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CONTENTS. Explanation of the Plates Errata - 50 oC List of Members a AC Additions to the Library ac MEMOIRS.
—
. Descriptions of new species of Hymenopterous Insects
from New Zealand, collected by Prof. a gee at Otago. By FREDERICK SMITH
. Descriptions of eight new species and a new genus of
Cossonides from New Zealand. By D. SHARP.
. Descriptions of some new species and a new genus of
Rhyncophorous Coleoptera, from the Hawaiian Islands. By D. SHARP
. Descriptions of some Exotic Lamellicorn Beetles. By
J. O. WESTWOOD, M.A., F.L.S., &c.
. On the Lepidoptera of the ‘Amazons, collected by
Dr. JAMES W. H. TRAIL, during the years 1873 to 1875. By ARTHUR GARDINER BUTLER, DR Gs Jo Atshy Ohno
. Calopterygina collected by Mr. BUCKLEY in Ecuador and
Bolivia. By R. M‘LACHLAN, F.R.S., &e. oc oe
. On the different forms occurring in the Coleopterous family
Lycide, with descriptions of new genera and species. By CHAs. O. WATERHOUSE
. Description of a new Dragon-fly ( Gynacantha), from
Borneo. By CHAs. O. WATERHOUSE .
. On the natural affinities of the Lepidopterous family
Aigeriide. By ARTHUR GARDINER BUTLER, F.L.S., F.Z.8., &c.
. On some Nitidulide "from the Hawaiian Islands. By
D. SHARP .. BC
. On some new genera and species of Tenthr edinide. By
P. CAMERON
. Descriptions of new genera and spec ies of ‘Cler ida, with
notes on the genera and corrections of synonymy. a the Rev. H. S. GoRHAM
. Remarks on the hairs of some of our British Hymenopter: a.
By EDWARD SAUNDERS .
. Notes on some Hemiptera- Homoptera, with descriptions
of new species. By W. L. DISTANT
. Description of a new species of Chernetide (Psendoscor-
pionide) from Spain. By CHAs. O. WATERHOUSE ..
. Notes on South African insects. By J. P. MANSEL
WEALB, B.A. are AS ve
. On Macropsebium Cotterilli and other new species of
Coleoptera, from Lake Nyassa. By H. W. BATEs, F.L.S., Pres. Ent. Soc.
. On the larvie of the Zenthr edinide, with special reference
to protective resemblance. By P. CAMERON ..
<TX. On some Longicorn Coleoptera from the Hawaiian Islands.
By D. SHARP aie . Notes on Brazilian Entomology. By Dr. Frrrz MiLurr . New Coleoptera from Australia and Tasmania, in the Collection of the British Museum. By CHAs. O. WATERHOUSE oe oe 56 “i
PAGE
Vill MEMOIRS (continued ).
XXII. Note on the colours of British Caterpillars. By Sir JOHN LUBBOCK, Bart., M.P., F.R.S., &c. -- 239 XXIII. Entomological Notes. By Prof, JAMES Woop-Mason. 259 XXIV. On the genus STE By J. W. Dunning, M. BS E.L. os AO. G0 : 56 271 XXV. Descriptions of new genera and species of South American Eumolpide, chiefly from the Amazon region. By JosEPH S. BALy, F.L.S. 3¢ 281 XXVI. Descriptions of several new ‘species of Myriopoda of the genera Spherotherium and Zephronia. By ARTHUR G. BUTLER, F.L.S., F-Z.S., &c: .. 299 XXVII. Notice of a small collection of Coleoptera from Jamaica, with descriptions of new species from the West Indies. By CHAs. 0. WATERHOUSE . 303 XXVIII. On the habits and affinities of Apoer ypta and Sycophaga, of the Hymenopterous family Ayaonide, with deserip- tion of a new species of Apocrypta from the figs of Ficus Sycomori of Bgypt. By Sir SIDNEY SMITH
SAUNDERS, ©.M.G. . 313
XXIX. Descriptions of new species of Hem ipter a-Homoptera. By W. L. DISTANT 321
XXX. Descriptions of new Telephoride from Central and South America. By CHAS. O. WATERHOUSE 325
XXXI. The prevention of Insect injury by the use of Phenol pre- parations. By ELEANOR A. ORMEROD Be e- 333 Proceedings for 1878 .. ae oc ac oc aie i ind exit 20 S6 Oc 30 50 a Ixxvii
EXPLANATION OF THE PLATES. PlateI. .. -. Seepage 36 | PlatelV. .. -- see page 119
elatevlew wet. O0 3 Sil aten Ver ecr. O¢ 3 125 laterite Se 3 347 | Plate Wily =: 56 > 172 ERRATA.
Page 30, line 18 (from top), for “Cyclidinus velutinus,” read “ Cyclidius
velutinus.”
,, ‘108, line 18 (from bottom), for “ Genus 19. alternans, sp. n.,’’ read “Genus 18. alternans, sp. n.””
», 148, line 6 (from bottom) and page 150, line 14 (from bottom), for “ Yahrb.”’ read “ Jahr.”
» 222, line 22 (from top), for “Vietorina Frayja,’ Trayja.”
» 222, lines 1 and 4 (from bottom), and page 223, lines 7, 12 and 14 (from top), for “#. Aciphera,” read “£. Aliphera. 2
,, 223, line 8 (from bottom), for “Gynesia,” read “Gynecia.”
» 907, line 1 (from top), after “‘Copidita lateralis,” add “sp. n.”
IN THE JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS. Page ii, line 2 (from top), for “Santa Caterina,” read “ Santa Catharina.”
» V, line 6 (from bottom), for “Cherocampa elpenor,” read * Chero- campa porcellus.”
»» Xxv, line 8 (from top), for ‘“Sonizoneura,” read “Schizoneura.”
» XxXvV, line 10 (from bottom), for “simple egg,” read ‘single egg.”
», xxvi, line 9 (from top), tor “ Vaecuna dryophile,” read “Vaccuna dr yophila.”
», Xlviil, line 13 (from bottom), for “ affected,” read “ effected.”
PLILIS line 13 (from top), for Waterton’s “Essay s on Natural History,’ read “ Wanderings in South America.’
> vead “ Vietorina
Pist of Members
OF THE
ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY
OF LONDON.
3lst DECEMBER, 1878.
LIST OF MEMBERS
OF
THE ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY
OF LONDON.
Honorary Members.
Burmeister, Hermann, Buenos Aygres. Guenée, Achille, Chateaudun. Hagen, H. A., Cambridge, U.S.A. Leconte, John L., Philadelphia. Milne-Edwards, H., Paris.
Saussure, H. de, Geneva.
Schiddte, J. C., Copenhagen. Selys-Longchamps, E. de, Liége. Siebold, C. T. E. von, Munich. Zeller, P. C., Stettin.
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ORDINARY MEMBERS AND SUBSCRIBERS.
Date of
Marked * are Original Members. Marked ¢ have compounded for their Annual Subscriptions.
Election.
1877 1877 1867 1856
*
1850 1865 1867 1861
1866 1872 * 1841 1860 1875 1876 1852 1867 1856
1877 1870 1878
1869 1862
1874 1855 1868
1878 1860 1877 1877
Marked 8. are Annual Subscribers.
Adams, Herbert Jordan, Chase Park, Enfield, N.
Adams, Frederick Charlstrom, Chase Park, Enfield, N.
Archer, F., Little Crosby Road, Crosby, Liverpool.
Armitage, Edward, R.A., 3, Hall Rd., St. John’s Wood, N.W.
Babington, Charles Cardale, M.A., F.R.S., &c., Professor of Botany, 5, Brookside, Cambridge.
Baly, Joseph S., M.R.C.S., F.L.S., Zhe Butts, Warwick.
Barton, Stephen, 32, St. Wichael’s Hill, Bristol.
Bates, Frederick, 15, Northampton Square, Leicester.
Bates, Henry Walter, F.L.S., F.Z.S., PRESIDENT, 40, Bartho- lomew Road, Kentish Town, N.W.
Beaumont, Alfred, Steps Wills, Huddersfield.
Berens, Alexander Augustus, Spration Grange, Northampton, and 68, Great Cumberland Place, W.
Bicknell, Percy, Beckenham, Kent.
Bird, G. W., The Dartons, Dartford, Kent.
Blomefield, Rev. Leonard, M.A., F.L.S., &c., 19, Belmont, Bath.
Bond, Fred., F.Z.S., 5, Fainfield Avenue, Staines.
Bonvouloir, Vicomte Henri de, 15, Rue de l’ Université, Paris.
Borrer, William, junr., Cowfold, Sussex.
Boscher, Edward, Bellevue House, Trickenham.
Boyd, Thomas, Surrey Lodge, Hornend Road, Normwood, 8.E.
Boyd, William Christopher, F.L.S., Cheshunt, Herts.
Braikenridge, Rev. George Weare, M.A., F.L.S., Clevedon, Bristol.
Briggs, Charles Adolphus, 55, Lincoln’s Inn Fields, W.C.
Briggs, Thos. Hy., M.A., 6, Old Square, Lincoln’s Inn, W.C.
Broun, Capt. Thomas, Whangarei Heads, Auckland, New Zealand.
Brown, N. E., Zvy Cottage, near St. John’s Church, Red Hill.
Browne, Rev. Thomas Henry, M.A., F.G.S., Zhe Cedars, High Wycombe, Bucks.
Bull, R. E., 85, Milton Street, Dorset Square, N.W.
Burnell, Edward Henry, 32, Bedford Ron, W.C.
Butler, Arthur Gardiner, F.L.S., F.Z.5., 10, Avington Grove, Penge, S.E.
Cameron, Peter, 31, Willow Bank Crescent, Glasgow.
Candéze, Dr. E., Glain, Liége.
Capron, Edward, M.D., Shere, Guildford.
Carmichael, Thomas D. Gibson, Castle Craig, Dolphinton, N.B.
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Date of
Election.
1868 1877 1871 1875 1871 1867 1865 1874 1873
Nn
LIST OF MEMBERS.
Carrington, Charles, Hllerslie, Lower Merton, S.W.
Carrington, John T., Royal Aquarium, Westminster, S.W.
Champion, G. C., 274, Walworth Road, S.E.
Chapman, Thomas, 56, Buchanan Street, Glasgow.
Charlton, Ernest S., Hesleyside, Bellingham, Hexham.
Clarke, Alexander Henry, 16, Purnival’s Inn, E.C.
Clarke, Charles Baron, M.A., F.L.S., 17, Chowringhee, Calcutta.
Cockle, Captain George, 9, Bolton Gardens, 5.W.
Cole, Benjamin G., Laurel Cottage, King’s Place, Buckhurst Hill, Hssex.
Cole, William, Zaurel Cottage, King’s Place, Buckhurst Hill, Essex.
Colquhoun, Hugh, M.D., Anchorage, Bothwell, N.B.
Cooke, Benj., 103, Windsor Road, Southport, Lancashire.
Copperthwaite, William Charles, Zhe Lodge, Malton.
Cox, Colonel C. J., Kordwich House, Canterbury.
Cox, Herbert Edward, Rosenheim, Reigate.
Curzon, E. P. Roper.
Dale, C. W., Glanville’s Wootton, Sherborne.
Dallas, William Sweetland, F.L.S., Geological Society, Bur'- lington House, W.
Darwin, Charles, LL.D., F.R.S., F.L.S8., &c., Down, Beckenham, Kent.
Dawson, John, Carron, Falkirk, Stirlingshire.
Devonshire, William Cavendish, Duke of, K.G., F.R.S., &c., Devonshire House, 78, Piccadilly, W.
Dickson, Professor William, Curator of the University Library, Glasgow.
Distant, William Lucas, Director of the Anthropological Insti- tute, SECRETARY, 1, Selston Villas, Derwent Grove, Last Dulwich, SK.
Dohrn, Dr. C. A., Pres. Entomological Society of Stettin, Stettin.
Doria, Marquis Giacomo, Strada Nuova, Genoa.
Dormer, John Baptist Joseph Dormer, Lord, Grove Park, Warwick. ;
Douglas, John William, 8, Beaufort Gardens, Lewisham, 8.E.
Dowsett, Arthur, 16, Worth Street, Brighton.
Druce, Herbert, F.L.S., F.Z.S., 1, Circus Road, St. John’s Wood, N.W.
Duer, Yeend, Cleygate House, Esher.
Dunning, Joseph William, M.A., F.L.S., F.Z.S., 24, Old Buildings, Lincoln’s Inn, W.C.
Du Pré, Charles Christian, F.L.8., 17, Pembroke Gardens, Kensington, W.
D’Urban, W.S. M., F.L.S., Albuera, St. Leonards, Exeter.
Eaton, Rev. Alfred Edwin, M.A., 51, Park Load, Bromley, Kent.
Elwes, Henry John, F.L.S., F.Z.S., Preston House, Cirencester.
Emich, Gustave d’, Pesth, Hungary.
Date of
Election.
1876
1878 1874 1874 1865 1875 1870 1869 1855
1876 1874 1865
1875
1855 1874
mn
LIST OF MEMBERS. xill
Enock, Frederic, 30, Russell Road, Seven Sisters’ Road, Holloway, N.
Finzi, John A., 105, Gower Street, W.C.
Fitch, Edward A., Brick House, Maldon, Essex.
Fitch, Frederick, Hadleigh House, Highbury New Park, N.
Fletcher, J. E., Happy Land, Worcester.
Forbes, W. A., St. John’s College, Cambridge.
Freeland, H. W., M.A., Chichester.
French, Rev. David John, F.L.S., F.Z.S., F.H.S., &c.
Fry, Alexander, F.L.8., Zhornhill House, Dulwich Wood Park, Norwood, S.E.
Fryer, Herbert Fortescue, Chatteris, Cambridgeshire.
Garneys, W., M.R.C.S., Repton, Burton-on-Trent.
Godman, Frederick Du Cane, M.A., F.L.S., &c., Park Hatch, Godalming, and 10, Chandos Street, Cavendish Square, W.
Gooch, W. D., Spring Vale, Little Umhlanga, Victoria County, Natal.
Gorham, Rev. Henry Stephen, Shipley, Sussex.
