426 Mr. W. Scliaus on 



with sli'olitly darker marginal shades; black di'^cal points ; 

 a white apical spot and tufts of long brown-black hairs on 

 inner margin of fore wing. 



Expanse 31 mm. 



?. Body and wings dull grey ; white discal points. Fore 

 wings : an antemedial dark red-brown line, thickest below 

 cell ; outer line defined by a dark red-brown space following 

 it, the inner edge following the sliape of outer line in male, 

 its outer edge reacliing the white line before apex, inbent at 

 termen and vein 6 to below 5, then incurved and outwardly 

 dentate to below vein 3, below which it is sinuous and partly 

 edged with whitish. Hind wings : a fine dark brown ante- 

 medial line ; a less distinct postmedial line and a vague 

 subterininal shade. Underneath dull brownish grey, the 

 outer margins broadly reddish brown ; the wliite apical spot 

 as in (J . 



Expanse 32 mm. 



Hah. Cachi, Tuis, Juan Vinas. 



Melanolophia funehris, sp. n. 



? . Palpi, head, and thorax mottled Imff and brown, the 

 collar somewhat darker. Abdomen buff-brown, with some 

 darker irrorations and traces of a dorsal line. Fore wings : 

 costa for two-thirds from base ochreous with dark strife ; 

 base greyish with dark strise ; antemedial space fuscous, 

 narrow on costa, expanding below cell, crossed by an in- 

 distinct curved whitish line, and another line outwardly on 

 inner margin ; medial space wide on costa, narrowing to inner 

 margin, greyish in cell, white beyond and below cell, thickly 

 striated with fuscous ; outer third fuscous, with irregular 

 white patches at apex and termen at vein 3, also traces of a 

 subterniinal white line and more distinct terminal line; all 

 tlie markings interrupted by an ochreous shade along median 

 and vein 3 to near termen, expanding close to cell from 

 veins 2-4 ; cilia black, except between veins 3 and 4 and at 

 apex, where it is white. Hind wings fuscous grey, the outer 

 margin broadly darker, with traces of fine dark transverse 

 lines ; cilia white. Wings below fuscous grey, the outer 

 margins broadly darker, except from vein 3 to tornus on fore 

 wing; black discal sjiots, fore wing with white patches 

 beyond cell, at apex, and terminally at vein 3. 



Expanse 43 mm. 



Hah. Juan Vinas. 



