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basal fourth of costa to the middle of dorsum and back to the apical 

 third of costa runs a narrow blackish brown line shaped like a V, 

 lightly edged with carmine; across the tip of the wing runs a similar 

 brown line, also edged with carmine, parallel with the outer leg of 

 the V and connected with it by two longitudinal, somewhat oblique 

 carmine lines. Cilia brownish yellow. Hindwings silvery white. 

 Abdomen light yellow. Legs yellow. 



Alar expanse. — 17 mm. 



Habitat. — Peru. -Schaus collection. 



Type.— Cat. No. 13560, U.S.N.M. 



An equally striking species, closely allied to the type of the genus 

 but with quite different pattern and of lighter color. 



Genus PELEOPODA Zeller. 



Peleopoda Zeller, Horee Soc. Ent. Roswicse, vol. 13, 1877, p. 385. 



Type. — Peleopoda lobitarsis Zeller. 



Though Zeller's generic descriptions are totally inadequate for abso- 

 lute determination, I feel reasonably assured in applying his name 

 Peleopoda to the present genus, which has the following, characters: 

 Labial palpi rather short, hardly reaching vertex; second joint thick- 

 ened with loose scales toward apex; terminal joint short, pointed. 

 Antennas about half the wing length, ciliated; basal joint without 

 pecten, thickened with scales. Tongue short. Thorax and abdomen 

 robust. Forewings elongate, two and one-half times as long as 

 broad; slightly broadened outwardly; costa straight, a little de- 

 flected toward apex ; apex bluntly pointed ; termen straight, oblique ; 

 12 veins; 7 and 8 stalked; 7 to termen; 9 and 10 connate or stalked 

 from end of cell, closely approximated to stalk of 7 and 8 ; or 9 out of 

 stalk of 7 and 8; 2 and 3 closely approximated from end of cell; 

 l 6 furcate at base. Hindwings broader than forewings; costa 

 straight ; termen and dorsum evenly rounded ; apex bluntly pointed ; 

 8 veins; 6 and 7 parallel; 3 and 4 stalked; 5 cubital, parallel with 4. 

 Posterior tibias and tarsal joints with heavy bunches of compressed 

 hairs above. 



PELEOPODA MARONIELLA, new species. 

 Plate 8, fig. 16. . 



Labial palpi light ochreous, shaded with dark brown exteriorly. 

 Face reddish brown below, white just beneath vertex. Head whitish. 

 Antennas white above, reddish on the underside ; ciliation (1) . Thorax 

 heavily scaled, white, faintly tinted with ochreous; posterior tuft 

 tipped with reddish brown. Forewings whitish, thickly overlaid 

 with pink, brown, and golden scales. Costal edge from base to 

 apical fifth rosy pink, which color spreads out on the middle of the 

 wing and is diffused as a tint over the entire tip of the wing, more 



