198 Mr. H. Druce on some 



Darna conscita, sp. n. 



Male. — Head, antenna, collar, tegulffi, thorax, and abdomen 

 black; legs black. Primaries deep chrome-jellow, the apical 

 third of the wing deep black; the inner margin black, 

 broadest in the micldle : secondaries black, slightly greyish in 

 the cell: the fringes of both wings black. 



Expanse If inch. 



Hab. Peru, Chanchamayo, Upper Rio Toro (Mm. Druce). 



A very distinct species of which both sexes are alike, 



Devara semidolens, sp. n. 



Male. — Head wliite, collar black; tegulge black, streaked 

 with W'hite ; thorax and abdomen black, a white line down 

 the middle from the base to the anus; the underside of the 

 abdomen greyish white ; legs black, streaked with white. 

 Primaries black ; a wide white streak from the base almost to 

 the middle of the wing ; a square white spot nearest the 

 apex ; the fringe black : secondaries cream-colour, broadly 

 bordered with black from the apex to tlie anal angle. Under- 

 side : primaries very similar to the upperside, but with the 

 costal margin and apex greyish, crossed by black veins : 

 secondaries yellowish white, with all the veins black, slightly 

 dusky at the apex. 



Expanse If inch. 



Hab. Peru, Upper Rio Toro, Chanchamayo {Mas. Druce). 



This species is allied to Devara chepta, Druce. 



Earn. Lasiocampidae. 

 Ormiscodes fornax , sp. n. 



Male. — Head, collar, tegulte, thorax, and abdomen black, 

 the abdomen clothed with long greyish hairs ; the legs black ; 

 antennae yellowish brown. Primaries pinkish brown, thickly 

 irrorated with grey scales ; the base, a large elongated spot 

 about the middle of the costal margin, and a round spot at 

 the lower corner of the cell all black; the fringe reddish 

 brown : secondaries blackish brown, broadly bordered with 

 pinkish brown, irrorated with grey scales; a submarginal, 

 narrow, dark brown line extends from the apex to the anal 

 angle. Underside of both wings uniformly grey- brown, 

 crossed about the middle by a narrow^ greyish-white line. 



Expanse 4^ inches. 



Hab. South Brazil, Rio Grande do Sul {Mus. Druce). 



This species is "allied to Ormiscodes thliptophana, Felder, 

 from the Amazons. 



