94 ^liss G. RicarJo 07i the Genus Hajmatopota 



white nearest the apex : secondaries ^^llite, slightly brownish 

 near the base. Underside very similar to the upperside, but 

 browner. 

 . Expanse 2 inches. 



Ilah. S.E, Peru, Santo Domingo, 6000 feet {Mus» Bruce). 



I have named tliis beautiful species after Mr. Rosenberg's 

 late collector G. Ockenden, who died in Peru of typhoid in 

 the early pait of this year. 



Family Noctuidae. 

 Euglyphia proserpiJia, sp. n. 



Male. — Head, antenna?, collar, tegulre, thorax, and abdo- 

 men blue-black ; anus scarlet ; underside of head, thorax, 

 and part of abdomen scarlet ; legs clothed with long scarlet 

 hairs. Primaries steel-black, shaded wnth deep black along 

 the inner margin to the end of the cell ; two curved black 

 lines beyond the cell, crossing the wing from the costal to 

 the inner margin ; a marginal row of black spots extends 

 from the apex to the anal angle ; the fringe black : secondaries 

 steel-black, the veins deep black. IJnderside : primaries 

 greyish black, darkest along the costal half of the wing : 

 secondaries pale glossy greyish black, the veins deep black. 



Expanse 1 inches. 



Hub. Peru, La Oroya, Carabaya, 30C0 feet {Mus. Druce). 



Allied to Eu(jlyphia hieroylypkica, Cram. 



XVIII. — Notes on the Genus H?eraatopota of the Family 

 Tabanidffi?« the British Museum Cullection. By Gektkude 



lllCARUO. 



[Plates III.-VI.] 



HjEmatopota, Mcigen. 

 HcBmalopota, Meig., lUigei's Mag. ii. 267. 40 (1803). 



This genus is readily distingnishcd by the peculiar markings 

 of the wings, but the species are not easy to dtsrribe. 



Locw gives what he considers good characteristics for the 

 distinction of the species in his Dipt. JSiidafrik., reiving on 

 the shape of the head, tlic position, shape, and size of the 

 paired spots, and the absence or presence of the unpaired 

 spot, and, in a lesser degree, on tlie markings on the face ; 

 the shape of the antcnme ho considers a doubtful character, 



