188 Sir G. F. Hampson on neio 



brown, white below to near extremity of 2nd joint ; pectus, legs, 

 and ventral surface of abdomen white with a faint red-brown tinge, 

 the fore tibiae brown. Fore wing grey- brown with a faint reddish 

 tinge ; antemedial line blackish, oblique to median nervure ; a 

 slight blackish spot in middle of cell and elliptical black discoidal 

 spot ; postmedial line blackish, erect to discal fold, then excurved 

 to below vein 3 where it is retracted to below end of cell and ex- 

 curved below submedian fold ; a fine whitish line at base of cilia. 

 Hind wing grey-brown with a faint reddish tinge ; an oblique 

 black discoidal bar ; postmedial line indistinct, dark, rather 

 diffused, excurved from discal fold to below vein 3, then retracted 

 to below end of cell and excurved to inner margin ; cilia with a 

 fine white line at base, the tips Avhitish towards tornus. 



Hob. Ecuadob, Loja (Abbe Gaujon), 1 8 type. Exp. 36 mm. 



(20 c) Psara retrorsalis, sp. n. 



6 . Head, thorax, and abdomen very pale reddish brown, the 

 anal tuft white faintly tinged with red-brown ; palpi brown, white 

 in front to extremity of 2nd joint ; pectus, legs, and ventral surface 

 of abdomen white. Fore wing white suffused with pale red-brown, 

 the marginal areas pale reddish brown ; antemedial line pale brown, 

 oblique ; an oblique black discoidal striga ; postmedial line pale 

 brown defined on outer side by whitish, excurved from vein 5 to 

 below 3, then retracted to just below angle of cell and slightly 

 excurved above inner margin ; cilia white tinged with brown. 

 Hind wing very pale reddish brown ; a faint oblique dark discoidal 

 bar ; postmedial line pale brown slightly defined on outer side by 

 whitish, excurved and very slightly waved between veins 5 and 2, 

 then retracted to below angle of cell and oblique to above tornus ; 

 cilia white with a pale brown line near base ; the underside white 

 with a faint brownish tinge, a blackish discoidal point. 



Hub. Ecuador, Zamora (Abbe Gaujon), 2 6 type ; Peru, 

 Carabaya, Huacamayo (Ockenden), 1 8 • Exp. 26 mm. 



(31) Psara melanosoma, sp. n. 



8 . Head and thorax orange-yellow ; abdomen orange-yellow 

 suffused with blackish brown except the three basal segments 

 dorsally ; antennae blackish ; frons with white lines at sides ; palpi 

 grey-brown, the basal joint and the 2nd joint in front at base 

 white ; pectus, legs, and ventral surface of abdomen pale grey- 

 brown. Fore and hind wings uniform orange-yellow, the cilia 

 white tinged with brown. 



Hab. Peru, Carabaya, Oconeque (Ockendeti), 2 6 type. Exp. 

 26-30 mm. 



(6) Phectosomia vau-signalis, sp. n. 



8 . Head, thorax, and abdomen white mixed with pale red- 

 brown and slightly irro rated with black, the last with white 



