178 ^Jf'- ^^- D''iice on 



costal marp,in from the base to the apex Wackish grey, tlie 

 maroinal line black; the fringe wiiite. Underside: pri- 

 marre3 grey, reddish brown along the costal margin : second- 

 aries white. 



Expanse 2 inches. 



JIab. North-oast Peru, Aqualani, 10,000 feet, wet season 

 {Cr. Ockenden, Mus. Bruce). 



Fam. NoctuidsB. 



Subfam. AcEONYCTiN^. 



Eroclia trita, sp. n. 



Male. — Head, abdomen, and legs black; collar, teguhp, 

 and thorax grey ; the anal tuft reddish brown. Primaries 

 grey, very thickly irrorated with black scales ; a round black 

 spot in the cell and an oval-shaped spot at the end of the cell ; 

 a ziozao- rather broad white line crosses the wing near the 

 base from the costal to the inner margin ; a second zigzag 

 line crosses the wing beyond the cell, ending in a large white 

 spot close to the anal angle ; the primaries are very similar 

 to those of Erocha dolens, Druce : secondaries pale cream- 

 yellow, the marginal line black; the fringe white. Underside 

 similar to the upperside, the costal margin and the apex of 

 the primaries black. 



Expanse 2 inches. 



Hab. S.E. Peru, Aqualani, 10,000 feet {G. Ockenden, 

 Mus. Druce). 



Iscadia buckleyi, sp. n. 



CEdemasia (?) alcimede, Druce, P. Z. S. 1890, p. 510; Biologia Centr.- 



Am., Lep. Het. ii. p. 453. 

 Phastia alcimede, Schs. Trans. Ent, Soc. 1891, p. 257. 



Female. — Head and palpi black above, underside of palpi 

 pale brown ; collar, tegulae, thorax, and abdomen dark brown, 

 underside of the abdomen pale b)-own. Primaries dark 

 brown, pale brown at the base and partly across the wing ; 

 two spots in the cell; two zigzag black lines cross the wing 

 from the costal to the inner margin, the first nearest the base, 

 the second beyond the cell ; a pale brown patch at the apex 

 crossed with black spots ; a subraarginal light brown line 

 with black points extends from apex to the anal angle ; the 

 marginal line black ; the fringe dark brown : secondaries 

 ■uniformly brown, the fringe sliglitly paler in colour. Under- 

 side of both wings brown. 



Expanse 2| inches. 



I Jab. Ecuador, Sarayacu {Buckley, Mus. Druce). 



