new South-American Arctiadx. 59 
brown ; abdomen crimson-pink above, paler below ; legs 
smoky brown, tarsi grey-white, coxz and part of femora 
pink. 
Length of fore wing 17 mm. 
Type from San Gaban, S. Peru, 2500 feet, March and 
Eepril,.VO bse be? - 
ll. Hyperthema reducta, sp. 0. 
Closely allied to sanguineata, Walk. 
¢. The basal. spot on fore wing is smaller and margin 
of the hind wing broader than in the allied species. The 
white area of the hind wing is well defined and fills the 
lower third of cell, extending to nearly half of inner margin, 
narrowing distally and forming a spot in 5 beyond cell. 
2. The basal spot on fore wing is only represented by a 
faint black dot and the distal spot is absent. The white 
area of the hind wing is narrower. The specimen from 
La Selva has the outer spot of the fore wing present, and 
the white area of the hind wing asin the @. 
Size as in sanguineata. 
Types from Siato, Rio Siato, slopes of Choco, Colombia, 
5200 feet, Sept. 1909. Also 1 ¢ from La Selva, San Juan, 
slopes of Choco, Colombia, 4600 feet, Sept. 1909. 
12. Hyperthema albipuncta, Schs., 2. 
HH. albipuncta, Schaus, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 7, vol. vii. p. 265 
(1901) (Brazil). @. 
¢. Fore wing reddish. Hind wing white, thinly scaled, 
smoky brown at anal angle and at apex. 
1 ¢ from Nivac, Matto Grosso, Brazil. 
13. Carathis tabaconas, sp. u. 
Distinct from other species of the genus. 
fo. Upperside of fore wing chocolate-brown with yellowish- 
brown spots. Some irregular spots forming a basal patch ; 
a small and darker median spot a little distally of origin of 
vein 2; a round spot in upper angle of cell; a subterminal 
spot in 3 and 4, its lower part whitish; a dot at end of 
vein 3; a rounded subapical patch, its outer part whitish 
and defined by a darker zigzag line; a rounded spot 
at apex. Hind wing hyaline; costa ‘yellowish brown ; 
inner margin slightly crimson, blackish at anal angle; 
fringes dark brown. 
Underside similar to upperside. 
