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68. Felochyta atra, sp. n. 



(J. Pectus orange, with two black central spots; first 

 joint of palpi orange, rest sooty black ; legs, head, and thorax 

 fuliginous, three spots on head and two each on tegula3 and 

 patagia deep black ; antennae fuscous ; abdomen above deep 

 fuliginous, extreme tip and under side orange. Fore and 

 hind winpjs deep sooty brownish black, with violet gloss. 

 $ . Similar, but much larger and paler. 



Length of fore wing, J 19, ? 27 mm. 



Hah. Santo Domingo, Caraliaya, 6500 feet (wot season), 

 Dec. 1902. and La Oroya, Rio Inambari, S.E. Peru (wet 

 season), 3100 feet, Oct. 190i [G. E. Ockenden). ^ S S, 

 3 ? $. 



69. Pclocliyta b7'unnescens, sp. n. 



(^ . Pectus orange, with two large black patches; palpi 

 orange-grey, with two large black spots on outside ; head 

 and thorax sooty brown, with five black spots on head and 

 one on each tegula; abdomen above black, first four segments 

 clothed with long brownish hairs ; below orange, a double 

 lateral row and two big ventral spots black. Fore and hind 

 wings sooty brown. 



?. Similar, but much larger; hind wing hyaline buff, 

 outer margin and nervures only sooty brown. Some males 

 are also paler, with lighter hind wings, and four anal abdo- 

 minal segments banded yellow. 



Length of fore wing, ^ 18-27, ? 21-33 mm. 



Hab. Santo Domingo, Carabaya, 6000 feet, June 1902 

 (dry season) and Jan. 1902 (wet season) ; Oconeque, Cara- 

 baya (dry season), 7000 feet, July 1904; Limbani, Carabaya 

 (dry season), 9500 feet, April 1901, and La Oroya, Rio 

 Inambari, Peru, 3100 feet (dry season), Sept. 1904- (G. R. 

 Ockenden) ; Pozuzo, Huanuco (JV. Hoffmanns) ; Paramba, 

 Ecuador; Chiriqui, Panama. 20 c? c? , 6 ? ? . 



70. Elysius castanea, sp. n. 



cJ . Pectus brown, orange anteriorly ; legs, palpi, head, 

 antl antennai dull chestnut-brown ; collar narrowly orange ; 

 thorax brown ; abdomen above black, segments narrowly 

 edged with yellow ; a broad lateral band of orange and last 

 segment orange ; underside deep brown. Fore wing deep 

 brown, variegated with irregular paler clouds. Hind wing 

 deep brown, yellowish along abdominal margin. 



Length of fore wing 22 mm. 



Hab. Rio Huacamayo, Carabaya (dry season), 3100 feet, 

 June 1904 {G. R. Ockenden). 5 <J c? . 



