578 Sir G. F. Hampson on 



brown; fore tibifl) and tarsi banded with fuscous; abdomen 

 Avhitc, dorsally tinged with brown. Fore wing silvery white ; 

 some black points at base ; silvery-blue streaks in base of 

 submedian fold and above base of inner margin, black at 

 extremities ; a waved black subbasal line from costa to just 

 above inner margin ; a large rufous patch on middle of costa, 

 defined on inner side by the antemedial line, w^hich is angled 

 outwards on subcostal nervure and ends at submedian fold ; 

 medial black striae from cell and vein 1 ; a quadrate black spot 

 in middle of cell and obliquely curved discoidal bar, with 

 tw'O slight oblique marks beyond it ; postmedial line irregu- 

 larly waved, oblique from costa to vein 6, then inwardly 

 oblique to vein 2, retracted to cell, then excurved and angled 

 inwards iti submedian fold, a brown patch beyond it from 

 costa to vein 6, constricted at middle and with oblique bar 

 from its lower edge ; subterminal line rather slight and 

 punctiform, angled outwards at vein 7 and inwards below 7 

 and 3, some brown beyond it at apex and an oblique streak 

 from it to termen above tornus ; a terminal series of black 

 points. Hind wing pale fuscous. 



Hab. Panama, Can a Mines (Tylecote), 1 ? type. 

 Ea'p. 30 mm. 



Elceognatha phceostrota, sp. n. 



? . Head and thorax clothed with silvery-white, reddish- 

 brown, and black scales-, palpi with the second joint blackish 

 at sides ; pectus and legs grey, the fore and mid tarsi 

 fuscous above ; abdomen grey, dorsally suffused with reddish 

 brown. Fore wing grey, irrorated with black and suffused 

 with dark brown except on terminal area ; a very indistinct 

 antemedial series of dark spots ; a black point in middle of 

 cell and another on discocellulars ; postmedial line bent 

 outwards below costa, then somewhat dentate, incurved 

 between veins 5 and 3, then retracted to the cell, bent 

 outwards between veins 2 and 1, then retracted to before 

 middle of wing and bent outwards again to inner margin ; 

 subterminal line fuscous defined by white on inner side, 

 minutely waved, angled outwards at veins 7, 6, retracted at 

 vein 3 and ending at tornus ; a terminal series of prominent 

 black spots. Hind wing dark reddish brown ; cilia whitish 

 at tips. 



Hab. Panama, Cana Mines {Tylecote), 1 ? type. Ecqj. 

 36 mm. 



