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and inner margin clouded with dark grey, the costal and inner 
margin banded with greyish white, the veins blackish grey ; 
a small spot close to the base of the wing yellowish brown ; 
the veins beyond the cell red; the fringe grey: secondaries 
whitish hyaline; the fringe brown. Head and collar grey, 
banded with brown ; thorax and upper part of the abdomen 
thickly clothed with yellowish-brown hairs; tegule greyish 
white, streaked with black down the middle; abdomen red, 
with the anus and each side of the abdomen banded with 
black ; underside of the thorax reddish brown, of the abdomen 
greyish white; antenne and legs dark brown.—Female very 
similar to the male, but the primaries more clouded with 
brown. 
Expanse, g 1;%, ? 1,6 inch. 
flab. Bolivia (Mus. Druce). 
This species is allied to Amastus mansueta, H. Edwards, 
but quite distinct. 
Notodontide. 
Ophitis pulcheria, sp. n. 
Primaries brownish fawn-colour, marked with darker brown 
spots at the base and partly along the costal margin; a waved 
brown band partly crosses the wing beyond the middle, 
extending from the inner margin about two thirds across the 
wing, where it joins a fine zigzag white line, which extends 
to the costal margin just above the apex; the fringe brown: 
secondaries pale fawn-colour, slightly darker round the 
outer margin; two short brownish-black lines at the anal 
angle; the fringe greyish brown. Head, antenna, thorax, 
and abdomen brownish fawn-colour, the thorax with some 
greyish scales; the third segment from the base of the abdo- 
men dark blackish brown; legs pale brown. 
Expanse 3 inches. 
Hab. Panama, Chiriqui (Mus. Druce). 
Allied to O. cyllota, Druce, but a much smaller insect and 
very distinct. 
Noctuida. 
HrriorHina. 
. Grotella pyronea, sp. n. 
Primaries chalk-white, crossed beyond the middle from the 
costal to the inner margin by a very faint broken black line, 
which in some specimens is entirely wanting; the fringe 
