2 MR. A. G. BUTLER ON NEW [Jan. 5, 
less oblique towards inner margin ; secondaries bright ochreous, a 
subbasal lunule, a broad, transverse, central streak, and a broad 
marginal border dark brown: body—head chocolate-brown ; thorax 
ferruginous, with posterior black border ; abdomen red-brown, irro- 
rated with grey, and spotted at the sides with elongated fulvous spots 
or lituree; antennze whitish above, dull ochraceous below: wings 
below brown, whitish towards base; fringe white-spotted ; interno- 
basal area of primaries ochreous ; abdominal area of secondaries 
whitish ; body below sordid white. Expanse of wings 4 inches 2 
lines. 
South Africa. Type, B.M. 
24, PROTOPARCE CONTRACTA, 0. Sp. 
3. Allied to P. lucetius ; primaries narrower, secondaries shorter, 
colouring slightly paler, the oblique lines of primaries much less 
irregular; submarginal line and apical patch much whiter; secon- 
daries with the second brown band running independently across the 
wing instead of losing itself in the third band, marginal band 
narrower ; orange lateral spots on the body much more rounded, a 
dorsal blackish line; mesothorax not black; primaries below with 
the transverse lines more oblique and better defined ; secondaries with 
the transverse lines wider apart, more dentated; marginal border 
much narrower. Expanse of wings 4 inches 1 line. 
Rio Janeiro (Stevens). Type, B.M. 
Confounded with P. carolina by Mr. Walker. 
Genus Ditup1a, Grote and Robinson. 
25. D1LuDIA BREVIMARGO, 0. sp. 
Q. Closely allied to D. florestan, but differing as follows :— 
Smaller ; primaries with the outer margin much shorter, more rounded 
at apex ; secondaries also shorter, outer margin excavated above anal 
angle: in colours it differs in having the primaries much greyer in 
tint, the transverse bands greener, the marginal black lines of these 
bands more distinct and more strongly dentated; the black bars on 
median branches less strongly defined; the apical black-edged area 
narrower, and very indistinctly sinuated externally ; secondaries with 
the inner transverse black bar very indistinct: body with the head 
and thorax greenish grey, abdomen less red; marginal black strigze 
less strongly defined; wings below darker than in D. florestan, 
transverse bars less distinct and more irregular, the two inner bars 
of secondaries coalescing. Expanse of wings 4 inches 6 lines. 
Brazil (Becker). B.M. 
26. DILUDIA RUFESCENS, 0. sp. 
Q. Allied to D. lichenea, primaries altogether redder ; the outer 
margin shorter, more arched; central band much better defined, 
its outer edge much more dentated ; apical patch more elongated ; 
submarginal white streak much more deeply sinuated ; secondaries 
shorter, pale grey, with two indistinct central whitish bars: body 
more uniform in colouring, head and collar rather redder; lateral 
