collected in Chili. 53 



and traversed by an indistinct ochreous line ; body 

 greyish ochreous, the tegulae reddish on the shoulders ; 

 primaries below sericeous blackish grey, with the costal 

 and external borders and an imperfect discal stripe 

 reddish clay-coloured ; fringe almost covered by a broad 

 greyish band ; secondaries yellowish clay-coloured, 

 crossed by two subparallel blackish stripes ; fringe 

 greyish, shining ; body pale testaceous ; legs whitish. 

 Expanse of wings, 23 mm. 



" Chilian, near the town, in March." — T. E. 



Only one example obtained. 



BOTimvm. 



Orobena, Guenee. 



6. Orobena mitis, n. s. 



Primaries above whitish cinereous, the costal border 

 slightly blackish, a black-brown stripe across the basal 

 third, mangled from the median vein ; discoidal spots 

 blackish, the reniform large, and with or without a white 

 dash upon it ; the post-median stripe pure white, widely 

 sinuous (geschwungen), with slender black inner edging 

 and a broad dark brown outer border ; a submarginal 

 series of black dots, followed by a dusky sinuated^ line ; 

 fringe whitish, traversed by a dusky stripe ; secondaries 

 shining whity-brown, almost golden ; suffused with pale 

 grey, crossed beyond the middle by an abbreviated 

 angular blackish line, followed by a blackish streak ; 

 submarginal spots, marginal line, and fringe as in the 

 primaries ; body ash-grey ; under surface greyish white, 

 with pale gold reflections, the borders of primaries and 

 the secondaries whiter than the remainder of the surface ; 

 blackish disco-cellular lunules ; black submarginal dots ; 

 marginal line and fringe as above ; a pale-bordered 

 irregular dusky discal line ; body greyish white. Expanse 

 of wings, 26 mm. 



"Valparaiso, September, October, and November." — 

 T.E. 



Allied to 0. sophialis, but very distinct. 



Phycopterus, Blanchard. 



Allied to Sjyilodes, but differing in the forking of the 

 subcostal veins of all the wings. 



