new Species of Lepidoptera, 245 



with black on both sides ; a waved black line extending- from 

 the costal margin, beyond which the wing is shaded with 

 white, brown, and yellow; two large black spots edged with 

 white on the inner side close to the apex : secondaries pale 

 brown ; an indistinct greyish line close to the base ; a large 

 hyaline angular-shaped spot edged with black at end of cell, 

 below which a waved black line, edged with white on the 

 outer side, extends from the costal margin near the apex to 

 the inner margin above the anal angle ; beyond the black 

 line the wing is pinkish, then yellowish brown to the outer- 

 margin j a submarginal row of small black dots extends from 

 the apex to the inner margin. Underside very similar to the 

 upperside, but paler in colour. 



Expanse 3^ inches. 



Hab. Argentine Republic, Tucuman (Mus. Bruce). 



A small species, very distinct from any known to me. 



Fam. Lasiocampidse. 



Ormiscodes radama, sp. n. 



Male. — Head and underside of the thorax and legs reddish 

 brown j antennas, collar, and tegulse chrome-yellow ; thorax 

 reddish brown ; abdomen black, each segment edged with 

 white, the anal tuft yellowish brown. Primaries, the costal 

 half of the wing yellow, the inner half clouded with brown 

 the veins black; a < -shaped white mark at the end of the 

 cell and a white spot beyond ; an indistinct slightly waved 

 band crosses the wing from near the apex to the middle of 

 the inner margin ; the fringe alternately white and brown : 

 secondaries yellowish brown, palest at the base and along the 

 inner margin ; a curved brown line crosses the wing beyond 

 the middle ; the veins all black. Underside very similar to 

 the upperside, except that the white markings on the pri- 

 maries are much smaller and that the costal margin of the 

 secondaries is bordered with white. 



Expanse 3| inches. 



llab. S.E. Peru, Santo Domingo, 6000 feet (Mus. Druce). 



Ormiscodes (?) choba, sp. n. 



Male. — Head, collar, tegulse, thorax, abdomen, and legs 

 pale pink ; antenna? yellow. Primaries pink, slightly yellowish 

 about the middle of the costal margin, and a yellowish line 

 crossing the wing beyond the cell from the costal to the inner 

 margin ; two waved black lines extending from the costal to 

 the inner margin, the first near the base, the second sub- 



