Genera and Species q/" Noctuidn'. TS.T 



from oosta to suhnicdiaii fold ; aiitcmodial line double, 

 hiackisli, waved ; ela\ ilbnn iiiiiiutc, faintly defined l)y 

 blackish ; orbicular and rcniforni yellowish tinj^cd witli 

 rufous and slightly defined by blackish, the former round, 

 the latter with its centre dcfinetl by rufous and with whitish 

 annulus, a black spot in lower part ; niediul line black, cx- 

 curvcd below costa and cell ; postmcdial line indistinctly 

 double, bent outwards below costa, then dentate and pro- 

 duced to black points on tiie veins, excurved to vein !•, then 

 incurved, some pale points beyond it on costa ; subterminal 

 line yellowish delined on inner side by minute dentate dark 

 marks and by two more prominent blackish marks at discal 

 fold, angled outwards at vein 7, excurved and waved at 

 middle, aud with black streaks beyond it on veins 7 to !• ; a 

 terminal series of small black lunnles ; cilia blackish with 

 yellow line at base expanding into spots at the veins. Hind 

 wing ochreous white tinged with brown, especially on 

 terminal area; cilia yellow tinged with rufous ; the underside 

 with the costal area tinged with rufous and irrorated with 

 brown, a black discoidal point, curved postmcdial line from 

 costa to vein 4, aud terminal series of points from apex to 

 vein 4. 



Hab. S.E. Peru, Agualani [Ockenden), 1 6 type. Exp. 

 42 mm. 



16 iS a. Erlopyga melanosigma, sp. n. 



$ . Head and thorax dark reddish brown mixed with a 

 few white hairs; palpi with the extremity of second joint 

 ochreous; pectus and legs black-brown mixed with greyish, 

 the tarsi black with ochreous white rings; abdomen grey- 

 brown, whitish at base. Fore wing black-brown with a 

 cupreous tinge and irrorated with grey-white ; an indistinct 

 ■waved whitish subbasal line from costa to submedian fold ; 

 antemedial line black defined by whitish on inner side, 

 angled outwards below costa, oblique to submedian fold and 

 angled inwards on vein 1 ; orbicular and reniforra large, 

 black-brown defined by black, the former somewhat elon- 

 gate elliptical; an oblique brown medial shade from lower 

 angle of cell to inner margin; postmcdial line black defined 

 by white on outer side, bent outwards below costa, excurved 

 to vein 4, then incurved, some white points beyond it on 

 costa ; subterminal line white towards costa and tornus, 

 indistinct at middle, defined on inner side by a series of 

 somewhat dentate black marks, angled outwards at vein 7 , 

 excurved at middle, and bent outwards to tornus; cilia with 



