uew Situlh- Ami'vlcan AriMiaiia\ 211 



Heop l>lack-l)ro\vn, witli a v«My stronj^ blue-purple sheeti, aii<l 

 irrorateil with greyish yt'Ilow ; at apex of cell a group of 

 yellow-,Tey <l'>t.s and spots, llitid wing pale liyaliiio saltnon, 

 b:jsal third detisely clothed with orani^e-salmou hair; mar- 

 ginal baud of wing fuscous, only sliirhtly wider at apex ami 

 inucli narrower than in dri/ns. There is in the British 

 ]\Iuseum a female with rose-pink hind wing and first abdo- 

 minal segments from Rio Grande d) Sul ; but this has an 

 extra wide mar;rinal band to the hind winjis. 



Length of fore wing 25 mm. 



Jlah. La Oroya, R. Ii)aml)ari, (/arabaya, 3100 feet, Nov. 

 and Dec. 1905 (wet season) {(}. R. Ockeaden). 1 (^ . 



19. Elysius ammaloides, sp. n. 



cJ . Palpi, head, and thorax orange-brown mixed with 

 fuscous ; antonnai fuscous brown ; abdomen orange-bufT, with 

 indistinct black rings. Fore wing purplish mauve, strongly 

 irrorated with brown ; a pinkish-salmon spot near apex 

 below vein 10. Hind wing orange-buff, washed with salmon. 



$ . Similar. 



Length of fore wing, ^ 26, ? 28 mm. 



Uab. R. Huacamayo, (^arabaya (dry season), 3100 feet, 

 June 1904 [G. R. Oclcenden) ; Fonte Roa, Upper Amazon, 

 May 190(5 {S. M. Klages). 3 cT c? , 2 ? ? . 



20. Elysius atrobrunnea, sp. n. 



(J. Similar to atrata^ Feld., and terra, Druce, but larger 

 and paler. Head and tegulaj orange; thorax brown; an- 

 tennae brown ; abdomen blackish, basal segment orange, a 

 lateral line of orange and a narrow orange ring on fifth 

 segment. Fore wing sooty brown. Hind wing pale sooty 

 grey-brown, hyaline area indistinct. 



Jjength of fore wing 32 nmi. 



Hub. Merida, Venezuela {Brictfw). 1 $ . 



21. Elysius magnijica, sp. n. 



(^ . Nearest to ci'ngulafa, Walk., but much larger. Palpi, 

 head, and thorax blackish crimson ; antennae brown ; first 

 two segments of abdomen ro>y carmine, the second one with 

 a blackish narrow band ; a.ial segment chestnut, washed with 

 carmine; remaining segments above black, with goldoti- 

 yellow rings; below, pectus crimson, abdomen chestnut; 

 lega fuscous brown. Fore wing deep rufous chocolate, 

 covered with a network of orange-brown hair-lines; base 



