126 Mr. W. J. Kaye's Preliminary Catalogue of the 



Peosina leontina, Stoll., pi. xxxiv, f. 6. 

 Range. Brazil. 

 In the National Collection. 



Dysgonia purpurata, n. sp. (Plate V, fig. 15.) 



Forewing variously shaded with purple ; first line crossing the 

 wing obliquely and of unequal thickness, more prominent towards the 

 costa, brownish-yellow ; from apex there runs a very dark almost 

 black much curved line which meets another short line curved from 

 the costa ; on the costa within this enclosed space are three or four 

 faint yellow spots ; there is a bold reverse curve to that which starts 

 at apex, running to inner margin ; on the inner side of this line is a 

 very broad band of purple which almost reaches the first line near 

 inner margin and which is most remote on costa. Hind wing very 

 dark brown ; the cilia from veins 1 to 7 pale grey, from 7 to costa 

 unicolorous with the wing. 



Expanse 67 millim. 



From Verdant Vale (S. Kaye). 



Melipotis fasciolaris, Htibn., Zutr., 443. 444. 



Range. St. Domingo; Venezuela ; Honduras ; U.S.A., 

 Brazil. 



Botanical Gardens ( W. E. Broadway). 



Herminodes atrosignata, Walk., Cat. Het., 15, p. 1641. 

 Range. Panama ; Venezuela. 

 Tabaquite ( W. J. Kaye). 



Herminodes xanthipterygia, n. sp. (Plate V, fig. 6.) 



Forewing ochreous-yellow finely dusted with reddish scales 

 especially over the basal half of the wing ; discoidal blotch slightly 

 darker than remainder of wing ; there is a trace of a subterminal 

 line indicated by three or four black dots, those between veins 4, 5 ; 

 5, 6 ; and 6, 7 are most distinct ; there is also a row of well-defined 

 subterminal dots. 



Expanse 33 millim. 



At Tabaquite in May (F. W, Urich). 



