Genera and Species of Xoctuitlio. 'MM 



middle and scries on terminal half; a diffused purplish-pink 

 fascia below costa, not rcatdiin^ base and sometimes diHiised 

 to costa; a dilfiiscd pink fascia above inner mar<^in from 

 before middle to near tornus, with some white and black 

 scales below it on inner mar^^in ; u large pink patch beyond 

 lower angle of cell ; a minute white point in middle of cell 

 defined by pink scales ; a pink discoidal spot with white 

 points and striie on it ; a double postmedial series of white 

 points cxcurvcd below costa, then oblique ; a terminal scries 

 of black stri;c, defined by white on inner side; cilia white, 

 with some black and pink scales. Hind wing pure white ; 

 the underside with the costal area slightly tinged with 

 oehreous and pink. 



Hah. Transvaal, Kranspruit [Janse), 2 ^J type. E-rp. 

 22 mm. 



259 a. Porosagrotis peruviana, sp. n. 



^ . Head and thorax brown mixed with black and some 

 grey ; auteiinie with white spot on outer side oi: basal joint ; 

 teguhe with black medial line; tarsi black ringed with 

 white ; abdomen brown mixed with some whitish, especially 

 on ventral surface, the anal tuft oehreous. Fore wing 

 brown mixed with oehreous white ; the veins and discal and 

 submedian folds with slight dark streaks ; a fine black streak 

 in submedian fold to antemedial line; subbasal line black, 

 from costa to submedian fold ; antemedial line black, waved, 

 angled inwards on median nervure and vein ], and strongly 

 outwards above inner margin; claviforra laige, defined by 

 black ; orbicular and rcniform large, defined by black, the 

 former produced on outer side ; an oblique dark striga from 

 costa to rcniform and indistinct waved line from lower angle 

 of cell to inner margin ; postmedial line black, slightly bent 

 outwards below costa, then dentate, cxcurvcd to vein 4, then 

 incurved, some slight dark and pale points beyond it ou 

 costa : subtcrminal line formed by whitish dentate marks, 

 defined on inner side by small dentate black marks between 

 veins G and 1, somewhat cxcurvcd at vein 7 and middle; a 

 terminal scries of small black lunules ; cilia with two slight 

 brown lines through them. Hind wings white, the veins and 

 inner margin tinged with brown, some light brown lunules 

 on termcn from apex to vein 2 ; cilia with a faint brown line 

 near base from a|)ex to vein 2; the underside with the costal 

 area irrorated with brown, postmedial line represented by a 

 blackish bar from costa and minute black streaks on the 

 veins, some small black lunules on termcn from apex to 

 vein 2. 



