412 noctuidj:. 



b\ Fore wing without medial spot above vein I. 



a^. Hind wing with three while streaks on underside ... ovata. 

 b-. Hind wing witiiout white streaks on underside. 



a?. Gronnd-colonr of wings deep red-bi-own spadicea. 



b^. Ground-colour of wings brick-red isahclla. 



4876. Rhosus leiiconoe. 



Pycnodontis leuconoe, Feld. Eeis. Nov. pi. 107. f. lo (1874) ; Kirby, Cat. 

 Lep. Het. p. 36. 



5 . Head, thorax, and abdomen black irrorated Avith -white ; 

 proboscis yellow ; abdomen with whitish lateral stripes and slight 

 orange streaks towards extremity and whitish ventral suffusion, 

 the extremity orange. Fore wing deep chocolate-brown irrorated 

 Avith ochreous white ; two divergent whitish streaks in cell not 

 reaching extremity; iin obliquely curved band beyond the ctll 

 between veins 7 and 2 divided into spots by the veins. Hind wing 

 ochreous tinged with orange ; the veins black; a terminal black 

 band expanding on apical area. 



Hah. Colombia, Bogotii, 1 $. Zilr;^?. 60 millim. Type t in Coll. 

 Eothschild. 



4877. Rhosus pulverosa. 



Rhesus posficus, Wlk. ii. 360 ()S54). part. 



Pycnodontis pulverosa, Roths. Nov. Zool. iii. p. !:i8. pi. xv. f. 34 ^18iJ6). 



$ . Black ; head, thorax, and abdomen irrorated with ochreous 

 white ; proboscis j^ellow ; abdomen with the terminal segment and 

 anal tuft orange. Fore wing very strongly irrorated with ochieous ; 

 an oblique elliptical ochreous white spot beyond the cell between 

 veins 7 and 2, with traces of a line beyond it angled at vein 4 and 

 oblique towards costa and inner margin. Hind wing with largo 

 ochreous white patch extending from near base to beyond middle 

 of vein 3 and from subcostal nervure to inner margin, intersected 

 by the dark veins. Underside of fore wing with wedge-shaped 

 whitish mark in cell. 



Hah. Pan.^ma, 1 $ ; Venezuela, 1 $ . Ei-j). 48 millim. 



4878. Rhosus ppstica. 



ii. 360 (1854). 

 Melanchroia ciavigera, Wlk. ii. 390 (1854). 

 Melanchroia ceruginosa, Wlk. ii. 391 (1854). 

 Mystrocephula quadrimacula, Herr.-Schaff. Aussereur. 



(1855). 



Ehosus posticus, Wlk. ii. 360 (1854). 

 Melanchroia clavlgera, Wlk. ii. 390 (1854). 



Schmett. f. 435 



S. Deep red-brown irrorated with ochreous white scales; pro- 

 boscis yellow ; coxae ochreous white ; abdomen with lateral line 

 and ventral bands ochreous white, the anal tuft orange. Fore wing 

 with oblique elliptical ochreous white spot beyond the cell between 

 veins 7 and : cilia tipped with white at apex. Hind wing with 



