r<iri(, Brazil, and other Localilies. 489 



10. Sijntarctia rmonc (l>utl.). 



Halisiilofa aimw, Butler, Trans. Eutom. Soc. Loud. 1878, p. 50, nJ. iii. 

 li>4-. 3 (Kio Jurua, Itio Purus). 



1 ? , unlabelled. 



11. Ptlochyta drunnescens, ilothsch. 



Peluchi/ta bruunescens, Rothschild, Aun. & Mag. Nat. Hist (8) iv 

 p. 220 (19U9) (Sto. Dominjro, Carabaya). • w • 



1 (J caught, Cliaucliamayo District. 



[Elysius bicolor (Weyru. & Maass.). 



Elysius bicolor, Weyraer & Maasser, in Stiibel's Reisen iu Sud Amur, 

 p. 132, pi. V. fig. 1 (1890) (Putzulagua, Ecuador). 



This species has been wrongly identified by Sir George 

 llaiupson, myself, and others : the description and figure 

 euiphasising the yellow-red costal area of fore wing sliould 

 have been sutficieut to prove that the two or more Peruvian 

 insects placed under the name bicolur [ = wulkeri and mossi, 

 iufra) conld not be that insect.] 



12. Elysius walker i, sp. n. 



cJ . Pectus dark brown; antennae umber-brown; head 

 and thorax sooty black-brown ; abdomen above basal two- 

 thirds brightly yellowish buff, long-haired, anal one-third 

 brown. 



Fore wings sooty wood-brown, very thinly scaled, nervures 

 reddish brown. 



Hind wings semihyaliue milk-white, abdominal area 

 buffish, costal and terminal fringes grey. 



? . Similar, larger ; fore wings more densely scaled ; abdo- 

 men, basal portion greyish buff, anal portion brownish 

 wood-grey. 



Length of fore wing, (^ 26 mm., ? 30 mm. ; expanse, 

 cJ GO mm., ? 68 mm. 



1 (J , 1 ? caught, Lima, Peru ( ^ type). 



Named after Commander J. J. Walker, who took the first 

 specimen. 



13. Elysius cellularis, sp. n. 



S • Pectus dark mahogany-brown ; antennae, shafts black, 

 pectinations rufous-brown ; head and thorax black ; abdo- 

 men sooty wood-brown. 



Fore wing basal two-fifths and costal area black, outer 

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