278 New Iletrrocera from Central AiiiPrica. 



Telea, Hiibn. 

 l^elea aurelia, sp. n. 



^[ale. — Primaries and secondaries pale fawn-colour ; pri- 

 maries crossed from the costal to the inner margin hy a 

 very wide black band, edited on both sides with a waved black 

 line, which is edged on the inner side with pink and white 

 scales; the costal margin thickly irrorated with white scales 

 from the base almost to the apex ; the apex streaked with 

 pink and white, with a rather large black spot on the costal 

 margin ; a large hyaline spot at the en;! of the cell, bordered 

 with reddish fawn-colour and then broadly with black, the 

 basal lialf of the bhick rin^i- bein;r thickly irrorated with bluisli- 

 wliite scales ; a narrow, straight, fawn-coloured line extends 

 from the costal margin close to the apex to the inner margin 

 above the anal angle: secondaries, the central part of the 

 wing dusky black ; a large hyaline spot at the end of the cell 

 very broadly bordered with deep black, which is tiiickly 

 irrorated on tlie inner side with pale blue scales ; a submar- 

 ginal pale fawn-coloured line extends from the costal margin 

 to the anal angle. Underside pale fawn-colour, thickly irro- 

 rated with white scales, with the markings very similar to 

 those above, but of a dark brown colour. The head, underside 

 of the thorax, and legs dark brown ; the collar and front of 

 the thorax greyish white, the thorax and abdomen pale fawn- 

 colour ; the anteiuue yellowish brown. 



Expanse 5^ inches. 



Hah. Mexico, near Durango city {Becker). 



This species is very distinct from any known to me. 



Fam. Hepialidae. 



PhassuS, Walker. 



Phassvs marcius, sp. n. 



Primaries pale greyish brown, thickly marked with grev 

 and darker brown lines ; a double row of blackish-brown 

 elongated spots crosses the wing from the costal margin near 

 tiie apex to the inner margin, and a row of t-longated curved 

 lines extends round the outer margin from the ajiex to the anal 

 angle ; a rather long metallic gold streak broken into three 

 spots at the end of the cell, beyond which, nearer the outer 

 margin, are two very minute metallic gold dots : secondaries 

 pale greyish brown, palest at the base, witii several indistinct 