Goss, Herbert, F.L.S., F.G.8., The Avenue, Surbiton Hill, Surrey.
Gould, John, F.R.S., F.L.S., &c., 26, Charlotte Street, Bedford Square, W.C.
Gray, John, Claygate House, Esher.
Greene, Rev. J., M.A., Rostrevor, Apsley Rd., Clifton, Bristol.
Greening, Noah, Warrington.
Grube, Professor Edward, Director of the Zoological Museum of the University of Breslau, Breslau.
Grut, Ferdinand, F.L.S., LIBRARIAN, 9, King Street, South- nwark, S.K.
Hamilton, J. Lawrence, M.R.C.S., 34, Gloucester Terrace, Hyde Park, W.
Harding, George, Pendenny House, Downend, near Bristol,
Harford, Henry C., Lieut. 99th Regiment, Cape of Good Hope.
Harold, Baron Edgar von, 52, Barerstrasse, Munich.
Harper, P. H., 30, Cambridge Strect, Hyde Park Square, W.
Higgins, E. T., M.R.C.S., 24, Bloomsbury Street, W.C.
Hillman, Thomas Stanton, Delves House, Ringmer, Lewes.
Holdsworth, Edward, Shanghai.
Horniman, Frederick John, F.L.S., F.R.G.S., F.Z.S., &c., Surrey House, Forest Hill, 8.E.
Hudd, A. E., 96, Pembroke Road, Clifton, Bristol.
Janson, E. M., Las Lajas, Chontales, Nicaragua.
Janson, Edward W., 32, Victoria Road, Finsbury Park, N., and 35, Little Russell Street, Bloomsbury, W.C.
Janson, Oliver E., 32, Victoria Road, Finsbury Park, N., and 35, Little Russell Street, Bloomsbury, W.C.
Jekel, Henri, 2, Rue Letort, Paris.
Jenner, J. H. A., High Street, Lewes.
John, Evan, Llantrissant, Pontypridd.
Katter, Dr. F., Putbus, Riigen, North Prussia.
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Date of Election,
1876 1872 1861 1876
1842
1875 1868
1868
1876 1876 1835
1872 §.
1875 1865 1849
tT
1850 8.
1856 1874 1865
1860
1865 S.
1872
1871 S.
1866 1853 1859 1869
1876 1872 1870
LIST OF MEMBERS.
Kay, John Dunning, Leeds.
Kaye, Ernest St. G., Jessore, Bengal.
Kirby, W. F., Royal Dublin Society, Kildare Street, Dublin.
Kraatz, Dr. G., President of the Berlin Entomological Society, Link Strasse, Berlin.
Kuper, Rev. Charles Augustus Frederick, M.A., Zhe Vicarage, Trelleck, Chepstow.
Lamarche, Oscar, 70, Rue Louvrer, Liége.
Lang, Major A. M., R.E., Thomason Civil Engineering College, Roorkee, India.
Lendy, Capt. Augustus F., F.L.S., Sunbury House, Sunbury, S.W.
Lewis, George, 5, Albert Road, Brighton. Lichtenstein, Jules, Za Lironde, near Montpellier.
Lingwood, Robert Maulkin, M.A., F.L.S., 6, Park Villas, Cheltenham.
Livett, H. W., M.D., Wells, Somerset.
Livingstone, Clermont, Tudor Lodge, Snaresbrook, E. Llewelyn, J. Talbot Dillwyn, M.A., F.L.S., Ynisgerwn, Neath. Logan, R. F., Spylaw House, Colinton, near Edinburgh.
Lowe, W. H., M.D., Woodcote Lodge, Inner Park Road, Wimbledon Park, S.W.
Lubbock, Sir John, Bart., M.P., F.R.S., F.L.S., &c., High Elms, Farnborough, Kent.
M‘Intosh, J. M‘Lachlan, Robert, F.R.S., F.L.S., 39, Limes Grove, Lewisham,
Marseul, L’ Abbé S. A. de, Boulevard Pereire, 271, Paris. Marsh, John George, 842, Old Kent Road, S.E.
Marshall, Rev. Thomas Ansell, M.A., F.L.8., St. Mary’s Rectory, Antiqua.
Marshall, William, Zim Lodge, Clay Hill, Enfield.
Mason, Philip Brooke, M.R.C.S., F.L.S., Burton-on-Trent.
Mathew, Gervase F., R.N., F.L.S., F.Z.S., H.M.S. “ Cygnet,” Sea of Marmora.
May, John William, K.N.L., Arundel House, Percy Cross, Fulham Road, S.W.
Meek, Edward G., 56, Brompton Road, S.W.
Meldola, Raphacl, F.R.A.S, F.C.S., SECRETARY, 21, John Street, Bedford Row, W.C.
Miskin, W. H., Supreme Court, Brisbane, Queensland.
Mniszech, Comte G. de, 22, Rue Balzac, Paris.
Moore, Frederic, 110, Oakfield Road, Penge, S.E.
Mosse, G. Staley, 16, Stanford Road, Kensington, W.
Miller, Albert, F.R.G.S., 195A, Junkergasse, Berne, Switzer- land.
Miller, Dr. Clemens. Murray, Lieut. H., 70th Brigade Depot, Tralee, Ireland.
Murray, Rey. Richard Paget, M.A., Baltonsboro Parsonage, Glastonbury.
Date of
Election.
1878 1878 1878 1869 1877 1873 1878
1841 1840 1854 1872 1872 1870 1874
1851
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LIST OF MEMBERS. XV
Nevinson, Basil George, 19, Torrington Square, W.C.
Newman, T. P., 7, York Grove, Peckham, S.E.
Nottidge, Thomas, Ashford, Kent.
Oberthur, Charles (fils), Rennes.
Oberthur, René, Rennes.
Olivier, Ernest, 25, ewe du Clos, Besancon, Doubs, France.
Ormerod, Miss Eleanor A., Dunster Lodge, Spring Grove, Islenorth.
Owen, Richard. C.B., M.D., D.C.L., F.R.S., F.L.S., &c., British Museum, W.C.
Parry, Major Frederick John Sidney, F.L.S., 18, Onslow Square, S.W.
Pascoe, Francis P., F.L.S., 1, Burlington Road, Westbourne Park, W.
Phipson, Arthur, 3, Gray’s Inn Square, W.C.
Pictet, Edward, Avenue du Pin, Geneve.
Porritt, George T., F.L.S., Huddersfield.
Power, Henry d’Arcy, F.L.S., 3, Cottage Green, Camberwell, S.E.
Preston, Rev. Thomas Arthur, M.A., F.L.S., The Green, Marl- borough, Wilts.
Preudhomme de Borre, Alfred, Secretary of the Entomological Society of Belgium, 21, Boulevard du Tegent, Brussels.
Price, David, 48, West Street, Horsham, Sussea.
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Robinson-Douglas, William Douglas, F.L.S., F.R.G.S., Or- chardton, Castle- Douglas, N.B.
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Thompson, Miss Sophia, Barn Hill, Stamford,
Thomson, James, 12, Rue de Presbourg, Place de Ul Etoile, Paris.
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Tompkins, H., 28, Tavistock Square, W.C.
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Walsingham, Thomas de Grey, Lord, M.A., F.Z.S., &c., Eaton House, Eaton Square, 5.W.
Ward, Christopher, F.L.8., Savile Road, Halifax.
Ward, Frederick Henry, Springfield, Tooting, S.W.
Waring, 5. L., Zhe Oaks, Norwood, S.E.
Waterhouse, Charles O., British Museum, W.C.
Waterhouse, George R., F.Z.8., &c., British Museum, W.C.
Websdale, C. G., 78, High Street, Barnstaple.
Weir, John Jenner, F.L.S., TREASURER, 6, Haddo Villas, Blackheath, S.E.
Western, Edward Young, 8, Craven Hill, Bayswater, W.
Westwood, John Obadiah, M.A., F.L.S., &c., Hope Professor of Zoology, Walton Manor, Oxford.
White, F. Buchanan, M.D., F.L.S., Perth, N.B.
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Woodgate, John, Richmond Road, New Barnet, Herts.
Wood-Mason, James, F.G.S., Curator of the Indian Museum, Calcutta, and Painswick, Stroud, Gloucestershire.
Wormald, Percy C., 2, Clifton Villas, Highgate Hill, N.
S. Young, Morris, free Museum, Paisley.
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I. Descriptions of new species of Hymenopterous Insects from New Zealand, collected by Prof. Hurron, at Otago. By FREDERICK SMITH.
[Read December 5th, 1877. ]
SEVENTEEN new species of Hymenoptera are described in this paper; one belonging to the Tenthredinide, twelve to the Ichneumonide, one to the Formicide, one to the Pompilide, one to the Crabronide, and one to the An- drenide. As well as I have been able to ascertain, the number of previously-described species is fifty-one, thus bringing the total up to sixty-eight. The collection made by Prof. Hutton consisted of twenty-three species, four of which have been previously described; two are re- served for future examination.
TENTHREDINIDA. Fam. UROCERID ZK. Xiphydria flavo-picta. Male.—Length 4 lines. Ferruginous, the head and- thorax variegated with yellow; the sixth, seventh and eighth segments of the abdomen black. Antenne black,
with the two basal segments ferruginous. The head yellow; a broad ferrugmous stripe from the posterior
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margin of the vertex to a little beyond the ocelli; an angulated ferruginous spot at the sides of the vertex touching the eyes; and three small ones at the insertion of the neck. The posterior margin of the prothorax yellow; the mesothorax with two oblique stripes inclining inwardly and uniting at its posterior margin, a lunate spot on each side of the scutum, two ovate ones at the base of the metathorax and three small ones at its apex, yellow ; a large oblong spot beneath the wings, and the legs,
yellow ; wings pale fulvo-hyaline and splendidly iridescent ;
the tarsi pale ferruginous.
ICHNEUMONID. ICHNEUMONIDES. Cryptus penetrator.
Length 4 lines. Head and thorax black, legs and abdomen ferruginous. The orbits of the eyes, slightly interrupted at their summit, the anterior margin of the clypeus and the mandibles, yellow a ferruginous spot on the scape of the antennee in front. Thorax: the margins of the prothorax and the tegulz yellow; the anterior and intermediate coxz and trochanters yellow in front ; wings subhyaline and iridescent; the stigma ferruginous. <Ab- domen smooth and shining, the apical margin of the first seoment yellow.
OPHIONIDES. Ophion ferrugineus.
Length 6 lines. Ferruginous, smooth and shining. A narrow yellow line on the lower portion of the inner orbit of the eyes and a broader one behind them, not extending to their summit. Thorax: the tubercles, and a large spot above both the intermediate and posterior coxze, as well as the scutellum, bright yellow; the spots above the posterior coxz are tuberculate; wings hyaline and iri- descent, the nervures black, the stigma ferruginous. The apical segments of the abdomen slightly fusco-ferruginous.
Ophion inutilis. Female.—Length 4 lines. Ferruginous, the eyes and tips of the mandibles black. Thorax shining; the meso- thorax finely punctured; the metathorax opaque and
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finely rugulose ; wings hyaline and iridescent, the ner- vures and stigma ferruginous; the legs paler than the thorax, except the coxe, with the claws and pulvillus black. Abdomen smooth and shining, darkest towards the apex.
Paniscus ephippiatus.
Female.—Length 6 lines. Ferruginous, with the eyes, mesothorax and apex of the abdomen, black. The apical portion of the antennz fuscous; the tips of the mandibles black. Thorax: the sternum black; wings hyaline, the nervures and stigma fuscous; the scutellum prominent, oblong, narrowed towards the apex, and with the sides margined; the metathorax finely transversely striated. The abdomen beyond the first segment fusco-ferruginous, darkest at the apex.
TRYPHONIDES.
Scolobates varipes.
Female.—Leneth 23 lines. Head and thorax black; abdomen red in the middle. The inner orbit of the eyes with a narrow ferruginous line; the mandibles and palpi pale testaceous; the antenne ferruginous. The wings fulvo-hyaline, the nervures and stigma ferruginous. The mesothorax smooth and shining’; the margin of the pro- thorax laterally white, as well as the tegule ; the scutellum white; the legs ferruginous; the posterior tibize black at the base to about one fourth of their length, then one fourth white, another fourth black, the apical portion ferruginous. One fourth of the length of the abdomen in the middle ferruginous; the posterior tarsi black.
Scolobates intrudens.
Female.—Length 3 lines. Black, with pale anterior and intermediate legs. Mandibles and palpi pale yellow ; the antennz a little longer than the body. ‘Thorax, sub- opaque; the wings hyaline, the nervures and stigma black, the tegule with a white spot; the anterior and interme- diate coxee and all the trochanters, yellow; the anterior and intermediate femora and tibiz pale ferruginous; the tarsi more or less fuscous ; the posterior tibiee pale beneath ; abdomen shining black; the ovipositor nearly as long as the head and thorax.
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Tryphon obstructor.
Length 22 lines. Head and thorax black, abdomen red and black. The mandibles and palpi pale testaceous, as are also the anterior and intermediate cox and tro- chanters ; the legs otherwise red. The thorax opaque, and with the metathorax, the sides and beneath covered with a fine, thin, sericeous pile; wings subhyaline, the nervures and stigma fuscous, the tegule with a white spot. The three basal segments of the abdomen black, with their apical margins ferruginous; the following seg- ments with an oblong quadrate black spot in the middle, extending to about two-thirds of the length of the seg- ments.
What I think is probably a variety of this species has the posterior coxe black.
PIMPLIDES.
Lissonota flavo-picta.
Length 4—5 lines; of the ovipositor 6 lines. Ferru- ginous, the head and thorax spotted with yellow. Head, the orbits of the eyes, the clypeus and the mandibles yel- low, the latter black at their tips. The mesothorax with two narrow longitudinal lines which widen anteriorly into an angulated shape, the prothorax with two longitudinal stripes at the sides, an oblong broad stripe beneath the wings and all the coxe above, yellow; the scutellum, post- scutellum, a minute spot on each side of the metathorax above, another in the middle of its posterior margin, and a broad stripe on its sides, yellow; the metathorax trans- versely finely aciculate ; wings hyaline, the stigma ferru- ginous. Abdomen smooth and shining.
