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minute greyish scales; a pale brown spot at the end of the 

 cell ; a dark brown carved line crosses the wing beyond the 

 middle from the costal to the inner margin ; a subraarginal 

 greyish curved line extends from the apex to the anal angle : 

 secondaries dark fawn-colour, crossed below the middle from 

 the apex to the inner margin by two faint brown lines ; the 

 fringes of both wings brown. Underside: both wings pale 

 brown, with the dark lines more distinct than on the upper- 

 side ; a black spot at the end of the cell of the primaries and 

 secondaries. — Female very similar to the male, but darker in 

 colour. 



Expanse, <$ 2\, ? 3 inches. 



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



Apatelodes hanepa, sp. n. 



Male. — Head and thorax black ; antennae, collar, and 

 tegulae pale greyish brown ; abdomen and legs brown. Pri- 

 maries greyish brown, two small white spots close to the 

 apex, edged with black on the inner side ; a large elongated 

 dark brown spot close to the base on the inner margin, and 

 three zigzag indistinct black lines cross the wing from the 

 costal to the inner margin ; fringe brown : secondaries pale 

 reddish brown, crossed about the middle by an indistinct 

 whitish line. 



Expanse 2 inches. 



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



Lonomia betkult'a, sp. n. 



Male. — Head and antennae black ; collar, tegulse, thorax, 

 and abdomen reddish brown ; legs black. Primaries pale 

 yellowish brown, crossed near the base from the costal to the 

 inner margin by two waved, curved, dark brown lines ; three 

 small black dots at the end of the cell, beyond which a 

 straight, rather wide, dark brown line crosses the wing from 

 the costal to the inner margin ; a submarginal, zigzag, fine 

 brown line extends from the apex to the anal angle : second- 

 aries pale reddish brown, with a very fine line crossing the 

 wing about the middle; the fringes of both wings brown. 

 Underside very similar to the upperside, but paler in colour 

 and with all the lines very indistinct. 



Expanse 2£ inches. 



Hab. N. Peru, Huancabamba, 6000-10,000 feet (Mus. 

 Druce). 



This species is allied to L. monacharia, Mssn. ; some 

 specimens are much darker in colour than others. 



