P((ra% lira:H, 'iiid other Lortilitim. -JO!) 



'50. ErjXinlhi'riiK/ itini'nin, Oljcrtli. 



F.cpantherin miizinn, Obcrtliiir, l-'tud. Miitoiu. livr. vi. p. 105, p]. xii. 

 Hj,'. 4 (18>*i) (Muzo, (Juhiiiibifi). 



2 c? c?, 7 ? ? caught, Lima, IVru. 



Sir George Hampson has inchuled yukatensis, Oberth., 

 under this species, but 1 feel sure that is wrong. Of the si\ 

 otliers of Oberthiir's, which Sir George has also pLaced under 

 miizina, I am eciualiy couvinccd that several are distinct. 



31, Malluceji/ia/a iniitatri.v, sp. ii. 



Tliis insect in the c? is a curious mimic of MiJenas"^ flavata, 

 Ilmpson. 



($ (normal). Antennre, head, thorax, and al)tlomcn deep 

 bhick. 



Fore and hind wings sooty-bhick, thinly scaled, ncrvures 

 deep black, 



($ (ab. lideola). Sicies of abdomen, costal area of fore 

 Mings, and basal half of hind Avings dirty huffish yellow. 



c? {jxh.fjriseol(i). Antcnmc grey-brown ; head and tegulse 

 huffish grey ; abdomen huffish grey with narrow transverse 

 dorsal lines. 



Fore wing yellowish grey. Hind wing semihyaline 

 isabelle-grey, 



? . Apterous, covered with sooty-black and grey or grey- 

 down. 



Length of fore wing, rf , 11-13 mm. ; expanse 20-28 mm. 



17 J S , 1- ? ? bred (1 ^ nh.f/riseola,? ? ? a.h. luteo/u), 

 " Junin, Andes of Peru, 1J?,000 ft." (larva black with major 

 portion of hairs of dorsum orange-rufous ; pupa red-brown, 

 interspaces of abdoniinal segments yellowish brown ; cocoon 

 ovate, hammock-shaped, thin, sooty-brown network). 



The following species arc out of order : — 



32. Palustra elonyata, sp. n. 



cJ . Head sooty black-brown ; antennae, shaft brown-grey, 

 pectinations honey-brown ; thorax wood-brown mixed with 

 golden-brown hairs; abdomen golden-orange, a patch of 

 sooty-brown hair on basal segment, anal segment and tuft 

 yellowish grey. 



Fore wing golden-buft' somewhat freckled with black and 

 with Hammulated patches of V)lack scales, an area, free of 

 black scales, forming a sinuate postmedian buff band, sub- 

 terminal area with fewer l)lack scales ; a black stigma on 

 discocellulars. 



