Genera and Species of Xoctu'ula\ 431 



oblique, sinuous, incurvcil at vein 1 ; oi"l)i(^ular witli yellowish 

 centre and white aimnlus defined by bhiek, opeu above, 

 small, oblique eUi|)tieal ; renit'orra with yellowish eentre 

 defined i)y l)laelv and slight white annnlus, narrow; sonic 

 deep rufous in eell before and between the stigmata ; medial 

 line faint and rather diffused, ol)li(iue to the reniform and 

 sinuous from lower an>:le of cell to inner margin; post- 

 medial line black slightly defined on outer side by whitish, 

 bent outwards below eosta, then minutely waved and pro- 

 duced to blackish streaks with white points ou them on the 

 veins, incurved below vein 4, some rufous points beyond it 

 on costa ; subteruiinal line indistinct whitish with some 

 slight blackish points on its inner side_, excurved below vein 7 

 and at mitldle ; a terminal series of slight black lunules. 

 Hind wing ochreous wlute tinged with brown especially on 

 tciminal area; a fine dark terminal line; cilia ochreous 

 white ; the underside with the costal area irrorated with 

 red-brown, a black discoidal spot, sinuous postmedial line, 

 aiul terminal scries of slight lunules. 



Hub. N.E. Pkku, Iluancabamba^ 2 ^ typ3. Evp.oOmm. 



3169 a. Periyea pyrocausta, sp. n. 



cJ . Head and tegulae fiery red with some yellow on vertex 

 of head and at base of tegulae; palpi red-brown; thorax 

 red-brown mixed with fiery red; pectus, legs, and abdomen 

 red-brown. Fore wing fiery red mixed witli yellow, the 

 terminal area suffused with grey-brown, some grey-brown at 

 base of inner margin ; subbasal line represented by a faint 

 yellowish bar from costa with point beyond it in cell ; ante- 

 medial line indistinctly double filled in with yellowish, 

 oblique and slightly sinuous to above inner margin where it 

 is angled ; claviform slightly defined by yellow and brown at 

 extremity ; orbicular represented l)y an oblique downcurved 

 yellow lunule detiued below by blackish and a yellow and 

 black point above its extremity ; reniform with yellow and 

 fiery red centre and yellow annulus defined by brown, con- 

 stricted at middle ; medial line brown, oblique and slightly 

 sinuous to median uervure, then inwardly oblique ; post- 

 medial line blackish defined on outer side by grey, bent 

 outwards below costa, oidique to vein 5, then incurved ; sub- 

 terminal line indistinct, red with some yellow on its outer 

 edge towards costa, angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved 

 at middle ; a fine black terminal line and pale line at base of 

 cilia. Hind wing whitish suffused with brown ; an indistinct 

 dark discoidal bar and traces of a postmedial line; the 



