214 Mr, H. Druce on some 



tuft of red liairs on the inner margin. Underside : primaries 

 pale greyish brown, irrorated with small brown spots ; the 

 base of the wing red ; a black spot at the end of the cell : 

 secondaries cream-colour, irrorated with minute brown dots. 



Expanse 3 inches. 



Ilab. Colombia, Cacagualito, 1500 feet (H. H. Smith, 

 Mus. Druce). 



Adelocephala yucatana, sp. n. 



Female. — Head, collar, tegular, thorax, and abdomen 

 yellowisli brown, antennse and legs brown. Primaries pale 

 yellowish brown, thickly irrorated with dark brown scales ; 

 two faint brown lines cross the wing from the costal to the 

 inner margin, the first nearest to the base, the second beyond 

 the middle ; an ill-defined brown spot at the end of the cell : 

 secondaries pink, edged with yellow round the outer margin ; 

 the fringe of both wings yellow. Underside very similar to 

 the upperside, but without the lines crossing the primaries 

 and with a large black spot at the end of the cell ; the costal 

 margin of the secondaries is also black. 



Expanse 3^ inches. 



IJab. Yucatan {Mus. Druce). 



Adelocephala lineata, sp. n. 



Male. — Head, antennee, collar, tegula3, thorax, and abdo- 

 men pale yellow, the underside of the abdomen and legs 

 yellowish white. Primaries pale yellow, the base of tlie 

 wing greyish brown ; a white dot at the end of the cell, 

 beyond which a greyish-brown line crosses the wing from 

 just below the apex to the inner margin close to the base : 

 secondaries pale chrome-yellow; the fringe of both wings 

 yellow. The underside of the primaries and secondaries 

 pale yellowish white. 



Expanse 2j inches. 



Uab. Paraguay {Mus. Druce). 



Fam. Saturniidae. 



Attacus vihidia, sp. n. 



Male. — Head dark brown ; collar white, edged with black ; 

 teguloe and thorax brown ; abdomen black, each segment 

 edged with white ; underside of the abdomen and legs brown. 

 Primaries pale brown, irrorated with black scales ; a curved 

 white line near the base, edged with black on the outer side ; 

 a wide hyaline >-shaped mark at the end of the cell, edged 



