new Species of Ilelerocera. 465 



Paracodia albicepsj sp. n. 



Male. — Head, palpi, and collar fawn-colour ; tegulse, 

 thorax, and abdomen dark brown; antennas and legs brown. 

 Primaries dark brown, crossed from the costal to the inner 

 margin bj two waved reddish lines, the first near the base, 

 the second beyond the cell, the marginal line dotted with 

 black ; the fringe dark brown : secondaries brownish white, 

 thickly irrorated at the apex with brown scales ; the mar- 

 ginal line dotted with black ; the fringe brownish white. 



Expanse | inch. 



Hab. Colombia, Valparaiso, 4500 feet {II. H. Smith, 

 Mus. Druce). 



Fam. Lasiocampidae. 

 Ormiscodes mota, sp. n. 



Male. — Head, collar, tegulae, and thorax orange-yellow ; 

 palpi black ; antennae pale yellow ; legs black, clotiied with 

 yellow hairs ; abdomen black, each segment edged with 

 white ; the anal tuft orange-yellow. Primaries red, the 

 costal margin edged with black ; a large >— -shaped white 

 mark, edged with black on the upperside, at the end of the 

 cell; the veins all yellow; the fringe yellow: secondaries 

 red, the veins yellow, the fringe white. Underside very 

 similar to the upperside, but rather darker in colour; the 

 costal margin of tiie secondaries white, below which is a broad 

 black line from the base to the apex. 



Expanse 3^ inches. 



Hab. W. Colombia, San Antonio, 5800 feet {G. M. Palmer, 

 Mus. Druce^, 



This species is allied to Ormiscodes radama, Druce, from 

 S.E. Peru. 



Fara. Notodontidae. 

 Poresta striata, sp. n. 



Female. — Head, antennge, palpi, collar, tegulae, and thorax 

 black-brown ; abdomen above dark brown ; underside and 

 legs reddish brown. Primaries dark brown, thickly striated 

 with fine black lines ; a fine pale brown line crosses the wing 

 from the apex to the middle of the inner margin ; the fringe 



