iC.O Tiord Ixotliscliikl on Arctuux fro)n 



abdominal lialf of the wiiii; is deep uuiri>nu rose acutrly cut 

 oil' t'loiii tlio pale costal half. 



JiCiii^th of tore wing 18 nun.; expanse 11 nun. 



1 c? caught. 



[Idolm niossi j/nv'nitilis, snhsp. n. 



cJ . Difl'ers from mossi nioss't in being much jjaler in 

 colour, in the large tooth running into the yellow terminal 

 area of fore wing l)eing reduced to a j)oint, and in the hind 

 Aving being entirely sericeous huffy cream-grey witii only a 

 slight rose tint on the hairs of abdominal half. 



? . Differs from cJ in being much darker and having tlic 

 hind wings large and normally develoi)ed and uniform rose- 

 colour throughout. 



'^ <S S ,~ ? ? . Fonte Boa, Upper Amazons, Aug. 1907 

 (S. M. Klaf/i'S coll.); 1 ?, Manaos-Vutshi {Maxwell 

 Sluart)^] 



12. Idalus favillacea (Rotliscii.). 



Auti»noli.< fitoiUiirea, liothscliild, Nnvit. Zool. vol. xvi. \\. 3(;. uo. 5.5, 

 1)1. V. i\'^. •Jf< (1!M):)) (Aroewarwar Creek). 



Mr. Moss obtained 1 (J of this species, of which hitherto 

 only the unicjue ? type had been recorded. 



j' . Ditlers from V in being smaller, in the dark area of 

 hind wings being smoky-black sharjjly cut off from tiie 

 cream-coloured costal arca^ and in the hind wings being 

 small and triangular. 



Length of fore wing. (^ 17 mm., $ ~0 mm. ; expanse, 

 J 41 mm., ? 47 nun. 



1 (^ caught. 



13. Aphyle inarynritacea, Walk. 



Aphyle vmrf/aritacea, Wiilker, List Lepid. lus. Brit. .Mu;;. pt. ill. 

 p. 1-I{], uo. 1 (l«boj (I'ara). 



1 J , 2 ? ? caught. 



14. Piiaiomoim incarnuta (Hmpsu.). 



Ajihi/le incariiatu, JJanipson, Cat. Lepid. Piial. J]iit. Mas. vol. ill. 

 ^.'•20, no. 1215, fij:. 11 (JUOl) (St. I'aulo di Ulivencasj. 



1 cT , 1 $ caught; 1 ? bred (cocoon hammock-shaped, 

 uith long narrow pointed ends yellowish Avood-brown). 



There apfjcars to Ijc cousidciable confusion with this 

 insect and its near allies ; Sir George llamj)s(ui, when 

 describing it, only knew the ? ; the S was described 

 live years later by Air. Herbert JJrucc as Idulus mui'jjcasa 



