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of marginal brown spots extends from the apex to the anal angle. 

 Secondaries pinkish fawn-colour, almost pink at the base. The 

 head, thorax, and abdomen reddish brown ; antennae and legs darker 

 brown. Expanse 2f inches. 



Hub. Ecuador, 8arayacu {Bucldey, Mus. Di-uce). 



A fine species, allied to Hepialus cemulus, Butler, from Japan. 



Hepialus metellus, sp. n. (Plate XLIII. fig. 2.) 



Primaries dark brown, banded with darker brown along the 

 costal margin and near the inner margin close to the base ; two 

 narrow white lines cross the wing beyond the middle, extending 

 from the costal to the inner margin ; two large black spots about 

 the middle of the inner margin and a metallic gold spot at the end 

 of the cell. Secondaries blackish brown, thickly clothed with light 

 red hairs at the base. The underside of both the wings dark brown, 

 shaded with yellow along the costal and outer margin. The head, 

 thorax, and lower part of the abdomen dark brown, the basal 

 half of the latter clothed with light-red hairs ; the legs almost 

 black; the antennae black. Expause 2| inches. 



Bab. Ecuador, Sarayacu {Buckley, Mus. Drme). 



This species is allied to Hepialus momus, Druce : but it is very 

 distinct in the markings and colours. 



Fam. NoTOBoNTiD^. 

 Phaiera, Hiibn. 

 Phaleea amphissa, sp. n. 



Primaries dark grey, thickly irrorated with brown scales, and 

 crossed from the costal to the inner margin with narrow dark- 

 brown waved lines ; a submarginal waved white line extends from 

 the costal margin close to the apex to the anal angle ; the marginal 

 line black, edged with white on the inner side : the fringe grey. 

 Secondaries dark brownish black, slightly streaked with grey at the 

 anal angle ; a few yellowish hairs at the base and on the inner 

 margin ; the fringe dark brown. The underside of both wings grey, 

 shaded with dark brown, yellowish near the base. The head and 

 front of the thorax dark brown ; the thorax and tegulae grey, mixed 

 with dark-brown hairs ; the abdomen above blackish brown, banded 

 with yellow ; the anus grey ; the underside of the abdomen and 

 legs yellow ; the antennte yellowish brown. Expanse 3 inches. 



Hab. British Guiana {Mus. Druce). 



A fine species. To some extent it resembles PJialera sigmata, 

 Butler, from Japan; but is altogether a larger and darker-coloured 

 insect. 



Edema, Walk. 

 Edema lanassa, sp. n. 



Male. Primaries olive-green, mottled with darker brown along 

 the costal margin and beyond the cell ; a silvery-white spot and 

 streak at the end of the cell, beyond which is a yellowish mark and 



