202 Mr. W. Schaus on 



black, the costal margin broadly orange. Undorneatli, the 

 costa of secondaries is more broadly orange and there is an 

 orange slreak along inner margin, also a fine black subcostal 

 streak, or the base of the costa is black as in the female. 



Expanse, c? 33, ? 42 mm. 



Jlah. Jnan Vinas. Tuis. 



Allied to A. hifatila, Dr. 



AutomoUs excavata, sp. n. 



? . Body and legs light roseate brown. Abdomen above 

 more deeply tinged with roseate; underneath wiiitish. 

 Primaries light brown, slightly excavated between apex and 

 vein 5, more deeply below vein 5 ; a white spot near base 

 above submedian vein ; an antenieJial and a medial row of 

 spots below cell, indistinct, faintly yellowish, edged with red ; 

 a similar spot at end of cell ; two large hyaline subterminal 

 spots above and below vein 4; terminal lunnlar yellowish 

 .spots between veins 2 and 5 ; a terminal whitish spot between 

 6 and 7, and a faint terminal yellowish spot above and 

 below it. 



Expanse 55 mm. 



I Jab. Tui^. 



Melese monnna, sp. n. 



cJ . Palpi, head, and thorax red ; the patagia edged with 

 greyish brown. Abdomen reddish above, tinged with ochreous 

 below. Legs streaked with grey. Primaries ochreous red 

 irrorated with black, chiefly along costa, at end of ceil, and 

 on outer margin below vein 4 ; a small white semihyaline 

 spot just beyond cell between veins 5 and 6 ; a small spot in 

 cell and three rows of larger irregular spots below cell, ochreous 

 edged with red. Secondaries creamy, semitransparent, very 

 faintly tinged with roseate on inner margin. 



Female with a large spot beyond cell reaching costal vein ; 

 the apex darker. Secondaries semihyaline rose-colour. 



Expanse, J 36, ? 42 mm. 



IJub. Juan Vinas. 



Bertholdia crocea, sp. n. 



Palpi white, with lateral brown spots. Legs brown and 

 white ; tarsi white. Head and thorax violaceous brown ; the 

 tegulse edged with white. Abdomen red above, white below; 

 anal hairs white ; a lateral row of black spots. Pectus white. 

 Primaries safFion-brown, paler along inner margin and about 

 angle ; a white spot on submedian vein at one-third from 