The male is smaller, usually three and a half lines long, is coloured like the female, but has the face entirely yellow.
Lissonota albo-picta.
Length 3—4 lines. Ferruginous, with the head black. The head with the orbits of the eyes white; the mandibles white at their base. Thorax: a central longitudinal black line on the mesothorax, and a narrow interrupted white one on each side of it, which expands anteriorly into a sub- triangular shape; a large ovate spot beneath the wings, and two or three small ones before it, two being on the
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sides of the prothorax, an oblong spot, at the side of the metathorax and the scutellum, white; the metathorax finely wrinkled transversely ; wings hyaline and brightly iridescent; the stigma and nervures black; the two apical joints of the tarsi black. Abdomen clavate, with the apical joints fuscous.
The female is not known, the male resembles that of L. flavo-picta, but is certainly a distinct species.
BRACONID 2. RHOGADIDES.
Rhogas penetrator.
Female.—Lenegth 3 lines. Black, with the anterior and intermediate legs pale testaceous yellow. The an- tenn as long as the body ; the front and the mandibles obscurely ferruginous, as is also the thorax above; the three longitudinal lobes of the mesothorax black; the scutellum and greater portion of the metathorax also black, the apex of the latter ferruginous; the metathorax rugose ; wings hyaline and iridescent, the nervures and stigma black; the anterior and intermediate legs with the coxee black, and also the claw-joint of the tarsi; the posterior coxee very large, and transversely rugose. Abdomen smooth and shining; the ovipositor about as long as the insect.
Fam. PROCTOTRUPID 2.
Proctotrupes intrudens.
Female.—Length 24 lines. Black, with the legs fer- ruginous, the apical joints of the tarsi fuscous. The mesothorax smooth and shining, as is also the scutellum; the metathorax coarsely rugose, and having at its base, in the middle, a deep longitudinal channel, which extends to half its length; at the commencement of the channel, on each side, a deep fossulet; the coxz more or less fuscous or black. Abdomen very smooth and shining; in some examples the apex rufo-piceous.
Var. the scape of the antennz rufo-piceous.
In some specimens a fine silky down is observable on the mesothorax.
This species was found among a collection of Coleop- tera, made by Mr. Wakefield in the Canterbury district.
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Spilomicrus quadriceps.
Length 11 lines. Head and thorax shining and nigro- eneous; abdomen black. Head quadrate, punctured, most closely so at the sides of the vertex. Thorax punc- tured, and with a suture crossing between the tegule ; an impressed curved line runs from the suture on each side, diverging outwardly to the anterior margin of the mesothorax; a shorter line running between it and the tegule; the scutellum punctured; the metathorax pubes- cent, and having a deep central longitudinal depression; posteriorly emarginate, the angles of the emargination produced and acute; wings pale, fulvo-hyaline and iri- descent; the stigma black, the nervures at the base pale testaceous; legs black, with the base and apex of the joints ferruginous. Abdomen black, smooth, shining and impunctate; the petiole with two longitudinal impressed lines.
Fam. FORMICID.
Formica Zealandica.
Female.—Length 23 lines. The abdomen black, the head and thorax blackish-brown, covered with a fine cine- reous pile, which is most dense on the abdomen; the man- dibles, the scape of the antenne and the flagellum at their base and apex pale rufo-testaceous. Thorax ovate, smooth and shining; the metathorax obliquely truncate; the femora rufo-fuscous, with their apex, the tibiz and tarsi pale rufo-testaceous; the tibize usually more or less fus- cous in the middle. Abdomen ovate, shining, and with the margins of the segments very narrowly testaceous ; the scape of the petiole ovate and emarginate above.
Fam. POMPILID ZE.
Priocnemts nitidiventris.
Female.—Length 43 lines. Jet black; the abdomen smooth, shining and impunctate. The head very finely and closely punctured, with larger shallow punctures thinly interspersed; a little cinereous pubescence on the sides of the face below the antenne; the anterior margin of the clypeus rounded; the tips of the mandibles ferru- eimous. The thorax very delicately punctured ; the legs,
with the spines at the apex of the tibie, black, and the
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tips of the claws of the tarsi rufo-piceous; the wings hya- line, the nervures black. Abdomen smooth and shining, with the apical segment, except its extreme base, finely rugose and opaque.
Fam. CRABRONID.
Rhopalum albipes.
Male.—Length 44 lines. Black; with the posterior tarsi white. Head subquadrate, a little wider than the thorax, and slightly shming; the clypeus with silvery- white pubescence; the scape of the antenn yellow in front ; an impressed line runs from the anterior ocellus to the insertion of the antennze. Thorax slightly shining ; the scutellum, and the enclosed space at the base of the metathorax, very finely punctured, the latter with a central impressed line, which unites with a deep fossulet that extends to the apex of the metathorax, the sides of which have a little thin white pubescence; the tubercles yellow; the wings hyaline, the nervures testaceous, with the costal and the stigma brownish-black; the tips of the anterior and intermediate femora, the tibiz and tarsi pale rufo-testaceous, the tibize with a dark stain in the middle; the claw-joint of all the tarsi rufo-piceous; the posterior tibize clavate, white at their base, as well as the second, third and fourth joint of the tarsi. Abdomen smooth and shining; the petiole clavate.
Fam. ANDRENID.
Dasycolletes hirtipes.
Female.—Length 5 lines. Black; the pubescence fulvous. The front with long dense pubescence, that on the cheeks pale fulvous. The mesothorax shining, thinly pubescent and not very closely punctured ; the pubescence more dense on the scutellum and metathorax; the wings hyaline and iridescent ; the legs with fulvous pubescence, the posterior tibiz with a dense scopa, and also a floccus on the trochanters ; the apical joints of the tarsi rufo-testa- ceous. Abdomen shining and impunctate; the apical margins of the segments slightly testaceous; the fifth segment with a fimbria of bright fulvous pubescence ; the apical segment, with an opaque naked space, the sides pubescent.
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Il. Descriptions of etght new species, and a new genus of Cossonides from New Zealand. By D. SHarp.
[Read December 5th, 1877. ]
In this paper I have drawn up short descriptions of eight new species of Cossonides from New Zealand; they are all from the province of Auckland, and are due to the researches of Captain Thos. Broun and Mr. Thos. Law- son. They offer another proof of the excessive difficulty that exists in dealing satisfactorily with genera in face of our present very limited knowledge of the existing species of Coleoptera. Being anxious to avoid making new generic names, I have allowed myself to do so for one only of the eight species, Entium aberrans, a minute and feeble Cossonid, to be placed probably near Pentarthrum and Sericotrogus in Mr. Wollaston’s arrangement, but differing from those insects by the approximate anterior cox and feeble tibial hooks. The remarkable Pentar- thrum Wollastonianum, and its ally Pentarthrum debile, might, perhaps, with advantage have been treated asa dis- tinct genus differentiated from Pentarthrum by the form of the head, the eyes being remote from the neck ; in that case the closely-allied Hawaian Pentarthrum prolizum must have been associated with them. In the case of Sericotrogus simulans and Sericotrogus setiger, the characters I have pointed out might be considered to call for the establishment of two new genera; but as I feel sure that our knowledge of the New Zealand Cossonides is yet quite in its early stages, and as I fancy that any competent entomologist, having these two species before him, would @ priori "have suggested to him a relationship with Sericotrog gus subenescens, I have left them with that species under the one generic name.
Pentarthrum Wollastonianum, n. sp. Perelongatum, angustum, subdepressum, subnitidum, subtiliter punctatum, piceo-ferrugineum ; oculis a collo remotis; prothorace sat elongato, antrorsum fortiter angustato, ad marginem anteriorem levissime constricto, crebre subtiliter punctato,
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dorso plano; elytris valde elongatis, subtiliter seriatim punctatis, et transversim rugulosis, apice extremo_brevis- sime setigero. Long. exc. rost. 33—4} mm., lat. vix 1 mm.
Mas., capite rostroque dilatatis.
Fem., capite rostroque gracilibus.
In this species the head and rostrum of the male are very thick, and are rather closely and evenly punctured ; the rostrum is dilated at the extremity, and only a little longer than the head; in the female the rostrum is rather slender, and is twice as long as the head; in each sex the antennz are inserted near the eyes, so that in the female the portion of the rostrum in front of the point of insertion is three or four times as long as the part between the im- sertion and the eyes; the 2nd joint of the funiculus is not at all longer than the following ones; the thorax is very little contracted at the base; the sculpture of the elytra is peculiar, consisting of fine series intermediate between punctures and striz, with distinct transverse ruge. The development of the head and rostrum in the male sex varies much, so that in some individuals it is not much thicker than in the female.
I have named this very remarkable species in honour of the able author of the paper, ‘‘ On the4zenera of Cosso- nide,” published by the Entomological Society of London four years ago. A large colony of the species seems to have been discovered recently by Mr. Thos. Lawson at
Auckland.
Pentarthrum debile,n. sp. Elongatum, angustum, sub- depressum, nitidum, ferrugineum ; oculis a collo remotis ; prothorace minus elongato, antrorsum fortiter angustato, ad marginem anteriorem leviter constricto, crebre, fortiter punctato; elytris sat fortiter punctato-striatis, apice brevis- sime setigero. Ijong. 23 mm.
This little species in all its characters closely approaches the Pentarthrum Wollastonianum, but it is very much smaller, and the sculpture of the thorax and elytra is coarser, the latter being, however, nearly destitute of transverse rugee; the form of the head and rostrum is similar in the two species, but in the male of P. debile, the incrassation of these parts does not attain such an extreme point as it does in P. Wollastonianum. The point of insertion of the antenns is not so near the eye
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in P. debile, it being in the male just about the middle of the rostrum, in the female a little behind it.
For this species I am also indebted to Mr. R. Lawson, who recently received it from his brother, with the P. Wollastonianum.
Pentarthrum parvicorne, n. sp. Brevius, subdepressum, sat nitidum, ferrugineum, fortiter punctatum ; prothorace elongato, antrorsum fortiter angustato, pone marginem anteriorem leviter constricto, lateribus versus basin evi- denter rotundatis et angustatis, crebrius fortiter punctato; elytris sat fortiter striato-punctatis, interstitiis punctulatis. Long. 2 mm.
In this species the eyes are prominent and quite near the neck; the 2nd joint of the funiculus is not longer than the following ones, the 3rd tarsal joint is distinctly larger than the 2nd and bilobed, though the lobes are not large ; the sculpture of the elytra takes the form of series of rather coarse punctures which are somewhat depressed, so that the elytra might almost be said to be striate, the interstices appear a little rough, and on examination with a very gv od glass are seen to bear excessively short indis- tinct s*.e; all the portion of the rostrum in front of the | .ntennal insertion is broader than the posterior por- tio’, and the antenne are inserted about the middle. T’e rostrum is thick especially in the male, and in that scx it is opaque; in the female it is rather longer, more slender and more shining, and is nearly as long as the thorax behind the constriction.
Auckland; the male sent by Captain Broun, the female by Mr. R. Lawson.
Pentarthrum remotum, n. sp. Brevius, robustulum, subdepressum, sat nitidum rufo-piceum, antennis clava elongata, nigra; prothorace lateribus rotundatis, antror- sum angustato, pone marginem anteriorem depresso, crebrius fortiter punctato, dorso subdepresso, medio ad basin subfoveolato; elytris prothorace paulo latioribus, fortiter punctato striatis. Long. 2—2}mm.
This little species is easily recognizable by the club of the antenne, which is elongate, so that it quite equals in length all the rest of the funiculus, and it is also darker in colour than the other joints, and entirely covered with fine pubescence. In each sex the rostrum is rather
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shining; in the male it is very broad; in the female it is a good deal more slender, though still rather stout ; in each sex the point of insertion of the antennez is a little before the middle; the 2nd joint of the funiculus is quite small. This species was sent me by Captain Broun, from
Tairua, as No. 324.
Pentarthrum brevirostre, n. sp. Brevius, robustulum, minus depressum, fortiter punctatum; rostro brevi, crasso, parallelo, opaco; prothorace elongato, lateribus rotundatis, antrorsum angustato, pone marginem anteriorem depresso, dense, fortiter, profundeque punctato, subopaco; elytris sat nitidis, prothoracis latitudine, profundius striatis, striis sat distincte punctatis. Long. 21 mm.
In this species the club of the antenne is short, stout, and abruptly marked off, and is either circular or oval according as it is viewed from above or from one side; the 2nd joint of the funiculus scarcely differs from the following ones. I do not know the sex of the individuals before me, but probably they are males,
I have recently received a pair of this species from Captain Broun, as No. 43, accompanied by the informa- tion that they were cut out of a log at Whangarei.
Entium aberrans, n. sp. Perdebile, angustum, sub- cylindricum, sat nitidum, rufescens, setis tenuissimis, sat elongatis vestitis ; prothorace angustulo, eylindrico, fortiter crebre punctato, medio longitudinaliter angustissime Im- punctato; elytris fortiter seriatim punctatis ; metasterno elongato. Long. 14 mm. lat. } mm.
The rostrum is more than half as long as the thorax, it is rather fine and indistinctly punctured, and like the rest of the upper surface bears fine hairs. The eyes are rather small, oval, and have their greatest length in the longi- tudinal direction. The thorax is narrow and cylindric, being only very little narrowed in front, and scarcely at all constricted or depressed there, it is coarsely and rather closely punctured, but the punctures become more sparing towards the middle, so that they almost leave a smooth space along the middle line. Elytra elongate and slender, but distinctly broader than the thorax, not at all striate, but with very regular rows of coarse punctures, which at the apex, however, become fine and indistinct. Under surface sparingly punctured and shining, its sete exces~ sively short.
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I have (as remarked above) given a new generic name to this species; its chief structural characters are as follows. Body clothed with fine hairs; rostrum stout, moderately long, subcylindric; eyes moderately developed; funiculus of antennz composed of five joints, all of which, except the basal one, are small and slender; the 2nd, how- ever, being a little longer than the following ones; Insertion of antennz near middle of rostrum. Scutellum small but distinct. Front coxee only very narrowly separated, but middle and hind ones broadly distant. Metasternum very elongate: lst and 2nd ventral segments elongate. Legs feeble, with slender feeble, linear tibix, whose apical uncus is very small. Tarsi small, 4-jointed, Ist and 2nd joints
small and short, 3rd rather larger, with slender and short lobes.
