312 Sir G. F» Hampson on new 



(7) Alplieias bipanctalis, sp. n. 



3 . Head and thorax fuscous brown with a slight cupreous 

 gloss ; abdomen pale cupreous tinged with brown ; pectus, legs, and 

 ventral surface of abdomen whitish, the fore tibiae suffused with 

 fuscous and the tarsi ringed with fuscous. Fore wing pale 

 cupreous yellow, the costal area white from before middle to the 

 subterminal line curving down to median nervure at end of cell, 

 enclosing a diffused blackish mark on medial part of costa and 

 defined by blackish before it on costa and below ; black points 

 in lower part of cell towards extremity and on discocellulars ; 

 rather diffused blackish postmedial and subterminal lines, some- 

 what incurved to vein 5 where they are slightly excurved, the 

 subterminal line bent outwards to apex ; a punctiform blackish 

 terminal line. Hind wing whitish tinged with cupreous brown. 

 Underside whitish suffused with brown. 



Hab. Jamaica, Moneague ( Wahhiqliam), 1 $ type. Exp. 

 12 mm. 



Genus Scikexerupa, nov. 



Type, 8. thermantis. 



Proboscis aborted and minute ; palpi porrect, extending about 

 two and a half times length of head and roughly scaled ; maxillary 

 palpi triangularly dilated with scales ; frons with slight rounded 

 prominence ; antenna? of male strongly laminate and ciliated. 

 Fore wing with the apex rounded, the termen evenly curved ; 

 vein 3 from well before angle of cell ; 5 from just above angle ; 

 6 from below upper angle; 7 shortly stalked with 8, 9, 10 ; 11 from 

 cell. Hind wing with vein 3 from well before angle of cell; 

 5 from just above angle ; 6, 7 shortly stalked ; 8 anastomosing 

 with 7. 



Schoenerupa thermantis, sp. n. 



3 . Head and thorax deep rufous ; abdomen cupreous yellow. 

 Fore wing bright rufous with a cupreous gloss and slight dark 

 irroration ; antemedial line whitish to submedian fold, then dark, 

 angled outwards at median nervure ; a small rather diffused 

 blackish discoidal spot ; postmedial line with white bar from 

 costa, then blackish, angled outwards below costa, then oblique 

 and ending in a small spot on inner margin. Hind wing yellowish 

 tinged with cupreous rufous. Underside of fore wing rufous, of 

 hind wing yellowish with the costal area suffused with rufous ; 

 both wings with oblique rather diffused rufous postmedial line. 



Hob. Ecuador, E. Pastaza, El Topo (Palmer), 1 6 type. 

 Exp. 26 mm. 



Genus Endotrichodes, nov. 

 Type, E. margaritifera. 



Proboscis absent ; palpi porrect, extending about the length of 

 head, the 2nd joint in male with tuft of hair above from base 



