222 Hon. Walter Rotlischild on 



55. Halisidota nuhilosus, sp. n. 



^ . Nearest to testacea, Rotlisch., but much larger. 

 Palpi, frons, and antennai dull brown ; vertex of head and 

 thorax yellowish buff washed witli a darker shade, two 

 brown dots on tegulje ; abdomen golden buff. Fore wing 

 pale buff strongly irrorated and clouded with rufous mummy- 

 brown, from base to apex a darker brown band, live or six 

 dark brown spots on costa and submarginally at outer margin. 

 Hind wing pale buff, basal half obliquely clothed with 

 yellow hairs, indistinct brownish blotches at apex. 



Length of fore wing 25 mm. 



Hab. Santo Domingo, Carabaya, 6000 feet (wet season), 

 Feb. 1902; Oconeque, Carabaya, 7000 feet (dry season), 

 July 1904; and La Oroya, Rio Inambari, Peru, 3100 feet 

 (dry season), Sept. 1904 (G. R. Ockenden). Q ^ <S . 



56. Halisidota hoffmannsi , sp. n. 



^. Very similar to terraneay^o\\\?,c\\., but larger. Palpi, 

 frons, and antennae dull brown ; vertex of head and thorax 

 greyish buff, tegulas and patagia with central brown dots; 

 abdomen ])ale fuscous. Fore wing pale brownish buff, from 

 apex obliquely across seven-eighths o£ the wing to vein 1 

 runs an earthy brown band, which becomes wider distally 

 from apex (at apex it is 1 ram. wide, at vein 1 9 mm. 

 wide), at apex of cell two black spots, the lower tliree times 

 as large as tlie upper, a submarginal row of brown dots. 

 Hind wing buff, almost entirely covered with a brownish-gi-ey 

 wash, except from costa to vein 6 and three or four spots at 

 outer margin. 



Length of fore wing 23 mm. 



Hah. Pozuzo, Dept. Huanuco, Peru {Hoffmanns), 1 c? . 



On pages 35 and 36 ' Novitates Zoologicae/ vol. xvi. (19U9), 

 I described Areomolis basa/is and AreomoUs ockendeni as m w 

 species. Tliese two turn out not to belong to the genus 

 Areomolis, but are two species of Neritos ; and while ockendeni 

 is a new species, hasalis turns out to be Neritos stenijjtera, 

 Hmpsn. 



57. Halisidota homhycina, sp. n. 



cJ. Legs buff; pectus brownish buff washed with pink; 

 head, thorax, and antennae brownish buff ; abdomen testaceous 

 buff, two basal segments strongly washed with pink. Fore 

 wing : outer one-fifth, costa, and inner margin buff ; disc 

 semihyaline buff, strongly irrorated with brown scales ; the 



