202 On som6 neio Species of Lepidoptera. 



greyish brown ; the fruige yellow. — i^t^ma/e very si aiilar to 

 the male, but considerably darker in colour on the underside. 



Expanse, (^ ? , 1^ inch. 



Ilah. Colombia, Minca, 2000 feet; Ecuador, Sarayacu 

 (C. Buckley, Mus. Druce). 



Thyria scione, sp. n. 



Male. — Head, antennas, collar, tegulae, thorax, abdomen, 

 and legs pale reddish brown. Primaries pale reddish brown, 

 crossed by pale brown lines; a cluster of silvery-white spots 

 at the end of the cell and a large silvery-white spot at the 

 apex, below which are several smaller silvery-white spots : 

 secondaries white, bordered with pale reddish brown. Under- 

 side : primaries and secondaries silvery white, the costal 

 margin of the primaries shaded with pale reddish brown. 



Expanse I^^q inch. 



Hah. Antioquia, Frontino {Salmon, Mus. Druce). 



Thyria phraortes, sp. n. 



Female. — Head, antennse, and thorax brown ; collar and 

 tegulge grey; the abdomen black, the base yellow; underside 

 o£ the thorax white ; legs greyish brown. Primaries brown, 

 the outer margin dark blackish brown ; the cluster of silver 

 spots at the end of the cell V-shaped ; a large silvery-white 

 spot at the apex, with some very minute ones along the outer 

 margin ; the fringe blackish brown : secondaries yellowish 

 white, the outer margin bordered with black. Underside of 

 the primaries dark brownish grey ; the costal margin and a 

 submarginal row of spots white; secondaries white, clouded 

 with black at the anal angle and partly round the outer 

 margin; the fringe white. 



Expanse 1;^ inch. 



Hah. S.E. Brazil, Rio Grande do Sul [Mas. Druce). 



Fam. Pyralidae. 



Subfam. CsRYSAUGiNJi. 



Anisothrix nohilis, sp. n. 

 A/aZe.— Head, antennae, tegulge, and thorax pale pinkish 

 brown ; abdomen blackish brown ; legs dark brown. Pri- 

 maries dark brown, crossed from the costal to the inner margin 

 by two curved purplish-brown bands, edged with black and 

 white lines ; the fringe brown : secondaries black, streaked 