Sericotrogus simulans, n. sp. Debilis, angustus, minus elongatus, subtus nigricans, supra pube, depressa, elongata, vestitus, rufo- obscurus, antennis testaceis clava picea, pedi- bus rufis, femoribus obscurioribus; rostro nitido, subtiliter punctato; prothorace lateribus rotundatis, antrorsum angustato, pone marginem anteriorem leviter depresso, opaco, dense fortiterque sed parum profunde punctato, medio versus basin indistincte depresso; elytris minus profunde striatis, striis fortiter punctatis, interstitio 2° ad apicem paululum acute elevato; corpore subtus sat fortiter punctato; coxis anterioribus valde distantibus. Long. 13mm.
This species on account of its colour, sculpture and pubescence, bears a superficial resemblance to Sericotrogus subenescens ; but it is really extremely distinct therefrom, the rostrum is shining and but little punctate, and differs in structure from that of S. swhenescens, its basal part being much more constricted; it has also the front cox much more widely separated.
I have seen but a single individual, which I had formerly put aside as a very small variety of S. suhenescens. The specimen is from Auckland, and was sent either by Captain Broun or Mr. Lawson; probably by the former.
Sericotrogus setiger, n.sp. Gracilis, elongatus, angus- tus, fusco-rufus, per-opacus, setis robustis, depressis, flavi is, conspicue vestitus, antennis pedibusque rufis ; prothorace, elongato, cylindrico, sed in medio dilatato, pone marginem anteriorem fortiter constricto, obsolete punctato, dorso de-
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planato; elytris elongatis, minus argute punctato-striatis ; corpore subtus fortiter punctato. Long. 24 mm.
This peculiar species at first sight reminds one of a Styphlus or Orthochetes ; 1t departs structurally in several respects from Sericotrogus subenescens, but may be at present arranged in the same genus with that species ; it is of more slender and depressed form; has the rostrum more slender and the head is very much smaller, so that the smooth neck is continued forwards almost directly as the rostrum ; the antennz are more slender, the joints before the club being bead-like instead of transverse; the lobes of the 3rd tarsal joint are remarkably largely developed and distinct; and the hind cox are rather more distant ; m Sericotrogus subenescens the antennal scrobes are re- markably well developed, and are continued backwards, passing to the under surface of the rostrum, while in Ser7- cotrogus setiger they are quite small and indistinct.
I received a specimen of this species a few months ago from Captain Broun; it was found by him at Tairua and labelled 308. A second individual sent by Captain Broun at the same time, and with the same number, belongs doubtfully to this species; it 1s more rufescent in colour, and has the sete of the upper surface less developed, and shows also other slight differences in sculpture and struc- ture.
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III. Descriptions of some new species and a new genus of Rhyncophorous Coleoptera, from the Ha- waitan Islands. By D. Suarp,
[Read December 5th, 1877. ]
THE insects described in this Paper are all due to the in- defatigable efforts of the Rev. T. Blackburn, who is at present residing in Honolulu, and is, as far as he can find leisure, bent on ascertaining as thoroughly as possible the nature and extent of the insect fauna of the group of Sandwich Islands.
The Polynesian Islands have been hitherto considered to harbour but very few species of Coleoptera, and it remains to be seen to what extent Mr. Blackburn’s investigations will confirm the reports of former observers. It may be said, however, already, that the poverty of these Islands in Co oleoptera is not yet to be accepted. F airmaire, in his Memoir on the Coleoptera of Polynesia, published in 1849, was only able to report 140 species of the family from the whole of the Polynesian Islands, and thought that this number would not be readily increased, for M. Vesco, so he informs us, required several years of research in Tahiti before he could discover 100 species, while Mr. Blackburn has been able, I believe, to amass between two and three hundred species during two seasons collecting in the Island of Oahu. Mr. Blackburn, in the letters I have received from him several times, alludes to the peculiar poverty of specimens of Coleoptera. Again and again he has visited a spot where he had formerly found an individual of some species he desired, without being able to discover a second example, so that of the greater part of the species he has discovered he finds it extremely difficult to accumulate anything approaching to a series of individuals. This fact is quite in accordance with the observations of such collectors as have visited. these islands; it may, perhaps, be ultimately discovered that the insect inhabitants of this spot having been neces- sarily confined during a very long period to one small area, have become less fertile than is the case in localities where the obstacles to a considerable change of locality
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are less insuperable; whether there will ultimately prove to be any truth in this supposed correlation between paucity of individuals of a species and small area of distribution, remains to be seen; at any rate it seems a priort certain that the probability of breeding between individuals with but small previous kinship must be lessened in a ratio with the diminished area of distribution.
The six species for which I have established the genus Proterhinus are of a very interesting nature, though they consist only of insects of small size: they appear to me, as will be seen from the remarks I have made below, to point out that the position of the anomalous Aglycyderide, should be at the head of the Rhyncophorous series of Coleoptera, supposing the arrangement of Dr. Leconte to be a valid one; and though my very limited knowledge of the Rhyncophor a scarcely justifies me in expressing an opinion, it seems to me that the system of this esteemed American entomologist is very far in advance, and that in the right direction, of any that has been hitherto proposed for this most extensive assemblage of beetles.
Besides the Proterhini, I have described ten species belonging to the family Cossonides ; and as regards these I wish to say that I have not felt called upon to discuss the species of the family previously described from this locality, and for this reason, that I think Mr. Blackburn will be able to discover numerous other species of the family, so that a monograph, or anything like it, had better be deferred for the present, All I need say is, that I think I am justified in considering all these ten species as previously undescribed.
The interesting but very complicated question of the affinities of the Coleopterous fauna of these islands is a point on which I had better defer comment till my know- ledge of the species is more complete.
Proterhinus vestitus, n.sp. Fusco-rufus, setis depressis, aliisque erectis vestitus, antennis tibiisque rufis; protho- race antrorsum constricto, basin versus angustato, dorso inequali, fortiter punctato, opaco; elytris “rufescentibus, plus minusve distincte nigro-signatis, squamulis depressis plagiatim vestitis, fortiter sed parum conspicue punctatis, humeris acutis. Long. 2—3 mm.
Antenne red, about as long as head and thorax, rather slender; Ist and 2nd joints thick, 3rd slender, a good deal longer than the 2ud, the 9th joint evidently a little
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stouter than the 8th, so as to be intermediate in thickness between it and the 10th. Thorax about as long as broad, the front part constricted, the sides behind the constriction curved and much narrowed towards the base; the surface is coarsely punctured and sparingly clothed ‘with yellow, short sete; it shows some depressions, which are, however, rather ill- denned and variable, the most distinct and con- stant being one near the front, in the middle. Elytra rather short, reddish, with some irregular black marks, the most distinct of which form a patchy band across the middle; they are clothed with patches of pale setiform scales, and are rather coarsely but somewhat indistinctly punctured, the punctures being scarcely placed in rows: the base is emarginate, so that the shoulders are promi- nent and acute, and quite disengaged from the base of the thorax: the surface shows, besides the patches of scales, scattered erect sete. The legs are reddish, with the thicker part of the femora nearly black. The under sur- face is rough on the front parts; the basal ventral seg- ment is coarsely and distinctly punctured, the other four segments are nearly impunctate. ‘Found on a species of Hybiscus, and also on the candle-
nut tree.
Proterhinus Blackburni, n. sp. Rufescens fere con- color, setis elongatis, erectis conspicue vestitus, fortiter rugoso-punctatus, opacus; elytrorum humeris prominulis; antennis articulo 2° quam tertio crassiore et paulo lon- giore; femoribus minus clavatis. Long. 1}—2} mm.
First and second joints of antenne only moderately stout ; 2nd, intermediate in thickness between the lst and 3rd, and slightly longer than the latter. Thorax a good deal narrower than the elytra, very coarsely punctured, and bearing erect setee, which render its outline and sur- face indistinct. LElytra rugose, with fine erect acute sete. Legs of an uniform red colour,
This species is readily distinguished from P. vestitus by the different basal joints of the antennze, as well as by the slighter characters of colour, sculpture and clothing. I have much pleasure in complimenting Mr. Blackburn, by giving this species his name.
Proterhinus simplex, n.sp. Minus robustus, rufescens, antrorsum obscuriore, antennis nigris basi rufo; protho- race lateribus curvatis, antrorsum hand vel v1x Conchrictos
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dense punctato, sparsim aureo-squamuloso; elytris thorace vix latioribus, fusco-rufoque subvariegatis, crebre pro- fundeque punctatis, irregulariter aureo-squamulosis, bre- viterque setosis; humeris acutis sed minus prominulis. Long. 2mm. Lat. ? mm.
I have seen only two immature individuals of this species, which were considered by Mr. Blackburn to be maie and female, but they appear to me to be both females, the head being in both individuals without a beak. The species is at any rate distinct from any of the others here described, even if the sexual distinctions of the head prove to be the same as in the other species. The antennz are elongate and black, but with the basal joimts reddish; the 1st joint is rather stout, the 2nd moderately stout, and hardly so long as the 3rd; the 9th is distinctly larger than the 8th. The thorax is about as broad as the elytra, the sides much curved and a good deal narrowed towards the front, but without distinct con- striction; the surface is densely and coarsely punctured, only indistinctly impressed towards the front, and with only very short depressed scales. The elytra are coarsely and distinctly punctured, clothed in an irregular manner with golden scales, and with very short erect white setz.
t=) d The legs are uniform red: the femora not very thick.
Proterhinus obscurus, n. sp. Minus robustus, fusco- rufus, antennis obscuris, indistincte punctatus, griseo- vestitus, brevissime setulosus; prothorace equali lateribus valde curvatis, haud sinuatis; elytris thorace vix latioribus, humeris nullo modo prominulis. Long. 2 mm.
Antenne moderately long, obscure or blackish-red in colour, 3rd joint distinctly longer than 2nd. Thorax very dull, very densely and indistinctly punctured, greatly rounded at the sides, clothed rather sparingly with very short depressed pale scales. Elytra rather slender and with the humeral angles quite indistinct; they are coarsely and deeply but not distinctly punctured, clothed with pale scales, and with very short white sete: the legs are reddish, with the femora somewhat obscure. I have seen only one individual which is a male, and is distinguished from the P. simplex by its more sordid colour and cloth- ing, and the less distinct humeral angles of the elytra.
Proterhinus oscillans, n. sp. Minus elongatus et
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parallelus, rufus, antennarum clava obscuriore, irrecu- lariter pallido-squamosus, breviter setulosus; prothorace medio dilatato, dense indistincteque punctato; elytris minus elongatis, thorace latioribus, fortiter punctatis, humeris nullo modo prominulis. Long. 1¢ mm.
The antenne are moderately long, the lst and 2nd joints moderately stout, the 3rd longer than the 2nd. The thorax has the surface nearly even, indistinctly punc- tured, and with very short depressed whitish-yellow scales; it is much narrowed both in front and behind. The elytra are not elongate; they are slightly rounded at the sides and narrowed towards the shoulders, which are not in the least acute or prominent; they are of a reddish colour, indefinitely marked with darker, and are coarsely though not distinctly punctured, and bear pale scales or depressed setae, and short erect white setw. The legs are concolorous red, and are rather thick and conspicuously setose.
The one individual I have seen is a male. The species differs from Proterhinus obscurus by some differences of colour, clothing and form; its less elongate elytra, and the less evenly-curved sides of the thorax, render it pro- bable that it is a distinct species.
Proterhinus debilis, n. sp. Angustulus, nigro-rufescens, minus lete variegatus, antennis nigris, apice obsolete clavatis; corpore setis depressis et “erectis irregulariter vestito. Long. 1{—1% mm.
This is a small narrow species of dark colour, and dis- tinguished from the allies here described by the structure of the antennz, which are less elongate; they have the Ist and 2nd joints thick, the 2nd being quite like a bead, about as long as broad, the 3rd is rather more elongate than the 2nd, the 9th is scarcely different from the ‘sth, the 10th and the 11th are a little thicker; the thorax and elytra do not differ in any very conspicuous manner from the same parts in P. obscurus. I have seen one male and one female of this species.
Some of the species I have above attempted to describe I have not found very easy to distinguish from one another by characters easily conveyed by a description. P. vestitus is the largest species, with the most variegated colours, and is readily to be identified by the more uneven surface of the thorax, and by its peculiar abrupt con-
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striction at the front part. P. Blackburni is readily dis- tinguishable by the very long and conspicuous slender setee, by its more coarsely-sculptured surface, which is nearly free from scales, and by fs feebler tarsi. It is the species which departs least widely from <Aglycyderes. P. debilis is quite distinct by the last three joints of the antennee being less developed than in the other species. The remaining three species are not so easy to distinguish by strongly-marked characters ; though I ‘have seen Y only one or two individuals of each, T expect that P. oscillans will be distinguished by its shorter elytra, the humeral angles of which are not in the least acute or well marked. P. obscurus and P. simplex are much more similar, but the latter seems to have the apical joints of the antennze more developed. As, however, I have only seen the female of the one and the male of the other of these two species, their more certain distinction must be left for future observation.
