40 i Sir G. F, Ilampson on new 



middle of costa, a patch of audrocoiiia in middle of cell and 

 another patch on discoeellulars, some silky scaling below 

 end of cell with hairy scaling before and beyond it, the 

 iieuration rather distorted ; hind wing with vein 5 from 

 lower angle of cell. 



(^ . Head, thorax, and abdomen creamy white ; palpi, 

 antennae, pectus, legs, and ventral surface of abdomen 

 slightly tinged with brown. Fore wing creamy white ; a 

 small black discoidal spot ; a large patch of fiery orange- 

 red below and beyond the cell from before middle to near 

 termen, extending slightly into the middle of cell and 

 interrupted by a creamy-white bar from lower angle of cell 

 to vein 1, then bent outwards to tornus, the outer edge of 

 the patch obliquely curved from below costa beyond the cell. 

 Hind wing creamy Avhitc. Underside of fore wing creamy 

 white, with the fringe of hair below costa and the patches of 

 androeonia fuscous brown. 



Hab. Bolivia, Yungas la Paz {Seebold), 2 (^ type. E.rp. 

 18 mm. 



830 a. Siccia melanospila, sp. n. 



Head, thorax, and abdomen grey tinged with pale red- 

 brown; palpi black; fore legs and midtibis and tarsi blackish. 

 Fore wing brownish grey ; small obliquely placed subbasal 

 black spots on costa and below the cell ; antemedial bhick 

 spots on costa and below the cell ; medial black spots on 

 costa, in cell, and on inner margin, and a discoidal spot; 

 traces of a punctiform postmedial line with black spots on 

 costa, in discoidal and submedian folds and on inner margin, 

 the line oblique from costa to discal fold, then inwardly 

 oblique to submedian fold and bent outwards to inner 

 margin ; a spot on costa towards apex ; some points on 

 apical part of costa and spots at discal and submedian folds. 

 Hind wing whitish suflused with brown ; the underside with 

 the costal area browner, a brown discoidal spot. 



Hab. V>K. E. AriiicA, Kiknyu, Escarpment [Doherty), 

 3 J , 1 ? type. Exp. 24 mm. 



Genus Phacusosia, nov. 

 Type, P. .vaiithosoma. 



Proboscis fully developed : ])alpi porrect, not extending 

 beyond the frons, Avhich is rounded ; antcnn;c of female 

 ciliated; hind tibiie with two pairs of spurs. Fore wing 

 long and narrow, the apex rounded, the termcn obliquely 

 curved ; veins 3, i from angle of cell ; 5 from well above 



