334 Sir G. F. Hampsou o?i new 



Hah. Mexico, Jalapa (Trujillo), 1 S ', Guatemala., Las 

 "Mercedes (Cha?npion),l ? type, Godmau-Salvin Coll. Ej-p , 

 S 42, ? 48 mm. 



(5) Oinpkisa caus talis, sp. u. 



Antennae of male laminate. 



(^ . Head rufous mixed with whitish ; palpi white at base; 

 thorax deep red-brown with whitish spots on pro- and nieta- 

 thorax ; pectus and legs white, the fore tibiae with fuscous 

 band at extremity ; abdomen rufous, with dorsal scries of 

 small pure white spots, the basal segment Avith two spots, 

 the penultimate with three, the ventral surface white except 

 at extremity. Fore wing deep rufous, the costal area except 

 at base and the terminal area whitish tinged with rufous ; 

 an indistinct, curved, red-brown, autemedial line, delned by 

 whitish on inner side except towards inner margin ; a small 

 hyaline spot towards extremity of cell ; postmcdial line 

 brown, waved, incurved at discal fold, below vein 3 retracted 

 to lower angle of cell, then oblique, with large, irregular, 

 whiiish patch before it beyond lower end of cell and small 

 spots beyond it between veins 8 and 3 defined by brown, the 

 spot below vein 7 larger, below vein 2 defined by yellowish 

 on outer side and with slight yellowish mark on inner side ; 

 A slightly waved brown terminal line. Hind wing whitish 

 tinged and irrorated with rufous, leaving the base and a 

 medial band whiter ; an oblique deep brown line before the 

 medial band from the discoidal spot to near tornus; post- 

 medial line bent outwards and minutely waved between 

 veins 5 and 2, then retracted towards lower angle of cell, 

 defined by white on outer side towards costa and with small 

 brown-edged spots beyond it between veins 5 and 2 ; a 

 slightly waved brown terniinal line ; cilia white tinged with 

 rufous, intersected by rufous and with rufous patch towards 

 tornus. Underside white ; fore wing with small fuscous 

 annuli in cell and on discocellulars, the postmcdial line 

 represented by incomplete fuscous annuli ; hind wing with 

 fuscous discoidal annulus and maculate, postmcdial, irregular 

 line. 



Hab. Uganda, Ketoma {Doggett), 1 S type. Exp. 

 32 mm. 



Genus Pyralausta, nov. 



Proboscis well developed ; palpi porrect, the second joint 

 extending about twice the length of head and fringed with 

 long hair below, produced to a point in front, the third long, 



