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Show 1890.] CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA. 509 of marginal brown spots extends from the apex to the anal angle. Secondaries pinkish fawn-colour, almost pink at the base. The head, thorax, and abdomen reddish brown; antennae and legs darker brown. Expanse 2f inches. Hab. Ecuador, Sarayacu (Buckley, Mus. Druce). A fine species, allied to Hepialus cemulus, Butler, from Japan. HEPIALUS METELLUS, sp. n. (Plate XLIII. fig. 2.) Primaries dark brown, banded with darker brown along the costal margin and near the inner margin close to the base; two narrow white lines cross the wing beyond the middle, extending from the costal to the inner margin; two large black spots about the middle of the inner margin and a metallic gold spot at the end of the cell. Secondaries blackish brown, thickly clothed with light red hairs at the base. The underside of both the wings dark brown, shaded with yellow along the costal and outer margin. The head, thorax, and lower part of the abdomen dark brown, the basal half of the latter clothed with light-red hairs ; the legs almost black; the antennae black. Expanse 2f inches. Hab. Ecuador, Sarayacu (Buckley, Mus. Druce). This species is allied to Hepialus momus, Druce; but it is very distinct in the markings and colours. Fam. NOTODONTID.2E. PHALERA, Hiibn. PHALERA AMPHISSA, sp. n. Primaries dark grey, thickly irrorated with brown scales, and crossed from the costal to the inner margin with narrow dark-brown waved lines ; a submarginal waved white line extends from the costal margin close to the apex to the anal angle ; the marginal line black, edged with white on the inner side : the fringe grey. Secondaries dark brownish black, slightly streaked with grey at the anal angle; a few yellowish hairs at the base and on the inner margin ; the fringe dark brown. The underside of both wings grey, shaded with dark brown, yellowish near the base. The head and front of the thorax dark brown; the thorax and tegulae grey, mixed with dark-brown hairs ; the abdomen above blackish brown, banded with yellow ; the anus grey; the underside of the abdomen and legs yellow; the antennae yellowish brown. Expanse 3 inches. Hab. British Guiana (Mus. Druce). A fine species. To some extent it resembles Phalera sigmata, Butler, from Japan; but is altogether a larger and darker-coloured insect. E D E M A , Walk. E D E M A LANASSA, sp. n. Male. Primaries olive-green, mottled with darker brown along the costal margin and beyond the cell; a silvery-white spot and streak at the end of the cell, beyond which is a yellowish mark and |
