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SIR GEORGE HAMPSON ON T£E 



(36) fHYPSOTROPA CREMORICOSTA, Sp. n. 



($ . Head and thorax ochreous, the head and tegulse suffused 

 with purplish red ; antennae ochreous yellow ; abdomen ochreous, 

 dorsally fulvous yellow towards base ; pectus, legs, and ventral 

 surface of abdomen purplish red. Fore wing pale flesh-red,, 

 deepening in colour towards the costal fascia which is ochreous 

 white, narrowing to a point at apex, slightly defined by brown 

 below and leaving the costal edge brown towards base. Hind 

 wing ochreous white, the costal area and termen except towards 

 tornus deeper ochreous. 



U.S.A., Colorado, Colorado Springs (Cockerell), 1 J type. 

 Exp. 24 mm. 



(37) fHYPSOTROPA NIVEICOSTA, Sp. II. 



2 . Head and thorax white suffused with rufous except on 

 dorsum of thorax ; abdomen ochreous white, dorsally fulvous 

 yellow towards base ; pectus, legs, and ventral surface of abdomen 

 white suffused with rufous. Fore wing pale flesh-red irrorated 

 with a few red-brown scales and deepening to rufous towards 

 the costal fascia, which is snow-white narrowing to a point at 

 apex and leaving the costal edge rufous towards base. Hind 

 wing white with a faint ochreous tinge. 



Argentina, Gran Chaco, Florenzia (Wagner), 1 $ type. Exp. 

 20 mm. 



(38) fHYPSOTROPA PERIPH^EA, Sp. II. 



5 . Head and tegiila? white tinged with red-brown ; thorax 

 pale purplish pink ; abdomen white dorsally tinged with fulvous 

 yellow towards base ; pectus, legs, and ventral surface of abdomen 

 white tinged with red-brown. Fore wing pale purplish pink ; a 

 pure white costal fascia irrorated with a few brown scales towards 

 costa, narrowing to a point at apex and defined below by dark 

 red-brown, diffused below. Hind wing white with a faint 

 ochreous tinge. 



N. Nigeria, Minna (3/acfie), 2 § type, Borgu, Yelwa Lake 

 (Migeod), 1 $> . Exp. 16 mm. 



(39) fHYPSOTROPA TRIPARTALIS, Sp. n. 



$ . Head white suffused with rufous ; thorax pale purplish 

 pink ; abdomen ochreous yellow ; pectus and legs ochreous. 

 yellow, the fore legs tinged with brown. Fore wing with narrow 

 pure white costal fascia leaving the costal edge brown towards 

 base, the area to discal fold red- brown and the area below it 

 bright purplish pink. Hind wing white with a faint ochreous 

 tinge. 



Formosa, Takow (Wileman), 1 $ type. Exp. 18 mm. 



(40) fHYPSOTROPA laterculella. 



Anerastia laterculella Zell. Stett. Ent. Zeit. 1867, p. 403;. 