I now come to the more important question of the structural characters of these little insects; these prove to be very remarkable, and have necessitated the creation of a new collective name for the species. They are, briefly, as follows :—
Antenne 11-jointed, not geniculate, the lst and 2nd joints thicker than the following ones, the 10th and 11th elongate, and separate, slightly broader than the preceding ones. Head narrow, in the female slightly prolonged in front, in the male furnished with a shming beak, which is want as long as the head, and considerably narrower than it, without oular sutures ; antenn inserted at the sides, close to the eyes, in an ill-defined groove. Eyes small, but very prominent, coarsely facetted ; parts of the mouth minute, and not visible externally, being concealed beneath by a horny plate, which fills up the little cavity at the apex of the beak. Anterior coxee minute, globose, en- tirely embedded in the thorax at a distance from the a margin, and widely separated from one another; prothorax without visible sutures, except that there are traces of a transverse one between the front coxe. Middle coxe minute, globose and deeply embedded, widely separated ; sutures between the pieces of the mesothorax and meta- thorax not visible. Metasternum very short; hind coxe small, oval, deeply embedded, very widely separated. Hind body with five ventral segments, the Ist elongate, 2nd, 3rd and 4th subequal, rather short, separated by deep
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sutures, 5th about twice as long as the 4th. LElytra soldered together, without epipleure, and without fold on their inner face. Dorsal segments of hind body, except the last one, formed of excessively fine membrane, so that their number is difficult to distinguish; the apical one placed under elytra, obliquely perpendicular in posi- tion, without groove or mark at the base. Legs robust, moderately lone ; tibia without apical spurs; tarsi 3- jointed, the basal joint very short, the 2nd joint very large, consisting of two broad lobes which are very pubes- cent beneath; the 3rd joint stout, moderately long, termi- nated by two separate, rather stout, simple claws.
These characters show a relationship with Aglycyderes of Westwood and Wollaston, one of the most: anomalous of the Coleoptera. The chief points in which the insects I am at present considering depart from Aglycyderes are, the narrow head, which in one sex is pretest. in front so as to form a distinct beak, and the large development of the lobes of the second tarsal joint. The tarsi in Ag glycy- deres are said to be 4-jointed, but the joimt mtervening between the 2nd and 4th is so minute, that it should not be counted unless the Zetramera are considered to have 5-jointed tarsi.
I recently ina a species of Aglycyderes from New Zealand (Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist., July, 1876, p- 28), and made some remarks on its position amongst the Coleoptera, suggesting that it might be placed as an aberrant member of the family Colydiide; since then, however, I have made some fresh investigations in con- nection with the peculiarities of the insects I am here treating of, and have felt compelled to change my opinion and adopt pretty nearly that of Mr. Wollaston, viz., that a separate family must be formed for Aglycyderes, and I have no doubt that Proterhinus may be correctly placed with it. The position of the family, however, is a point of still greater difficulty. Mr. Wollaston suggested an approximation to Anthribide, but Proter hinus tends rather to diminish than increase this affinity.
If Dr. Leconte’s definition of the Rhyncophora as a _ series, distinguished from all other Coleoptera by the coalescence of * the posterior lateral portions of the head and prothorax on the median line of the under surface of the body so as to unite by a single suture” be accepted, there can, I think, be little doubt that the Aglycyderide must ania that ee But in that case it must be con-
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sidered an entirely isolated group, and should be placed at the commencement of the Rhyncophora, being widely distinguished from Leconte’s series Haplo gastra by the minute, embedded and globose front cox, by the more rudimentary trophi, and by the subtetramerous tarsi. Though the two species of Aglycyderes would not, from their facies at first sight, suggest a proximity with Rhino- maceride asa natural position for the family, this difficulty is removed by an inspection of the male of Proterhinus, which has, perhaps, more the appearance of a Rhinomacer than of any other insect.
Dryophthorus squalidus, n. sp. Piceus, vel fusco- niger, opacus; prothorace subconico, antrorsum leviter constricto, equali, dense fortiterque punctato; elytris sat elongatis, subparallelis, thorace paululum latioribus, sat profunde striatis vel sulcatis, stris fortiter punctatis, in- terstitiis sequalibus, planis, haud velutinis, 6° ad apicem sat carinato-elevato; metasterno elongato. Long. 3}— 4} mm. (exc. rost.)
In the male the rostrum is punctured and opaque till just before the apex, where there is left a transverse smooth space; in the female the rostrum is longer, and all the portion of it in front of the insertion of the antennz is smooth.
The species is a good deal larger than the European Dryophthorus lymex -ylon, and the thorax is broader, with a much less distinct constriction in front: the sculpture j 1s very similar, except that the interstices are broader in D. squalidus.
Mr. Blackburn says this is the commonest species in Oahu, and occurs at a lower elevation than most of the others.
Dryophthorus gravidus, n. sp. Robustus, niger, vel piceus, opacus; prothorace antrorsum angustato, lateribus rotundatis, antrorsum leviter constricto, dense grosseque punctato, equali; coleopteris latis, haud elongatis, pro- thorace evidenter latioribus, grosse seriato-punctatis, inter- stitiis ad basin nullo modo elevatis, ad apicem declivam evidenter (preesertim secundo) carinatis, 6° versus apicem carinato-elevato ; metasterno haud elongato. Long. 5— Oo; mm.
I have seen four specimens of this species; its very
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robust build, and large size, and the rows of very coarse punctures on the elytra, the interstices of which, on the basal portion, are not in the least elevated, will readily distinguish it. The sexual differences are much the same as in Dryophthorus squalidus.
Dryophthorus crassus,n. sp. Robustus, piceus, opacus ; prothorace antrorsum angustato, lateribus rotundatis, an- trorsum sat constricto, fortiter punctato, eequali; coleopteris latis, haud elongatis, prothorace latioribus, minus pro- funde sulcatis, sulcis fortiter crenato-punctatis, interstitiis paululum elevatis, lutosis, latis, 6° versus apicem acute carinato - elevato ; metasterno haud elongato. Long. 43—53 mm.
This species, on account of its large size and heavy form, resembles Dryophthorus gravidus, but the difter- ence in the sculpture of the elytra renders the two species quite easy to distinguish. I have seen a single pair, the sexual distinctions being the same as in the preceding species.
Dryophthorus declivis, n. sp. Piceus, opacus; pro- thorace antrorsum fortiter constricto, lateribus minus rotundatis, dense fortiter punctato, ineequali; coleopteris haud latis, sed prothorace evidenter latioribus, versus apicem planato-declivis, fortiter seriato-punctatis, imter- stitlis 2°, 4°, 6°que elevatis, 6° versus apicem alte carinato; rostro ad apicem fortius bidentato. Long. 33 mm.
Rare; I have seen only two males; they have the ros- trum very rugose except just at the tip. The form of the apical portion of the elytra reminds one somewhat of the Tomicides ; both the fourth and sixth interstices coalesce, to form the acutely-raised apical margin.
Dryophthorus modestus, n. sp. Subgracilis, nigricans, opacus; prothorace subcylindrico, antrorsum evidenter constricto, dense fortiterque punctato, disco vix inzequali ; elytris haud elongatis, prothorace paululum latioribus, evidenter sulcatis, sulcis sat fortiter crenato-punctatis, . interstitiis latis, equalibus, minus elevatis ; margine apicali sat elevato, cum interstitio quarto conjuncto. Long. 3 mm.
This species is just about the size of Dryophthorus lymexylon ; the thorax is broader in comparison with the elytra, and the interstices of the elytra are broader than
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in the European species. I have seen only males of this species; according to Mr. Blackburn it is rare, and has been found by him in the stems of a species of fern in Oahu.
Note.—The sculpture of the species is very much that of D. squalidus; but independently of its much smaller size the present is readily distinguished therefrom by the fact that the apical side margin of the elytra 1s connected with the fourth interstice instead of the sixth.
Dryophthorus pusillus, n. sp. Subgracilis, nigro- ferrugineus, opacus; prothorace subcylindrico, antrorsum evidenter constricto, dense fortiterque punctato, disco vix inequali; elytris haud elongatis, prothorace paululum latioribus, sat profunde sulcatis, sulcis minus conspicue crenato-punctatis, interstitiis vix latis, subaqualibus; margine apicali fortiter elevato, cum interstitio quarto conjuncto. Long. 23 mm.
This is the smallest Dryophthorus Mr. Blackburn has yet brought to light; he informs me it is found in the mountains of Oahu and is not common. I have seen only two males. It has the eyes more reduced than is the case with the other species here described; and may also be readily distinguished from D. modestus by the more acutely-elevated apical margin of the elytra.
Dryophthorus insignis, n. sp. | Fuscus, opacus, grosse punctatus; rostro brevissime setuloso; prothorace antror- sum profunde constricto, post constrictionem subquadrato ; fortiter ruguloso-punctato, breviterque (ad marginem an- teriorem dense) setuloso; coleopteris brevibus, latis, pro- thorace evidenter latioribus, fortiter seriatim punctatis, interstitiis 2°, 4°, 6° valde carinato-elevatis et dense setu- losis, 2°, 4°, que pone basin fere interruptis, czeteris omnino inconspicuis. Long. 3 mm.
This species is found in rotten wood at a considerable elevation; it is so readily distinguished from the others by its acutely-elevated alternate interstices of the elytra, and by the almost total disappearance of the other inter- stices, that it is not necessary here to allude more fully to its other characters. I have received eight specimens from Mr. Blackburn; in all of them the rostrum is rugose and opaque till very near the tip; in some of them the rostrum is a little more slender than in others; whether
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these latter individuals are females, or whether I have only males before me, I am unable to state with certainty.
Pentarthrum prolixum, n. sp. Perelongatum, depres- sum, ferrugineum, nitidum; capite elongato anterius an- gustato, oculis a collo remotis; prothorace antrorsum fortiter angustato, post marginem anteriorem leviter con- stricto, lateribus mox ante angulos posteriores rotundatis, sat fortiter et crebre punctato, dorso plano vel obsolete impresso; elytris elongatis, parallelis, vix striatis sed regulariter seriatim punctatis. Long. exc. rost. 4—5 mm. lat. vix 1 mm.
Mas., rostro breviore et crassiore, capite paulo longiore, antennis paulo ante medium insertis; segmento ultimo ventrali latius impresso.
Fem., rostro tenuiore capite duplo, longiore, antennis longe ante medium insertis; segmento ultimo ventrali fere plano.
The very elongate and depressed form of this Pent- arthrum, and the form of the head and rostrum, ally it to a group of species found in New Zealand, viz., P. Wol- lastonianum and P. debile; the rostrum has a slight con- striction between the eyes and the insertion of “the an- tennze, and is a little dilated towards the apex; the series of punctures form very regular, somewhat depressed rows but can hardly be correctly said to be placed in strive: these strie (if they may be so called) are not deeper at the apex than elsewhere.
I have seen one male and two females of this species; they were found in the stems of ferns. Mr. Blackburn informs me that the female is not rare, but that he has only found two individuals of the male, and that these were not accompanied by any females; he was thus led to suppose that what I have considered the sexes were dis- tinct species, but I do not think such is the case.
Pentarthrum obscurum, n. sp. Angustulum, minus depressum, piceum vel ferrugineum, nitidum, fortiter punctatum; prothorace crebre fortiterque punctato, an= trorsum fortiter angustato, pone apicem leviter constricto, dorso haud depresso; elytris profundius striatis, striis fortiter punctatis, versus apicem haud deletis. Long. 2% mm.
The antennz in this species are small, with the 2nd
26 Mr. D. Sharp’s descriptions of some new species, &§c. joint of the funiculus not longer than the following ones ; the eyes are contiguous with the neck; the punctures of the elytra are very distinct and regular, the interstices being narrow and without rugulosities ; the 3rd joint of the tarsi is rather small and its lobes but little developed. I have seen three individuals which, I expect, are all of the male sex ; they have the rostrum minutely punctate, almost simply cylindrical, moderately stout, rather more than half as long as the thorax, and the antenne inserted just before the middle.
Pentarthrum Blackburni, n. sp. Angustulum haud depressum, subeylindricum, minus elongatum, rufo- piceum, nitidum, ‘fortiter punctatum; prothorace conico- cylindrico, pone marginem anteriorem levissime constricto, crebre fortiter, profundeque punctato; elytris fere brevibus, vix striatis, sed seriatim sat fortiter punctatis ; ; interstitiis sparsim transverse rugulosis. Long. 23% mm.
This species is shorter than P. obscurum, and has the elytra differently sculptured; and the 3rd joint of the tarsi is still smaller, being only slightly different from the 2nd. The only individual I have seen I suspect to be a male; it has the rostrum much as in P. obscurum, but not quite so finely punctured.
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Ty: tk a of some Exotic Lamellicorn Beetles. J. O. Westwoop, M.A., F.L.S., &c.
[Read November 7th, 1877.] (Plates I. and II.)
Family CETONIIDA. Subfamily TRICHIDES.
Genus CaLomMETorus, Blanchard.
Catal. de la Coll. Entomologique d. Mus. d’hist. nat. Paris, t. 1. 1850, p. 43; Lacordaire, Hist. n. Col. ii. p- 066.
Calometopus Nyasse. (PI. I. fig. 1.)
Fem.—Niger punctatus, capitis clypeo profunde inciso, pronoto transverse- ovali, nigro, macula utrinque parva luteo-setosa ad angulos anticos, alterisque duabus majori- bus angulos posticos occupantibus ; elytris nigris, disco irregulariter glauco, nigro parce punctaio, maculis duabus fulvis ovalibus prope scutellum nigro lineatis; maculisque duabus glaucis prope apicem; lateribus elytrorum sutu- raque acute carinatis; segmentis detectis abdominis late- raliter albo maculatis, propygidio lineis duabus transversis albis; pygidio obscure rufo, opaco, macula cuneata apicali albo-setosa; pedibus nigris; tibiis posticis apice digitatis: corpore infra nigro, nitido; lateribus metasterni “et ab- dominis parum vermiculatis ; setisque griseis parum ves- titis, segmentis 2 et 3 ventralibus utrinque transversim griseo subfasciatis.
(Marem non vidi.)
Long. corp. lin. 73.
Habitat Nyassa, Africze interioris. In Mus. Britann. et Higgins.
Note.—The mandibles are entire at the tip, having a short setose transverse tooth or spine near the base of the inner margin (fig. la). The maxille are unarmed on the inner margin, but are furnished with a long densely hairy simple terminal lobe. The maxillary palpi were
wanting in the specimen examined (fig. 14). The men-
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tum is deeply notched in front, with the lateral lobes rounded; it is very hairy, and the labial palpi (of which the apical joint alone is visible from the outside) are slender (fig. lc). The curious digitation of the posterior tibize (whence the name of the genus) appears, from the corrected description given by M. Lacordaire, to be con- fined to the female sex. The genus is well characterized by the small flat glabrous elytra, having the suture and the lateral margins elevated into strong carine. The following is the description given by Mr. Blanchard of the type species of the genus :—
Calometopus senegalensis, Blanch. 1. e.
