128 ISir Gr. F. Ilampson on new 



at extremities. Fore wing silvery grey- white faintly irrorated with 

 reddish brown scales ; a broad antemedial dark shade formed by 

 black-brown scales ; a diffused triangular dark patch from costa to 

 lower angle of cell formed by black-brown scales and a diffused 

 patch at middle of inner margin ; postmedial line blackish, oblique 

 to discal fold, then obliquely excurved to submedian fold below end 

 of cell and oblique to inner margin ; the termen tinged with brown 

 towards apex and with terminal series of black points to vein 3 ; 

 cilia tinged with brown. Hind wing semihyaline silvery white ; a 

 terminal series of black points from apex to above vein 3. 



Sab. Ve> t ezuela, Esteban Valley, Las Quignas, 1 8 type. 

 Exp. 40 mm. 



Genus Phrtgaxodes will stand as m 



Type. 

 Phostria, Hiibn. Verz. p. 130 (1827) temira. 



(16 c) Phostria xanthoproctalis, sp. n. 



6 • Head fulvous yellow ; thorax and basal half of abdomen 

 glossy grey-brown, the former with a faint purple gloss, the latter 

 with the terminal half fulvous yellow ; antenna? brown ; fore legs 

 yellow, the coxa? grey-brown except on outer side, the femora and 

 tibiae black at extremities, the mid and hind tarsi yellowish ; ventral 

 surface of abdomen fulvous yellow. Fore wing uniform glossy 

 grey-brown tinged with purple. Hind wing glossy grey-brown 

 tinged with purple, the inner area slightly paler. 



Hab. Venezuela, Esteban Valley, Las Quignas, 1 J type. 

 Exjp. 46 mm. 



(22 c/) Phostria jpurpureonitens, sp. n. 



<3 . Head, thorax, and abdomen grey-brown glossed with purple, 

 the anal tuft greyer ; antennae dark brown ; basal joint of palpi and 

 throat pure white ; pectus and legs white suffused in parts with 

 grey-brown ; ventral surface of abdomen silvery grey-brown. Fore 

 wing grej T - brown glossed with brilliant purple except on basal and 

 costal areas; cilia darker brown. Hind wing grey-brown glossed 

 with brilliant purple except at base and on inner area ; cilia darker 

 brown. 



2 . Hind wing with small round white discoidal spot. 

 Ilab. D'Extrecasteaux Is., Woodlark I. {Meek), 1 <5 , 1 § 

 type. Exp. 40 mm. 



(30 b) Phostria JIaviceps, sp. n. 



$ . Head and tegulae pale , orange-yellow, the frons whitish 

 tinged with yellow ; thorax and abdomen pale grey-brown ; an- 

 tenna? pale grey-brown ; palpi yellow, white at base ; pectus, legs, 



