Species o/Tyralida?. 303 



annulus on inner area ; tlie discal fold thinly scaled from 

 before end oh* cell to termen. some whitish scales above it in 

 end of cell ; a rather semicircular whitish mark from below 

 end of cell to inner margin ; a hoop-shaped black mark 

 below the costa beyond end ol cell ; some oblique brown stria? 

 from apical part of costa ; subtcrminal line indistinct, dark, 

 slightly denned on outer side by whitish, angled outwards 

 below costa, then incurved to vein 4, where it is angled out- 

 wards, then oblique and very minutely waved to above inner 

 margin ; a narrow terminal dark band slightly defined on 

 inner side by a whitish line ; cilia brown, white at tips 

 towards tornus. Hind wing semihyaline white ; the veins 

 towards end of cell brownish ; a fine dark terminal line 

 expanding into a slight patch at vein 2 and emitting a short 

 streak on extremity of vein 1 ; cilia with a slight dark line 

 at middle towards apex and some brown at vein 2 ; the 

 underside with the costa brown. 



Hab. Peru, Cuzco Mts. (Garlepp), 1 $ type. Exp. 

 24 mm. 



(5) Stenoptycha serpent/fera, sp. n. 



Head, thorax, and abdomen purplish rufous mixed with 

 some dark brown ; antenna? slightly ringed with blackish 

 towards base, whitish towards tips ; fore tibia? with dark 

 band at extremity, the hind tibia? and the tarsi whitish ; 

 abdomen with whitish dorsal patch at base, the medial seg- 

 ments with subdorsal blackish spots. Fore wing purplish 

 rufous irrorated with blackish ; an antemedial black striga 

 from costa and rather triangular dark shade on inner area; 

 a brown spot defined by blackish in middle of cell, its upper 

 extremity produced ; a medial black line defined on outer 

 side by whitish from cell to inner margin, acutely angled 

 outwards in submedian fold ; the discal fold thinly scaled 

 from middle of cell to near termen ; an oblique brown band 

 defined by blackish from below costa at end of cell to sub- 

 median fold, its upper extremity somewhat produced on 

 inner and outer sides; subtcrminal line blackish slightly 

 de lined on outer side by whitish except towards costa, 

 acutely angled outwards below costa, then strongly bent 

 inwards and slightly angled outwards at vein 4, at sub- 

 median Told curving inwards and joining the oblique band ; 

 some slight dark spots on apical part of costa; a series of 

 black strue slightly defined on inner side by white before 

 termen; cilia brown, white at tips towards tornus. Hind 

 wing pale brown, the inner area whitish, with three oblique 

 dark bars ; a small dark postmedial spot on vein 2 with 



