372 Sir G. F. Ilanipson on new 



slightly waved and paler below vein 4;, a pale ochreous-brown tinge 

 before its costal half and beyond it below vein 5, pale ochreous- 

 brown streaks beyond it on costa and vein 7 with a black streak 

 between them from termen ; cilia tinged with" oehreous brown. 

 Hind wing silvery white ; a double waved black-brown antemedial 

 line ; a discoidal bar defined by black-brown ; postmedial line 

 double, oehreous brown and somewhat dentate, slight ochreous- 

 brown suffusion before it except towards costa and inner margin 

 and slight streaks beyond it on the veins of costal half, then brown 

 suffusion to tornus ; cilia with pale oehreous brown mixed. 



Hab. Peru, Ciu'a,ha,ja,Oconeqne{Ockenden), 1 $ type. Uxp. 

 20 mm. 



(1&) Margarosticha gaudinlis, sp. n. 



S . Head and thomx greyish mixed with brown, the tegulse and 

 patagia with some fulvous ; abdomen fulvous with brown dorsal 

 bands ; antennse whitish tinged wdth brown ; palpi banded with 

 dark brown ; pectus, legs, and ventral surface of abdomen whitish 

 tinged with brown, the fore legs with the femora black above, the 

 tibijB black at extremities, the tarsi with black marks at the joints. 

 Fore wing fulvous orange, the base tinged with brown ; an oblique 

 silvery band defined on each side by brown from middle of cell to 

 inner margin ; the fovea in end of cell surrounded by brown suffu- 

 sion ; a triangular silvery-white mark beyond the cell defined by 

 rather diffused brown which extends to the costa ; a silvery- white 

 subterminal band from costa to vein 4 where it ends in a point, 

 defined on inner side by rather diffused brown and on outer by a 

 black line extending to below vein 3 ; a terminal series of small 

 black spots to vein 2 and a short leaden-brown fascia above tornus 

 ending in a silvery point ; cilia silvery. Hind wing fulvous orange, 

 the base pale ; a slightly sinuous silvery- white medial band defined 

 on each side by brown ; the postmedial area brown, ending in a 

 point above tornus ; four ocellate black spots on termen between 

 vem 7 and submedian fold, defined on inner side by a waved white 

 line and with fulvous orange between them, a small triangular 

 black spot above the uppermost ocellus ; cilia silvery. 



Hah. ADMIEA.LTT Is. {Meek)., 3 6 type. Exp. 18 mm. 



(3 a) Margarosticha euprepiaJis, sp. n. 



6 • Head and thorax silvery white, the shoulders and some hairs 

 at tips of patagia yellow-browai ; abdomen silvery white at base 

 with a yellow-brown band, then pale yellow with slight yellow-brown 

 dorsal spots to beyond middle and silvery-white segmental lines ; 

 antennse pale fulvous ; palpi white, the 2nd joint banded with pale 

 red-brown ; pectus, legs, and ventral surface of abdomen silvery 

 white, the fore tibise tinged with yellow above. Fore wing pale 

 yellow ; a red-brown tinge at base of costa and a triangular white 

 patch on basal inner area defined on outer side by red-brown scales ; 



