54 Mr. A. G. Butler on Hetcrocerous Lepidopiera 



7. Phycopterus flavellus. (PL XL, fig. 1). 



Phycopterus flavellus, Blanchard, in Gay's ' Fauna 

 Chilena,' vii., p. 103, n. 1 (1852). 



" Corral, in February ; among Quilo." — T. E. 



This species is not unlike Spilodes turbidalis, but the 

 oblique apical dash on the primaries is sharply defined, 

 and the secondaries only show a single indistinct arched 

 greyish line. 



8. Phycopterus signariellus. (PL XL, fig. 2). 



Phycopterus signariellus, Blanchard, in Gay's 'Fauna 

 Chilena/ 'vii., p. 103, n. 2 ; pi. 7, fig. 13 (1852). 



"Corral, in February."— T. E. 



This species has golden testaceous primaries, the 

 markings upon which are more or less distinct and of a 

 dull rose-colour, not brownish ; the secondaries are 

 cream-coloured, with a pale rose-coloured angular line 

 beyond the middle ; a marginal series of red-brown 

 liturse and a series of blackish dots on the fringe. I 

 believe, notwithstanding the want of exactness in his de- 

 scription, that I am right in regarding this as Blanchard's 

 species, and that it has nothing to do with M. Guenee's 

 Nymphula ran hi I is, 



Scopula, Schranck. 



9. Scopula amitina, n. s. 



Closely allied to S. fulvalis of Europe, with the same 

 colours, but the lines across the primaries above much 

 more slender ; the secondaries whiter, and consequently 

 with more distinct abbreviated grey discal line ; pri- 

 maries of the female clouded like S. quadralis ; primaries 

 below with the apical costal black spots larger, but the 

 marginal spots smaller ; the secondaries traversed by a 

 well-defined, arched grey discal stripe. Expanse of 

 wings, 22 mm. 



"Valparaiso, September and October." — T. E. 



10. Scopula cinerea, n. s. 



Possibly a variety of the preceding species, but closely 

 resembling S. inquinatalis of Europe, from which it 

 differs in the larger and blacker costal spots on the 



