36 ON A COLLECTION OF 



a small black mark inwardly shaded with white scales ; the 

 fringe yellowish. Secondaries yellowish white. Underneath, 

 the wings are yellowish, the disc of the primaries shaded 

 with brown. Head and collar orange. Thorax and abdomen 

 whitish grey. 



Expanse 18 millim. 



Xanthoptera allecta, sp. nov. (Plate III. fig. 4.) 



Primaries with the basal half yellow and the outer half 

 violaceous brown ; at the base of the inner margin a blackish 

 spot and a basal transverse wavy line ; in the cell a black 

 point, above which, on the costal margin, is a brown spot ; 

 the middle third of the outer half occupied by a transverse 

 wavy line of lighter brown. Secondaries dull brown; the 

 fringe reddish. Head and thorax yellow; the abdomen 

 brownish. 



Expanse 23 millim. 



Tarache pyralina. 



Acontia pyralina, Walk. Cat. Lep. Het. B. M. xii. p. 789. 



Tarache perta, sp. nov. (Plate III. fig. 2.) 



Primaries above snowy white ; at the base some brownish 

 marks on the costa ; a broad median transverse brown band 

 widest on the inner margin ; the outer margin broadly shaded 

 with brown, especially towards the apex, this shade advancing 

 inwardly towards the cell. Secondaries grey. Head and 

 thorax white ; abdomen yellowish grey. 



Expanse 15 millim. 



Gonitis fulvida. 



Anomis fuhida, Guen. Noct. ii. p. 397. 



Gonitis leona, sp. nov. (Plate III. fig. 10.) 



Primaries above brown, tinged with violaceous ; the apex 

 slightly paler; the basal line distinct, inwardly shaded with 

 greyish scales near the costal margin ; the outer line exte- 

 riorly shaded with dark brown ; a conspicuous yellow spot 

 below the median vein at about its middle ; the fringe 

 blackish, with its extremity between the veins shaded with 



