32 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



Sericostoma pedemontanum. Courrnayeur. 

 ■•'Bercea maurus. Female ; Courrnayeur. 

 *Hy dropsy che pellucidula. Female ; Brides-les-Bains. 

 *H.fufaipes. Female; Brides-les-Bains. 



Pkilopotamus ludificatus. Courrnayeur and Brides-les-Bains. 



Bhyacopliila torrentium. Two males and two females ; Val 

 d'Isere and Brides-les-Bains. 



B. vulgaris. A male ; Courrnayeur. 



B. tristis. A female ; Courrnayeur. 



Those with an asterisk (*) are found in the British Isles also. 

 Kingston-on-Thanies : January, 1913. 



DIAGNOSES OF SOME AMEKICAN ACR^INiE. 



By Dr. K. Jordan. 



1. Actinote eresia lepto gramma, subsp. nov. 

 $ . Alarum anticarum triente vel dimidio apicali nigro fascia 

 maculari aurantiaca notato ; alis posticis nigro marginatis. 



? . Alis anticis ad basin nigro suffusis ; posticis totis nigris. 

 Hob. Banos, Pastaza, Ecuador. 



2. Actinote desmiala, sp. nov. 

 $ . Alis anticis nigris, macula magna basali et fascia discali 

 aurantiacis ; posticis nigris fascia media aurantiaca antice dilutiore. 

 Hab. Archidona, Ecuador. Male in Mus. Brit. 



3. Actinote diceus jiavibasis, subsp. nov. 

 $ 2 . Alis posticis subtus ad basin flavis. 

 Hab. Eastern Cordillera of Colombia. 



4. Actinote leontine bulis, subsp. nov. 



$ . Alis anticis macula cellular! nigra et fascia discali ochraceo- 

 flava ; posticis margine exteriore nigro angusto postice tenuissimo. 

 Anticis subtus ad apicem luteo-griseis nigro striatis. 



Hab. Zamora and Loja, South-eastern Ecuador (0. T. 

 Baron). 



5. Actinote stratonice cereta, subsp. nov. 



3 . Alarum anticarum macula nigra discocellularis magna cum 

 margine costali nigra conflua. Posticarum prona facies a basi fere ad 

 medium aurantio-rufo striata, striis in cellula pallidioribus. 



Hab. Zamora, South-eastern Ecuador (0. T. Baron). 



6. Actinote alalia conspicua, subsp. nov. 



3 . Subspecies major, saturatius colorata, fascia discali alarum 

 anticarum atque margine posticarum nigris latis ; alis posticis subtus 

 omnino fulvo-aurantiacis nigro striatis. 



Hab. Eio de Janeiro. 



