CECOPHORIDiE. 
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Hypercallia captans, n. sp. 
S . 22 mm. Head, thorax crimson-yellowish, shoulders fuscous. 
Palpi fuscous, second joint very long, scales expanded above towards 
middle, terminal joint half second, scales projecting posteriorly 
towards tip. Fore wings broad, costa anteriorly strongly arched, 
posteriorly nearly straight, apex obtuse, termen rounded, little 
oblique; 9 separate; brown; a reddish-crimson oblique-triangular 
blotch on base of dorsum, reaching half across wing, its apex 
including a blackish dot and just reaching tip of a similar rather 
oblique bar from costa at ^ ; a white wedgeshaped mark along 
costa at | ; a suffused crimson dot on end of cell: cilia brownish. 
Hindwings and cilia light grey. 
Brazil, Sao Paulo (B. Spitz) ; 1 ex. (Yienna Mus.). Hear 
incalescens , but palpi much longer and differently coloured. 
Hypercallia pyrocansta, n. sp. 
S . 22-24 mm. Head, thorax light greyish-rosy. Palpi rosy, 
second joint irrorated dark grey, terminal joint half second, whitish 
towards tip. Forewings rather broad, dilated posteriorly, costa 
anteriorly moderately, then slightly arched, a short sinuation at |, 
apex obtuse-pointed, termen straight or faintly sinuate, scarcely 
oblique ; 9 separate ; orange-yellow almost wholly suffused 
crimson ; a slight snow-white mark on costa at J-, and a crescentic 
spot on sinus at costal edge suffused dark fuscous between these 
and less markedly elsewhere; sometimes a blackish streak along 
dorsum; discal stigmata minute, blackish or dark grey; two 
indistinct irregular grey transverse lines, first at J, somewhat 
oblique, second at |, excurved above middle; posterior area 
variably infuscated, becoming dark fuscous along termen : cilia 
greyish-fuscous, dark grey on costa, outer half whitish on termen. 
Hindwings ochreous-whitish, posterior half suffused pale greyish- 
rosy ; cilia pale rosy-grey, becoming whitish on tornus and dorsum. 
Colombia, E. Cordilleras, 6600 feet, 1 ex.; also 2 from Pacho, 
7000 feet, from U.S. National Museum. Allied to comastis. 
Hypercallia dryocrypta, n. sp. 
2 . 16-17 mm. Head pale yellowish suffusedly mixed fulvous- 
orange. Palpi fulvous-brownish, terminal joint half second. 
Thorax light crimson-greyish, apex of tegulae pale. Forewings 
rather broad, costa moderately arched, apex obtuse, termen vertical, 
rounded beneath; 9 out of 7; light yellowish, somewhat reticulated 
and veins streaked dull crimson; a broad ochreous-brownish streak 
along costa from base almost to fascia ; a broad brownish median 
transverse fascia, expanded at extremities, from costal extremity 
an irregular sinuate brownish streak runs to tornus; discal 
stigmata minute, blackish, second transversely double ; a brown 
terminal streak ; cilia pale brownish. Hindwings pale ochreous- 
yellowish; cilia yellow-whitish. 
