108 KOCTUID^E. 



7878. Phurys basilans. (Plate CCXXIV. fig. 2.) 



Phurysbasilans, Guen. Noct. iii. p. 306 (1852). 



VJmrys asseverans, Wlk. xv. 1844 (1858). 



Hormisa abeluxalis, Wlk. xix. 847 (1859). 



Euclidia tephrina, Fekl. Reis. Nov. pi. 117. f. 7 (1874). 



Cmnurgia purgata, Druce, Biol. Cent.-Am., Het. i. p. 387 (part.). 



Head and thorax ochreous white, the head, tegulae, and prothorax 

 tinged with red-brown ; abdomen ochreous white ; pectus, legs, and 

 ventral surface of abdomen ochreous. Fore wing pale ochreous, 

 the costal area slightly irrorated with red-brown ; an oblique rather 

 diffused black fascia from below lower angle of cell to inner margin 

 near base towards which it narrows ; a black point in middle of 

 cell and discoidal point ; jjostmedial line yellow defined on outer 

 side b}^ a dark brown line followed by a red-brown band, some 

 reddish brown suffusion before it beyond the oblique fascia, arising 

 from costa close to apex, oblique and slightly incurved ; a faint 

 subterminal brown line just beyond the brown band with minute 

 black streaks at the veins ; a fine brown terminal line ; cilia brown 

 at middle, ochreous at base and tips. Hind wing ochreous white, 

 the termen more ochreous ; cilia brownish from apex to vein 2 ; the 

 underside with the costal area and terminal area to vein 2 ochreous 

 yellow slightly ii-rorated Avith red-brown. 



Ab. 1. Fore wing with the oblique black fascia narrower and less 

 diffused. 



5 . Head, thorax, and fore wing more strongly suffused and 

 irrorated with reddish brown, the oblique fascia from below end of 

 cell slight, brownish, and obsolescent, the yellow postmedial line 

 more distinct. 



Hah. HoiN^DUEAS {Dyson), 1 6, Ruatan I. (Gaiimer), 1 5. 

 Godman-Salvin Coll. ; Venezuela, 1 S ; Brazil, Itaparica 

 (^Meade-TValclo), 1 $, Pernambuco, 1 d , Espiritu Santo, 1 c? , 

 1 $ , Rio Janeiro {Dolirn, Fri/), 7 (5 , 4 $ , Tijuca {Wagner), 

 1 5 ; Pabaguay, Sapucay {Foster), 6 c? , 1 $". Fx^J. 32-36 

 millim. 



7879. Phurys agrapta, n. sp. (Plate CCXXIV. fig. 2.) 



<S . Head, thorax, and abdomen pale ochreous ; palpi, antennse, 

 and pectus suffused with red-brown. Fore wing pale ochreous, the 

 costal area slightly irrorated with red-brown, the terminal area 

 tinged with grey ; a black point in middle of cell and discoidal 

 point ; two faint oblique brown lines just beyond the cell ; post- 

 medial line red-brown defined on outer side by a greyish brown 

 band, arising from costa close to apex, oblique and slightly incurved ; 

 a grey-brown subterminal line just beyond the brown band, with 

 minute black points at the veins ; a grey-brown terminal line ; cilia 



