506 On neio Sjjeci'es of Ileterocera. 



Fam. Thymaridse. 



Pedoptila tlialetes, sp. n. 



Female. — Head, collar, tegular, thorax, and abdomen 

 reddish brown ; abdomen banded with bhack ; the antennae, 

 underside of the abdomen, and the legs black ; the anus 

 clothed with greyish hairs. Primaries, the basal half reddish 

 orange, the outer half black, the veins black ; secondaries 

 reddish orange as far as the lobe, which is black almost to the 

 end of the wing ; the tip of the tail white. 



Expanse If inch. 



Hah. Cameroons, Ja River [Mus. Druce). 



Fam. Syntomidae. 



Histicea falerina, sp. n. 



Male. — Head, antennpe^ collar, tegulj^, thorax, and base of 

 abdomen black ; head and collar spotted with metallic blue ; 

 abdomen metallic blue ; legs black. Primaries black, the 

 basal half of the wing red streaked with black ; a broad 

 oblique yellow band beyond the cell, a metallic-bkie spot at 

 the base, and a blue streak at the end of the cell : secondaries 

 red, edged with black, widest at the apex and the middle of 

 the outer margin. 



Expanse 2| inches. 



Hob. Peru, Marcapata [Mus. Bruce). 



Fam. Arctiidse. 

 Automolis marcapata, sp. n. 



Female. — Head, antenna?, collar, tegulse, thorax, and abdo- 

 men reddish yellow; legs reddish. Primaries reddish, irrorated 

 near the base with yellow scales; a large semihyaline yellow 

 blotch at the end of the cell extending to the costal margin ; 

 the veins and the edges of the large blotch dark red ; the 

 fringe brownish red : secondaries deep pink, the fringe 

 yellowish. 



Expanse 2 inches. 



Hah. Pern, Marcapata [Mus. Druce). 



Allied to Automolis sanguinolenta, Cram., but very 

 distinct. 



