new Si^ecies of Heterocera. 525 



secondaries primrose-yellow, shading to chrome yellow on the 

 outer margin and at the anal angle ; two brown bands cross 

 the wing from the costal margin to the anal angle ; two 

 black spots on the outer margin. — Female very similar to the 

 male, but paler in colour. 



Expanse, (5" ? , If inch. 



Hah. Jamaica {Mas. Druce). 



Bapta eritia, sp. n. 



Female. — Head, collar, tegulse, thorax, abdomen, and leg=j 

 white. Primaries white ; three small brown spots close to 

 the base ; a large brown triangular-shaped spot at the end of 

 the cell, and a waved submarginal line clouded with brown 

 extending from near the apex to the anal angle : secondaries 

 white, with a submarginal row of small brown spots; the 

 marginal line of both wings black; the underside white. 



Expanse Ij inch. 



Ilab. S. Brazil, Rio Janeiro {Mas. Druce). 



Fam. Pyralidae. 



Subfam. ScHCENOBiiN^. 



Midila halia, sp. n. 



Male. — Head, palpi, antennse, collar, tegulag, and abdomen 

 dark brown, the base of the abdomen banded with red ; the 

 underside of the thorax, abdomen, and legs greyish white. 

 Primaries and secondaries dull brown : primaries crossed 

 from the costal to the inner margin by two darker brown 

 lines, the first near the base, the second b3yond the middle ; 

 the costal margin broadly bordered with reddish brown, ex- 

 tending across the wing as far as the median vein ; a white 

 streak at the end of the cell : secondaries crossed about the 

 middle from the costal to the inner margin by a dark brown 

 waved line; a small dark brown spot at the end of the cell ; 

 the fringe of both wings dark brown. The underside greyish 

 white, the outer margins of both wings pale brown ; a black 

 spot on the costal margin near the apjx and several indistinct 

 black spots on the secondaries. 



Expanse 1^ inch. 



Hab. Colombia, Sierra del Libano {Mas. Druce). 



