costa. 



San Antonio, W. Colombia, 5800 feet, December 1907 

 (M. G. Palmer) ; three $ <? • 



Microxydia trigonifera, sp. n. 



<$ . 22 mm. — Face and vertex white ; palpus, antenna, 

 and back of head ochreous ; thorax and abdomen pale cream- 

 colour. Wings pale cream-colour, speckled with ochreous ; 

 the lines very faint, ochreous-tinted ; fore wing with ante- 

 median strongly bent in cell, postmedian arising from a 

 small triangular red subapical spot, very slightly incurved, 

 reaching inner margin just beyond two-thirds ; a similar 

 faint ochreous-tinted discal mark ; hind wing very little paler 

 than fore wing, with postmedian only, no cell-mark ; fringe 

 of both wings strongly tinged with fulvous in distal half. 

 Underside of fore wing suffused with reddish basally and 

 especially at costa ; cell-spot distinct, dark, elongate ; 

 postmedian line and subapical triangle nearly as above ; 

 underside of hind wing unmarked; fringes of both wings as 

 above. 



San Antonio, W. Colombia, 5800 feet, December 1907 

 (M. G. Palmer}, one $ (type) ; El Congo, Colombia, June 

 1907, one $ . 



Recalls, in some respects, M. fulvicoltis, Warr. Nov. Zool. 

 xi. p. 161, but in that species the coloration is deeper, the 

 costal mark larger and the hind wing white. 



Perusia parallela, sp. n. 



<$ ? . 28-32 mm. — Head, thorax, and abdomen con- 

 colorous with wings, the head and thorax of the £ slightly 

 more tinged with rufous. Fore wing shining pale yellow, 

 with numerous pearl-grey delicate transverse striae, visible 

 only in certain lights ; costa pale yellow dotted with 

 ferruginous red ; the two lines parallel, grey tinged with 

 ochreous ; first vertical, a little before middle, rather faint ; 

 outer broader and edged distally with paler, from costa 

 shortly before apex to inner margin close to tornus ; fringe 

 concolorous, with the base faintly rufous. Hind wing still 

 paler yellow, without striae or lines. Underside of fore wing 

 with costa yellow striated with reddish ; a square red spot 

 just beyond outer line. 