Niger, capite medio rufo, prothorace omnino rufo seu obscure ; scuto (scutello ) rufo nigro-limbato; elytris fulvis, margine externo nigro; sutura carinaque laterali elevatis, pygidio nigro rugoso maculis fulvis binotato, abdomine nigyro, maculis lateralibus albis; pedibus fulvis, tarsis tibia- rumque apice nigris. Variat femina elytris fere omnino nigris.
‘Long. 13—165 mill.
According to M. Lacordaire the elle is dull black above, shining beneath, and the female fulvous, with the forehead, the sides of the elytra beyond the middle, the breast, abdomen and tarsi black; these colours possibly being variable in both sexes. As the specimens which I have seen from Nyassa are uniform in their colours, I have not hesitated to consider them as forming a dis- tinct species from the Senegal one.
Genus VALGUS, Scriba. Valgus furcifer,n. sp.. (Pl. I. fig. 2.)
Niger punctatissimus luteo nigroque squamosus, pronoto subquadrato, antice supra caput parum rotundato-producto, angulis anticis lateralibus rotundatis, posticis extus parum acute productis; disco in medio longitudinaliter paullo canaliculato, tuberculisque duobus dorsalibus in medio instructo, margine postico curvato et ad basin scutelli rotundatim-producto: elytris latis subquadratis, lateribus deflexis, dorso subplanis; basi fulvescentibus, singulo prope scutellum nigro 4-striolato, striolis curvatis: fascia abbre- viata transversa nigra pone apicem scutelli; dimidio postico elytrorum lutescenti, fascia transversa pone medium nigra, postice prope suturam extensa; plaga lutescente transverse- ovata apicali in singulo elytro relicta, maculam nigram
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includente ; propygidio obscure rufo in angulum acutum extus utrinque producto, tuberculisque duobus nigro-seti- geris in medio instructo, spatio triangulari luteo setoso inter tubercula notato, pygidio etiam in “medio luteo-setosa apiceque in processum furcatum terminato: pedibus longis nigris; tibus anticis extus 3-dentatis, denticulisque uous intermediis armatis ; corpore infra opecure nigro, subtiliter punctato, squamulis obscure luteis parsim, metasterni lateribus squamis fulvis densius vestitis.
Long. corp. lin. 5.
Habitat in Sumatra. In Mus. D. Higgins.
Subfamily GOLIATHIDES. Genus Narycius, Dupont.
Sub-genus CyPHONOCEPHALUS, Westw. Arc. Ent. 1, p- 1lo.
Type, C. smaragdulus, Westw. 1. c., pl. 33, fig. 2, and details. (Pl. I. fig. 3 $, fig. 4 ¢.)
The original description of this interesting group above referred to was founded upon an unique specimen from the East Indies, contained in the Museum of the Bristol Philosophical Institution, which, so far as I know, has remained unique up to the present time. The specimen is a male of a brilliant green colour, with the clypeus, horns of the head and tarsi brunneous, and with the femora and tibiz more opaline. I am now indebted to J. Wood-Mason, Esq., of the Calcutta Museum, for a specimen of the male agreeing with the Bristol specimen ;
a second male of a rich dark purple colour, agreeing in all its characters with the type specimen, and which is represented in the accompanying figure. With these, Mr. Wood-Mason transmitted a specimen of the female repre- sented in fie. 4, of the natural size. Like the females of almost all Soanatedl males, it is smaller than the other sex. It will be seen, by comparing the figures of the female now published of this species (fig. 4) with that of the female of Narycius opalus, given in my Arcana Entomologica, vol. 1, pl. 33, fig. 1, and p. 114, and their respective details, that they are nearly identical, not only in general form and in the armature of the head (the latter being a very unusual circumstance in female insects), but also in the details of the mouth-organs, especially the maxille.
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If the characters of these females alone were regarded, I should not hesitate to consider them as congeneric, but the different condition of the legs of the males of the two species indicates the necessity for their subgenerical separation. (Comp. Arc. E., pl. 33, fig. 16, and my pl. I. fig. 4c.) The mesosternal spine is not, however, so much porrected in C. smaragdulus as in N. opalus. Like the male represented in my Arcana Ent., this female is of a rich green colour.
Subfamily CREMASTOCHEILIDES.
The characters of the two following species were intro- ; ; ‘ : duced into the Appendix of my Thesaurus Entomologicus Oxoniensis, but no figures of them have hitherto appeared. They are, therefore, now added in order to complete the knowledge of the insects, for which in fact (in this difficult eroup) representations are quite requisite.
Genus Crciipius, Macleay.
Cyclidinus velutinus, Westw. Thes. Ent. Oxon. App. p-. 204. (PI. I. fig. 5.)
Totus niger, opacus: capite parvo sub lente puncta- tissimo, inter antennas bi-impresso; mento et maxillis ut in Cycl. lugubre formatis: pronoto multo latiori quam longo, lateribus in medio dilatato-rotundatis, angulis posticis lateralibus acutis, dorso depresso, utrinque impressione ovali parum profunda notato; elytris basi latis, dorso planis, leviter ovali-cicatricosis; pygidio leviter rotundato- cicatricosis; pedibus subgracilibus; corporis subtus (pree- sertim ventre ) rudius punctato, guttisque minutis lutescen- tibus parum irrorato.
Long. corp. lin. 9; lat. humer. elytr. lin. 4.
Habitat 2 In Mus) D. Parry.
Genus CREMASTOCHEILUS, Knoch.
Cremastocheilus crassipes, Westw. Thes. Ent. Oxon.
p. 204. (PL. I. fig. 6.)
Magnus, latus, supra deplanatus, niger, capite punctato, clypei margine antico parum recurvo, semicirculari, mento rotundato, postice integro, disco glabro; pronoto lateribus rotundatis versus caput angustioribus, dorso parum con- vexo, angulis anticis fere ad oculos porrectis, subacutis,
impressione sat profunda intra angulos notato, angulis
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posticis in cornu breve retro productis, impressione ovali intra angulos posticos, margine postico curvato, disco punctato “punctis preesertim lateralibus m majoribus et ro- tundo-cicatricosis, breviter setoso; elytris latis, dorso planis, punctis ovalibus postice incompletis parum pro- fundis, guttis minutis strigisque brevibus tenuissimis interdum undulatis prope suturam, albis, parce notatis; pedibus brevibus latis crassis, fossoriis, tibiis anticis den- tibus valde obtusis, tarsis tibiis multo brevioribus, articulis latioribus quam longis. Long. corp. lin. 84; lat. humer. elytr. lin. 34.
Habitat in California. In Mus. Parry.
This very distinct species belongs to the group with the mentum entire in the middle of its hind margin, and which have the anterior tarsi with the terminal joints not suddenly dilated, but differs from the two species hitherto described, having the legs short and fossorial (C. Schaumii and angularis), by having the legs comparatively much broader and shorter, with the joints of the tarsi broader than long.
The following additional species of the genus Cremas- tocheilus has recently been described, and is here added to complete the bibliography of the genus:—
Cremastocheilus Wheeleri, J. Leconte, in Appendix H. 10, to Report of Chief of Engineers of the United States Geographical Survey, west of the 100th me- ridian. Washington, 1876.
Brownish-black, not shining; head feebly punctured, much dilated in front, broadly truncate, side angles rounded. Prothorax subquadrate, a little wider behind, sinuate on the sides; front angles acute, incurved and densely hairy on the inner side; hind angles rounded, expanded posteriorly; middle third of disk depressed, covered with large shallow punctures; lateral thirds separated by a shallow i impression more distinct near the base and tip, very sparsely punctured, rather shining and quite smooth behind the middle. Elytra with large shal- low elongate punctures as usual; humeri shining; meso- thoracic epimera not visible from above in consequence of the posterior expansion of the hind angles of the prothorax. Tibize compressed; front pair with two approximate teeth;
middle pair with two distant teeth besides the apical one;
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hind pair with a small acute denticle about the middle. Tarsi compressed, hind pair two-thirds as long as the tibiz. Beneath feebly punctured, pubescent with brown hair; mentum deeply concave, subtriangular, bisinuate behind, with the side angles produced and rounded; hind margin feebly notched at the middle.
Length, 10°6 mm. = 0°42 inch.
Northern New Mexico; Lieut. W. L. Carpenter.
In the division of the disk of the prothorax into three parts, this species seems to be related to C. saucius. The dividing groove is, however, not well defined, and in other respects there is no resemblance. The form of the mentum is quite peculiar, and in a group where specific differences are of less magnitude, would warrant the establishment of a separate genus.
Subfamily DyNnasTIpEs.
Genus AMBLYODUS, n. g.
Genus novum Phileuro proximum, Leptognatho et Actinobolo affine; differt capite cornuto mandibulisque extus obtuse dentatis.
Corpus sub-breve, subparallelum subcylindricum (Sieno- dendron parum simulans). |
Caput mediocre lateribus in cornua duo curvata, apice obtusa elevato-porrectis (pl. II. figs. la, 16).
Mandibule porrectz, lateribus externe dilatatis et ob- tuse dentatis, dextera 2, seministra 3 dentibus obtusis armatis; spatio parvo setoso marginis interni, laminaque motari basali instructee (fig. le).
Maxillee elongate extus longe setigera, lobo apicali ad basin in spinam curvatam apice denticulatam producto; parte apicali curvata, apice obtusa, intus inermi vel dente obtuso armata; palpis maxillaribus mediocribus articulo ultimo elongato ovali (fig. 1d).
Mentum corneum crateriforme, medio canaliculatum, basi carimatum punctatum setosum, apice emarginato (fig. le).
Labium internum: palpi labiales intus mentum inserte articulo apicali tantum detecto (fig. le).
Pronotum magnum semiovale, latitudine elytris eequale, antice retusum scabrum, margine postico fere recto, utrin- que lobo elevato obliquo glabro instructum.
Scutellum triangulare apice rotundato elytra brevia apice rotundata, convexa.
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Pedes mediocres, tibiz antics extus 4-dentatis, tibiae intermediz et postice dentate.
Having in the 4th volume of the Transactions of the Entomological Society published the characters of some interesting forms of Lamellicornia allied to Phileurus, I have the gratification of adding another equally curious from Nicaragua, collected by Mr. Belt at Chontales. It appears most nearly allied to Actinobolus (1. c. Pl. II. fig. 2) in the structure of the maxillze and mentum, but the front of the head in that genus (ib. fig. 24) is radiated, whilst the mandibles (ib. fig. 2d) are armed above only with a short obtuse tooth. The males of Leptognathus * (ib. fig. 4) have the front of the pronotum rather retuse, but the front of the head is bilobed in both sexes, and the mandibles (ib. fig. 4a) have the outer lobe produced to a fine point, and the inner lobe lar ge, oval and setose, the maxillz also (ib. fig. 4e) want the strong armature of the apical lobe.
Species unica, Amblyodus taurus, n. sp. (PI. I. fig. 1.)
Niger, nitidus capitis cornubus glabris supra deplanatis apice extus elevato-curvatis obtusis, pronoto antice retuso, -varioloso rugoso; postice glabro utrinque elevato, angulis posticis acutis punctatis, elytris punctato-striatis.
Long. corp. lin. 11.
Habitat in Nicaragua, Chontales. D. Belt.
Genus PANToDINUS, Burm.
Pantodinus Klugiti, Burmeister Handb. d. Ent. v. Dee oie Cirle Wl te. 2a;)
No figure of this very interesting insect having hitherto been published I have taken this opportunity of giving a representation of it, together with its trophi, from sketches made by Dr. Burmeister. The genus was founded on an unique male from Guatemala in Mr. Melly’s Collec- tion, and was placed by its author in conjunction with the genera Leptognathus (under the name of Cryptodontes)
* T do not recognize the necessity of rejecting the name Leptognathus, which I proposed for this genus (in order to avoid the confusion arising from the use of the name Cryptodon, given to it in MSS. by Latreille, with that of Cryptodus, given to another Lamellicorn genus by MacLeay ), in consequence of there haying been a genus of fishes previously named Leptognathus by Swainson,
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and Xenodorus. De Bréme( Ann. Soc. Ent. France, 1844, pl. 7, fig. 8), in a terminal section of the Xylophila ( Dynastide, M‘1.), immediately preceding the Lucanide.
By M. Lacordaire it was placed with Leptognathus at the end of the Dynastide, immediately preceding the Cetontides, with the remark, “ Ces insectes sont, dans le sens rigoureux du mot, des Dynastides pourvus de mandibules de Cétonides. Leur cavité buccale a, du reste, des rapports sensibles avec celle des derniers Phileurides, notamment des Actinobolus et leur labre est situé comme celui de Xenodorus du groupe des Oryctides vrais; seulement il est encore plus petit et moins apparent.” (Hist. d. Coléopt. lil. p. 462.)
Both sexes of this insect having been received by M. Candeéze, he has been enabled to study it more completely, and has come to the conclusion that it ought to be placed at the head of the Trichiides in the family Cetontide, a position which, we have seen, was already indicated to a certain extent by M. Lacordaire.
“‘ Je pense,” says M. Candéze, “que la veritable place de Pantodinus Klugii est dans les Cétonides, en téte de Trichides, ou avec les Inca, il représente les Goliathides. L’insecte a les hanches antérieures coniques et saillantes comme toutes les Cétonides, tandis que les Dynastides les ont franchement transversales et enfouies, ce que est pour Lacordaire et Erichson le caractére fondamental qui dis- tingue les deux tribus; il a des mandibules en partie membraneuses, autre caractére essentiel; enfin le chaperon de la femelle que n’est pas pourvue de la corne que l’on remarque chez le male est un chaperon de Cétonide et nullement de Dynastide. (Candéze en Ann. Soc. Ent. Belgique XVI., p. xh.)
The illustrations of this curious insect, now published, will materially assist in the jeeminninen of the affinities of this remarkable species.
Genus Nicacus, Leconte. Nicagus obscurus, Leconte. (PI. II. fig. 3.) Ochodeus obscurus, Leconte, Journ. Acad. Philad. 1848, p. 8.
