414 NOCTTJTDJE. 



4881. Rhosus ovata. 



Pycnodontis ovata, Roths. Nor. Zool. iii. p. 98, pi. 15. f. 33 (1S06). 

 Rhosus unipuncta, Schaus, J. N.Y. Eat. Soc. iv. p. 153 (1896;. 



Head, thorax, and abdomen black irrorated with yellowish white ; 

 proboscis orange ; coxae and hind tibia? with yellowish hair ; tarsi 

 ringed with white ; abdomen with the extremity orange and with 

 pale yellow ventral bands. Fore wing deep chocolate-brown 

 irrorated with yellowish white ; an oblique elliptical yellowish 

 white spot beyond the cell between veins 8 and 3 ; cilia slightly 

 white at apex. Hind wing black-brow r n, the cilia white at tips ; 

 the underside with more or less developed white streaks on costa, 

 median nervure, and vein 1. 



Hob. Brazil, Leopoldina, 1 d , 1 $ > Bahia, Sao Paulo ; Argen- 

 tina (Wilkinson), 1 d" , 1 $ . Exp. 32-42 millim. 



4882. Rhosus spadicea. 



Pycnodontis spadicea, Feld. Reis. Nov. pi. 107. f. 1*2 (1874) ; Kirby, Cat. 

 Lep. Het. p. 36. 



d . Deep red-brown, slightly irrorated with ochreous white ; 

 proboscis yellow ; guise, coxa?, and ventral bands on abdomen 

 ochreous white : anal tuft orange. Fore wing with oblique ochreous 

 yellow band beyond the cell from below costa to vein 2 near termen. 

 Hind wing with the cilia yellow at apex and on underside. 



$ . Without ochreous white on coxue and ventral surface of 

 abdomen. 



Ilab. Colombia, Bogota; Ecuador, Chiguinda, 2 J, 1 5; Peru. 

 Exp. 6 40, $ 44 millim. 



*4883. Rhosus isabella. (Plate CXLVI. fig. 3.) 



Rhosus isabella, Dognin, Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg. xlii. p. 315 (1898). 



2 . Head black irrorated with white ; thorax deep red-brown 

 irrorated with ochreous ; abdomen black irrorated with ochreous, 

 the extremity orange ; a lateral series of white points ; wings 

 brick-red. Fore wing thickly irrorated with ochreous ; a very 

 oblique ochreous band beyond the cell from vein 7 to below 3 ; 

 cilia black. Hind wing slightly irrorated with ochreous, the cilia 

 ochreous. 



Hab. Ecuador, type t £ in Coll. Dognin. Exp. 54 millim. 



Genus PARATUERTA. 



Type. 



Paratuerta, Hmpsn. Ann. S. Afr. Mus. ii. p. 282 (1902) marshalli. 



Proboscis fully developed ; palpi porrect, the 2nd joint fringed with long 

 scales below, the 3rd moderate in male, long in female; Irons with large truncate 

 conical prominence with raised edges and corneous plate below it; eyes large, 



