180 ^Ii"- 1^- Driice on 



from the apex to the onal ani^^le ; tlie marginal line spotted 

 with black: secondaries greyish \shite, the underside of both 

 wings pale grey. — Female very similar to the male, but 

 darker in colour. 



Expanse 1.^ inch. 



Hah. S.E." Peru, La Oroya, Rio Inambari, 3000 feet; 

 Santo Domingo, 6000 feet {G. Ockenden, Mus. Druce). 



ElcBognatha purjnirascens, sp. n. 



Male. — Head, palpi, antennae, collar, tegulse, thorax, and 

 abdomen greyish black, the underside of the abdomen and 

 legs yellowish white. Primaries dark grey ; a small black 

 spot at the base, one in the cell, and one at the end of the 

 cell ; a greenish spot on the inner margin close to the base, 

 edo-ed with white; a reddish-brown spot near the apex, 

 streaked with black ; a marginal row of small black dots 

 extends from the apex to the anal angle : secondaries brownish 

 white. Underside of both wings pale brown. 



Expanse IJ inch. 



Hah. S.E.'Pevu, Rio Inambari, 3000 feet {G. Ockenden, 

 Mus. Druce). 



Elceognatha cacaonis, sp. n. 



Female. — Head, palpi, collar, tegulffi, tliorax, and abdomen 

 very dark blackish brown ; antennai black ; legs grey. Pri- 

 maries dark brown, thickly irrorated with white scales and 

 lines; a grey mark on the costal margin close to the base, 

 below which is a black band reaching the inner margin ; 

 several white waved lines extend from the apex to the anal 

 angle; the marginal line spotted with black; the fringe 

 brown : secondaries dark blackish brown, the fringe grey. 

 Underside of both wings black. 



Expanse If inch. 



Hab. W. Central Trinidad, Caparo [F. Birch, Mus. Druce). 



Earn. JEgeridae. 



Melittia rugia, sp. n. 



Head, antennae, tegul?e, thorax, and abdomen black ; 

 collar white; palpi white, tipped with black; legs black, 

 clothed with black hairs; tiie terminal joint clothed with 

 bright red hairs. Primaries bluish black, the cell hyaline, 

 the fringe black : secondaries hyaline, the veins and fringe 

 black, the inner margin from the base to the anal angle thickly 