Nicagus obscurus, Leconte, Class. of Coleopt. N. Amer. 1861, p. 130; Parry, Proc. Ent. Soc. 1870, jos us Westwood, Proc. Ent. Soe. 1S GO spose; een. Deyrolle, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1873, p. 344.
This remarkable insect was first described by Dr. J.
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Leconte as an Ochodeus,* and was subsequently placed. by him as a distinct tribe between the Acanthocerini and Trogini. Subsequently, however, as we learn from Major Parry’s note in the Proceedings of the Entomological Society above referred to, Dr. Leconte intimated his dissatisfaction as to the correctness of his previously-re- corded views, suggesting that it might possibly be better placed among the Lucanoidea,t an opinion subsequently
* The following is Dr. Leconte’s detailed description of this insect :— “ Nicagus obscurus is the only member of this tribe (Vicagini) known to me. It is an oval convex insect, more than a quarter of an inch long, brown, densely punctured, and covered with very short pale hair. It re- sembles in appearance some of the Sevice, or a nearly smooth Zroxv. It is found throughout the Atlantic district. The head is rounded, mode- rately convex, the front finely margined ; the labrum is broadly rounded, hairy; the mandibles short, pyramidal, not very prominent ; the mentum is thick, triangular, hairy, pointed in front; the palpi.short, the last joint oval. The antenne are 10-jointed, the club 3-jointed, longer in the male than in the female. The anterior cox are large, conical, prominent, the middle ones nearly contiguous, oblique; the epimera of the mesothorax attain the coxw. The elytra cover the pygidium. The abdomen has five free ventral segments. The legs are normal in form; the anterior tibiw are 4-toothed, the middle and hind ones gradually thickened towards the tip in the female, but slender in the male, with one small sharp tooth and some small denticles on the outer face; the spurs of the hind tibiz are acute in the male, obtuse in the female; the tarsi are long and slender in the male, but shorter and stouter in the female; the onychium is narrow, and bears two long bristles, as in Lucanide.
“J have been very much at a loss where to place this curious insect. The joints of the club of the antennz do not appear to be capable of being brought into absolute contact, as in other Scarabeide, and the club there- fore appears pectinate. I was therefore inclined to consider it as allied to the European salus, among the Lucanide, which genus it resembles somewhat in form; but the small size of the oral organs, and the triangular mentum, have induced me rather to place it as a tribe of the Laparostict Scarabeide, and the position here given it well corresponds both with its external form and Melolonthine sexual characters. Of its habits I know nothing.”
+ In the Proceedings of the Ent. Soc., 7th Feb. 1870, p. 111, it is recorded that ‘‘ Major Parry states that, on his recent visit to this country, Dr. Leconte presented him with a specimen of this insect, intimating that he was not satisfied as to the position he had assigned to Vicagus, namely, among the Scarabeoidea, between Acanthocerus and Trox, and suggesting that it might possibly be better placed among the Lwecanoidea. The specimen had been carefully examined by Major Parry and Mr. Charles Waterhouse, but as regarded the principal character of the antenne of the Lucanoidea, the immoveability of the leaflets of the clava, it was found that in Vicagus the leaflets were slightly moveable; in this respect. however, Mr. Water-— house found it to agree with some Australian species of Ceratognathus, and, on examining the mouth, he could not detect anything by which it could be separated from the Lwcanoidea, whilst the penicillate maxille were alone sufficient to separate it from the Zrogide (ibid. p. ix.). Pro- fessor Westwood said that he had examined Major Parry’s specimen of Nicagus obscurus, and without saying to what group of Lamellicorns the genus was properly referable, he felt clear that it did not belong to any of the Lucanoid families.”
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endorsed by Mr. C. Waterhouse and M. H. Deyrolle. In this diversity of opinion I have thought it would be considered of interest to publish a ‘series of figures repre- senting the structural details of the insect, which I have been enabled to make upon a dissection of a specimen presented by Dr. Leconte to Major Parry, amongst which will be especially considered worthy of notice the following characters not hitherto remarked upon, namely, the simple internal margin of the mandibles, destitute of a molar plate, the entire “condition of the eyes, the finely crenulated lateral margin of the prothorax, the small size of the teeth of the outer edge of the fore tibize, except the two terminal ones, and the remarkable form of the mentum especially when seen laterally. These characters certainly bespeak an affinity with some of the small obscure Austra- han Lucanide, such as Ceratognathus ; but a comparison of the details here given with those of various genera of TLrogide, published in my memoir in Trans. Ent. Soc. vol. IV. pl. 11, especially those of Apalonychus, Westw. fig. 5, appears to prove (as it seems to me) the near rela- tionship of Micagus to those insects. In its details, also, it does not very much disagree with those of Achloa, given by Erichson, Entomogr aphien, pl. 1, fig. 6. This diver-
sity of opinion will, il think, render my series of illustra- tions of the characters of the genus acceptable to Coleop- terists.
DESCRIPTION OF THE PLATES. Plate I.
Fig. 1. Calometopus nyass@,the female; 1a,mandible; 1), maxilla, without the palpus; lc, mentum and palpi; 1d, extremity of posterior tibia and base of tarsus.
Fig. 2. Valgus furcifer magnified; fig. 2a, the anterior tibia; 2b, propy- gidium and pygidiwm seen sideways; 2c, the same seen from behind.
Fig. 3. Cyphonocephalus smaragdulus, the dark purple variety of the male of the natural size. .
Fig. 4. Cyphonocephalus smaragdulus, the female of the natural size; 4a, the head of the female magnified, seen from above; 4, the same seen sideways ; 4c, the maxille without the palpus; 4d, the mentum; 4¢, mesosternal process.
Fig. 5. Cyclidinus velutinus magnified; 5a, the head and _prosternal process seen sideways; 5b, mandible; 5c, maxilla; 5d, mentum
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seen from the outside; 5e, the same seen from within the mouth, showing the setose labium connate with the inner surface of the mentum and the labial palpi.
Fig. 6. Cremastocheilus crassipes magnified ; 6a, mentum.
Plate IT. Fig. 1. Amblyodus taurus slightly magnified ; fig. la, the head seen from below; fig. 1%, the head and front of the prothorax seen side- ways; lc, mandible; 1d, maxilla; le, mentum.
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ig. 2. Pantodinus Klugii, natural size; 2b, the same seen sideways without the legs; 2¢, clypeus; 2d, clypeus from beneath, with the minute labrum in situ; 2e, labrum; 2f, mandible; 2g, maxilla; 2h, mentum, with terminal bilobed labium and labial palpi; 27, antenna.
Fig. 8. Vicagus obscurus magnified ; 3a, side of head and eye; 3d, labrum and mandibles in sitw; 3¢, mandible; 3d, maxilla; 3e, mentum and labial palpi from beneath; 3/, the same seen sideways; 3g, antenna; 3/, underside of thorax ; 32, underside of abdomen and base of hind legs; 3, apex of tarsi with bisetose onychium.
V. On the Lepidoptera of the Amazons, collected by Dr. James W. H. Train, during the years 1873 to1875. By ArTHuR GARDINER BUTLER, F.L.S., F.Z.8., &c.
[Read December 5th, 1877.] (PI. IIL.)
Part Il.—SPHINGES anp BOMBYCES.
Tue moths recorded in the present paper were, almost without exception, taken by Dr. Trail in the cabin of the steamer, into which they were attracted by light; and considering that in this manner no less than 166 species of Sphinges and Bombyces alone were obtained, it only shows how much may be done in this way by any col- lector who really gives his heart to the work.
Of the 166 species here enumerated, no less than 84 prove to be- new to science, and so varied are they in structure that I have been compelled to erect 18 new genera to accommodate them; of these 23 new species, two of which were also new genera, have already been described and figured in “ Illustrations of Typical Speci- mens of Lepidoptera Heterocera in the Collection of the British Museum. Part I.;” the remainder are described in the present communication.
HETEROCERA. Family SPHINGID ZA. AMBULICINA, Butler.
AMBULYX, Walker.
1. Ambulyx strigilis. Sphinx strigilis, Linneus, Mant. Ins. 1. p. 538 ; Drury, Il. Exot. Ent. i. p. 62; pl. 28, fig. 4 (1770). Pard, 9th March, 1875.
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CHMROCAMPINE, Grote.
Pacuy iA, Walker.
2. Pachylia ficus. Sphinx ficus, Linneus, Mus. Lud. Ulr. p. 353 Clerck’s Icones, pl. 49, fig. 2 (1759). Taken at light near Cadajaz, Rio Solimoes, 20th De- cember, 1874.
SPHINGINE, Grote.
PROTOPARCE, Burmeister.
3. Protoparce carolina. Sphinx carolina, Linneus, Mus. Lud. Ulr. p. 346 ; Drury, I. Exot. Ent. i. p. 52; pl. 25, fig. 1 (1770).
Tunantins, 26th January, 1874.
This example, and others which we have from Southern America, are considerably darker than the northern specimens.
Mr. Trail says that his specimen was taken soon after emergence from the pupa.
Puryxus, Hubner. 4, Phryxus caicus. Sphinx caicus, Cramer, Pap. Exot. i. p. 42; pl. Moyer dy (1779). At rest on a rock at Obydos, 5th February, 1874. One male in fine condition.
Family CASTNITDZE. CastniA, Fabricius. 5. Castnia mimica. Castnia mimica, Felder, Reise der Nov. Lep. iv. pl. 79, fig. 4 (1874). Coary, Rio Solimoes, 16th October, 1874. One example of this rare species in good condition.
Family ZYG ANID &. Eucnuromun®, Butler.
Histima, Walker.
6. Histicea amazonica. fHistiwa amazonica, Butler, Journ. Linn. Soc. 1876, p- 362, n. 5. Forest at Retencéio, Rio Purus, 8th October; Lago
Lepidoptera of the Amazons. | 4] cerrado, Rio Jurud, in the forest, 30th October; Taba- tinga, 30th November, 1874.
Mastigocera, Boisduval.
7. Mastigocera pusilla. Mastigocera pusilla, Butler, Journ. Linn. Soe. 1876, p. 372, n. 2. Tabatinga, 29th November; Rio Javary, 3rd Decem- ber, 1874.
Lamocuaris, Herr.-Sch.
8. Leemocharis fenestrina. Lemocharis fenestrina, Butler, Journ. Linn. Soc. 1876, p. 383. Off Ilha Jacitara, Rio Solimoes, 12th January, 1875.
Psrupomya, Hubner.
9. Pseudomya tenuis. Pseudomya tenuis, Butler, Ill. Typ. Lep. Het. 1. pili tig 1 Rapid of Porteira, Rio Trombetas, 2nd March, 1874.
Cosmosoma, Hibner.
10. Cosmosoma tyrrhene. Euchromia tyrrhene, Hiibner, Samml. Exot. Schm. Zutr. figs. 483, 484. Marsh at Prainha, 17th December, 1873.
Dyc.apiA, Felder.
11. Dycladia lacteata. Dycladia lacteata, Butler, Il. Typ. Lep. Het. i. pl, fess. Rio Jutahi, 5th February, 1875.
12. Dycladia varipes. Glaucopis (Phacusa) varipes, Walker, Lep. Het. i. p. 175. Manaos, 12th June, 1874.
13. Dycladia tenthredoides. LIlipa tenthredoides, Walker, Lep. Het. vii. p. 1610. Rio Jurua, 7th November, 1874.
42 Mr. A. G. Butler on the 14. Dycladia militaris. Dycladia militaris, Butler, Il. Typ. Lep. Het. i. plelGjne: Silves, 19th April, 1874.
Marissa, Walker.
15. Marissa eone. Agerocha eone, Hiibner, Samml. Exot. Schm. Zutr. fies. 417, 418. Serpa, 13th February, 1875.
Hypa, Walker.
16. Hyda xanthorhina. Eurata xanthorhina, Werrich-Schiiffer, Auss. Schm. fig. 226. Prainha, 1st December, 1873. One damaged example taken by sweeping.
Hyewa, Walker.
17. Hyela astrifera. Hyela astrifera, Butler, Ill. Typ. Lep. Het. i. plait, tig2- Braga, Rio Javary, 7th December, 1874.
Eunomiunm, Butler. CorEMATURA, Butler.
18. Corematura chrysogastra. Glaucopis chrysogastra, Perty, Delect. pl. 31, fig. 10. Rio Madeira, 17th May, 1874.
ScHAsIuRA, Butler.
19. Schasiura mimica. Schasiura mimica, Butler, Il. Typ. Lep. Het. i. plealiGs ne.1G. Barreiras das Araras, Rio Solimoes, 16th January, 1874. Taken by sweeping amongst maize,
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Tricuura, Hubner.
20. Trichura aurifera. Trichura aurifera, Butler, Journ. Linn. Soe. 1876, p. 405. Lower Amazons. No date or locality distinguishable on the envelope.
Ecprmus, Herr.-Sch.
21. Ecdemus hypoleucus ? Ecdemus hypoleucus, Herrich-Schiiffer, <Auss. Schm. fig. 420. Rio Jutahi, 26th January, 1875. The single example obtained differs from Herrich- Schiiffer’s figure in its clay-brown colouration ; it may be distinct.
ANTICHLORINE, Butler. PsEUDACLYTIA, Butler.
22. Pseudaclytia opponens. Pampa opponens, Walker, Lep. Het. Suppl. i. TOO: ene River, 2nd May; west bank of Rio Negro, 16th June; Rio Negro, 4th July; Rio Jurua, 24th October; Tunantins, 23rd November, 1874 ; Carvoreiro, Rio Negro, 18th January, 1875.
CERAMIDIA, Butler.
23. Ceramidia obscura. Ceramidia obscura, Butler, Il. Typ. Lep. Het. 1. pls 16; fies 5. Forest near Sobral, Rio Purus, 17th September, 1874.
Family ARCTIID &%. CHARIDEIN®E, Butler.
ActytTiA, Hubner. 24. Aclytia halys. Sphinx halys, Cramer, Pap. Exot. iv. pl. 357, fie. C. Pupunha, Rio Jurud, 5th November, 1874; Boa Vista, Rio Jutahi, Ist and 5th February, 1875.
