new Species of Ileterocera. 467 



streak extends from the base along the inner margin almost 

 to the anal angle ; an oval-shaped white spot at the end of 

 the cell extending almost to the outer margin; a marginal 

 row of white spots from the apex to the anal angle : second- 

 aries white, the apex and outer margin clouded with blackish 

 brown. 



Ex|)anse 2 inches. 



Ilab. Colombia, Bogota (Mus. Oxford). 



Phccgoptera levis^ sp. n. 



Female. — Head, palpi, collar, tegulge, thorax, and basal 

 half of the abdomen black, tiie anal half of the abdomen 

 chrome-yellow, with a bh\ck spot on the middle of each 

 segment ; antennae and legs pale brown. Primaries pale 

 brown, dark brown at the base ; three small tufts of bright 

 chrome-yellow scales close to the base ; a wide dark brown 

 band crosses the wing almost to the inner margin ; beyond 

 the cell a second band joining the first below the cell, forming 

 roughly a large V-shaped mark: secondaries dark brown; 

 the fringe of both wings brown. 



Expanse 2^ inches. 



Hah. South Brazil {Rogers, Mus. Oxford). 



Fam. Lithosiidae. 

 Nodozana xanthomela, sp. n. 



Male. — Head yellow, antenna black ; thorax and tegulas 

 yellow ; abdomen black, the anal tuft yellow ; legs black. 

 Primaries bluish black, the basal half of the wing chrome- 

 yellow : secondaries black, the costal margin edged with 

 yellow from the base almost to the apex. 



Expanse f inch. 



Hah. Amazons [Mns. Oxford). 



Talara leucocera, sp. n. 



Male. — Head, antennae, and thorax pale faun-colour; 

 abdomen pink; legs whitish fawn-colour. Primaries pale 

 fawn-colour, slightly darker near the apex : secondaries 

 pink. 



Expanse ^q inch. 



Hab. Brazil, Espiritu Santo {Rogers, Mus. Oxford). 



Cyptonychia flaviceps, sp. n. 



Male. — Head, thorax, and tegulai pale yellowish white; 

 antennae black ; the base of the thorax and abdomen black, 