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Hewiura, Butler. 25. Heliura gnoma.
Heliura gnoma, Butler, Ill. Typ. Lep. Het. i. pl. 16, fig. 2. Rio Padaniry, under the Equator, 26th June, 1874.
26. Heliura lamia. Heliura lamia, Butler, Ill. Typ. Lep. Het. 1. pl. 16, fig. 3. Rio Mauhes, 5° 30’ S., 29th April; Tanaria, Rio Purus, 1st October, 1874.
MeETRIOPHYLE, Butler.
27. Metriophyle lacteinota. Heliura lacteinota, Butler, Journ. Linn. Soe. VSG. p. 417.
Rio Purus, near Aruman, 8th September; Jurucua, Rio Purus, 24th September; Rio Jurua, 23rd October ; Curimata, 30th October; Rio Jurua, 7th November ; Gaviao, 10th November; Rio Jurud, 13th November, 1874.
This species much resembles Heliura leneus, but has the sexes alike as in M. apicalis.
Acriporsis, Butler.
28. Acridopsis marica. Sphinz marica, Cramer, Pap. Exot. 1. pl. 20, figs. F, G. Gepatiny, Rio Purus, 29th September, 1874.
29. Acridopsis pusilla, n. sp.
Allied to the preceding, but much smaller and paler ; the primaries tinted with pink at the base, the black spots smaller, the veins whitish; no tint of green in any of the wings; secondaries with a broader blackish outer border occupying nearly half the wing; tegule indistinctly whitish at the edges; hind margin of head carmine; abdomen brown with a large rosy ventral patch; wings below very similar to A. marica, but the secondaries with broader outer border: expanse 1 inch 1 line.
Braga, Rio Javary, 7th December, 1874.
The primaries above much resemble those of Heliura solicauda, Butler, Hl. Lep. Het. 1. pl. 9, fig. 4.
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30. Acridopsis lucis, n. sp.
Intermediate in size between the two preceding, prima- ries as in Heliura solicauda, secondaries dull black with a bifid hyaline white spot near the base; the veins, basal area and costa of primaries and the borders of the thorax sandy yellow; hind margin of head carmine ; abdomen brown, greyish below; centre of pectus whitish, cox rosy: expanse 1 inch 3 lines.
Rio Jutahi, 5th February, 1875.
This insect has somewhat the aspect of Sphinr pierus of Cramev’s plate 367.
TELIONEURA, Felder.
31. Telioneura brevipennis. Telioneura brevipennis, Butler, Ill. Typ. Lep. Het. 1. pl. 16, fig. 9. Guajaratuba, Rio Purus, 11th September, 1874.
32. Telioneura glaucopis. Telioneura glaucopis, Felder, Reise der Nov. Lep. iv. pl. 102, fig. 31. Rio Negro, 18th June; Rio Purus, near Aruman, 8th September; Jurucua, 24th September; Mamiva, 28th September; Uricuri, 2nd October; Curimaté, Rio Jurud, 30th October and 14th November, 1874.
AUTOMOLIS, Hubner.
33. Automolis zenzeroides. Automolis zenzeroides, Butler, Ill. Typ. Lep. Het. i. pl. 16, fig. 8. Near Porto Salvo, Rio Jurua, 3rd October, 1874.
Pionta, Walker. 34. Pionia notata, n. sp.
Primaries above black with steel-blue reflections; base of costal border ochreous; an abbreviated white band (ochreous on costa) across the end of the cell, and below it a small round sordid whitish spot; secondaries semihyaline white, greyish externally, blackish at apical border; body blue-black, sides of collar and tegulz ochreous, abdomen brownish at base; wings below nearly as above, but the secondaries with a large blackish oblong costal patch, followed by a small ochreous spot; legs and sides of venter spotted with bright ochreous: expanse 1 inch.
Rio Jutahi, 3rd January, 1875.
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BELEMNIA, Walker.
35. Belemnia cramer. Belemnia crameri, Butler, Ann. & Mag. Ser. 4, vol. xv. p. 339. $ Prainha, 17th November; ¢ in a marshy spot at Prainha, 8th December, 1873. ;
ANYCLES, Walker.
36. Anycles contenta. Euchromia (Dipene) contenta, Walker, Lep. Het. i. p. 258. ; Para, 5th March, 1875.
37. Anycles rhodura. Anycles rhodura, Butler, Journ. Linn. Soc. 1876, p- 425. Obydos, in the forest, 23rd March, 1874.
EPANyCcuss, Butler.
38. Epanycles imperialis. Euchromia (Pampa) imperialis, Walker, Lep. Het. i. p. 241. Pupunhazinho, Rio Jurua, 8th November, 1874.
39. Epanycles obscura. Aclytia obscura, Moschler, Stt. Ent. Zeit. 1872, Tom, xxxiil. p. 348. Enpanyeles stellifera, Butler, Il. Typ. Lep. Het. 1. pl. 16, fig. 10. Rio Jutahi, 5th February, 1875.
ANDROCHARTA, Felder.
40, Androcharta diversipennis. Euchromia (Hippola) diversipennis, Walker, Lep. Het. 1. p. 225. @ Pupunha, 5th November, 1874.
4]. Androcharta claripennis, n. sp.
Nearly allied to A. parvipennis, but the primaries with hyaline spots almost as in A. stretchi?, the interno-median spot only being divided into two; the secondaries rather larger and without the brown apical margin; metallic
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spots and carmine streaks quite as in A. parvipennis ; anal clasps not so slender: expanse 1 inch 9 lines. $ Barreiras de Jutahi, 18th January, 1875.
Episcepsis, Butler.
42, Episcepsis venata. Episcepsis venata, Butler, Ill. Typ. Lep. Het. 1. p- 49, pl. 16, fig. 7. Rio Jutahi, near Rio Curnem, 29th January, 1875.
Scepsis, Walker.
43. Scepsis trifasciata. Scepsis trifasciata, Butler, Ill. Typ. Lep. Het. 1. De 4 Op llGs fas Ie Jurucua, Rio Purus, 26th September, 1874.
CTENUCHIINA, Butler. Evuaara, Walker.
44, Euagra ccelestina. Phalena celestina, Cramer, Pap. Exot. iv. p. 107, pl. 345, fig. G. (1782). Lower Amazons. The locality and date of capture were entirely oblite- rated on the envelope.
Epipesma, Hubner.
45. Epidesma ursula. Phalena ursula, Cramer, Pap. Exot. iv. p. 107, pl. 345, fig. HE. (1782). Mamiva, Rio Purus, 28th September ; Rio Sapo, 21st November, 1874; Rio Jutahi, 19th January, 1875.
THEAGES, Walker.
46. Theages pellucida. Phalena pellucida, Sepp, Surin. Vind. Prainha, 6th December, 1873.
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Eucrreon, Hubner. 47. Eucereon varium. Euchromia (Eucereon) varia, Walker, Cat. Lep. Het. i. p. 266 (1854). Eucereon varium, Butler, Ill. Typ. Lep. Het. i. 49s mpl. 9 tio onlSai): Urucuri, Rio Purus, 2nd October; Pupunha, Rio Jurud, lst November, 1874.
48, Eucereon sylvius. Sphinx sylvius, Stoll. Pap. Exot. p. 65, pl. 14. Pupunhazinho, Rio Jurua, 8th November, 1874; Bar- reira branca, Rio Jutahi, 3rd February, 1875.
49, Eucereon archias. Sphinz archias, Stoll. Pap. Exot. p. 66, pl. 14, figs. 9, 10. Rio Javary, 1st December, 1874.
50. Eucereon arenosum. Eucereon arenosum, Butler, Il. Typ. Lep. Het. i. Peole spl: Wiehe. LOIS id): Jamiry, Rio Madeira, 28th May, 1874.
51. Eucereon reticulatum. Eucereon reticulatum, Butler, Ill. Typ. Lep. Het. 1. proOn pli. figs 91877): Hyntanaham, Rio Purus, 27th September, 1874; Boa Vista, Rio Jutahi, lst February, 1875.
52. Kucereon rosa. Euchromia (Eucereon) rosa, Walker, Lep. Het. 1. p- 271 (1854). Paricatuba, Rio Purus, 11th October, 1874.
53. Eucereon complicatum. Eucereon complicatum, Butler, Ill. Typ. Lep. Het. 1. HO; ple NG, fe i2a(18rd): Rio Jurua, 26th October, 1874.
54. Eucereon marmoratum. Eucereon marmoratum, Butler, Il. Typ. Lep. ete p- 50; pl. 16, fie: 41Gisn- Imla, below the Rapids of Porteira, Rio Trombetas,
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Ist March; Rio Negro, 14th June; Ayrdao, 3rd July; near Aruman, Rio Purus, 5th September; Guajara, 6th and 7th September; Pedroso, 25th September; Mamiva, 28th September; Mabidiry, 30th September; Mouth of Rio Sapo, 13th October; Curimata, Rio Jurua, 30th October; Pupunha, Ist and 5th November; Pupun- hazinho, 8th November, 1874. Mr. Trail took twenty examples of this species.
ATYPHOPSIS, n. gen.
Allied to Eucereon, but with the general aspect of Cercopimorpha; it differs structurally from Hucereon in the much more transverse discocellulars of secondaries, the third median and the true radial emitted together from a short footstalk. Type, A. modesta.
55. Atyphopsis modesta, n. sp.
Primaries pale silky greyish-brown, with black veins and fringe; secondaries pearly hyaline white, with grey veins and fringe; body above greyish-brown; head above, collar and three central segments of the abdomen ochreous, prothorax tinted with ochreous; anal segments blackish ; pectus and under surface of legs white; “palpi and upper surface of legs black: expanse I inch 1 line,
Boaventur: a, Rio Jutahi, 24th January; Santarem, 4th February, 1875.
LANGUCYS, n. gen. Allied to Glanycus, but with the body thickly clothed
with hair, projecting greatly in front of the costal margin of the primaries, the latter being inserted only just in front of the middle of the thorax, the extremely short and con- vex inner margin of the primaries, the greater length of the discoidal cell, the subcostal branches crowded up near to the costal margin, the median branches more widely sepa- rated, the longer ‘secondaries with convex costal margin,
short broad triangular discoidal cell with the branches of the subcostal well “separated at their origins, and the radial further from the median branches. Type, L. nigrorufus.
56. Langucys nigrorufus. Glanycus nigrorufus, Walker, Lep. Het. Suppl. i. p. 283 (1864). Trombetas, 28th February, 1874.
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Neriros, Walker.
57. Neritos psamas. Phalena psamas, Cramer, Pap. Exot. i. p. 72, pl. 234, G. (1782). Rio Jutahi, near Rio Curnem, 29th January, 1875.
58. Neritos obscurata. ?. Neritos obscurata, Butler, Ill. Typ. Lep. Het. 1. pols pled. Meson ClSiii): @. Prainha, 14th November, 1873; ¢. Rio Jurua, 31st October, 1874.
Exysius, Walker.
59. Klysius optimus. Elysius optimus, Butler, Ill. Typ. Lep. Het. 1. Pole ole ade tes SC LS iid).
Rio Jurud, 31st October, 1874.
This species is clearly allied to E. clus of Cramer and apparently to E. hermia, which (notwithstandmg my note in Journ. Linn. Soc. 1876, p. 432) appears to be allied to E., tlus.
AmMALO, Walker.
60. Ammalo chrysogaster. Halesidota chrysogaster,W alker, Lep. Het. Suppl. i. p. 312 (1864). ?. Manaos, 10th June, 1874.
Haxesipota, Hubner.
61. Halesidota seruba. Charidea seruba, Herrich-Schiiffer, Auss. Schm. fiz. 280. Mamiva, Rio Purus, 28th September, 1874. This may be Sepp’s Phalena citrina.
62. Halesidota enone, n. sp. (PI. III. fig. 3.)
Primaries above semitransparent whity-brown, crossed by wavy grey lines much as in the preceding species, but with no oblique central line; a more or less marked blackish spot at the inferior extremity of the cell; secondaries hyaline white; thorax brown, abdomen creamy white; primaries below less strongly marked than above; body sordid white: expanse, ¢ 1 inch 2 lines; 2 1 inch 4 lines.
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Pedroso, Rio Purus, 25th September ; Gepatiny, 29th September; Mabadiry, 30th September; Urucuri, 2nd October; Ilha cuxinara, Rio Solimoes, 13th October ; Rio Jurua, 31st October; Pupunha, 5th and 6th Novem- ber; Prainha, 28th November; near Sta. Cruz, Rio Solimoes, 9th December, 1874.
PH#GOPTERA, Herr.-Sch.
63. Phegoptera subtilis, n. sp.
Allied to P. breviuscula; primaries chocolate-brown, darker towards the base and in the discoidal cell, sprinkled all over with whitish dots and with a distinct spot of the same colour at the end of the cell; secondaries semi- hyaline white, becoming ochreous towards the abdominal margin, a moderately broad greyish-brown border, very broad but indistinct at costal margin ; thorax chocolate- brown; abdomen bright ochreous, with chocolate-brown anal segment; a row of four or five black spots on each side; primaries below greyer and less distinctly dotted than above, secondaries with a moderately broad brown costal border; body below brown, the sides and the centre of pectus bright ochreous: expanse 1 inch 9—11 lines.
Rio Sapo, 13th and 14th December; Marapata, Rio Negro, 29th December, 1874; Rio Jutahi, above Rio Curnem, 29th January, 1875.
EcCPANTHERIA, Hubner.
64. Ecpantheria obliterata. ?. Ecpantheria obliterata, Walker, Lep. Het. 11. p- 691, n. 5 (1855). 3. Ecpantheria simplex, Walker, |. c. p. 692, n. 7 (1855). Barreiras de Jutahi, on grass, 14th February, 1874. Closely allied to, and perhaps not distinct from, . er7- danus of Cramer.
PSYCHOPHASMA, n. gen.
Allied to Phegoptera, but the palpi and antennze more slender; the upper discocellular (separated from the lower by the false recurrent vein) shorter and less oblique; sub- costal five-branched, the first branch emitted immediately before the end of the cell, the second from the upper margin of the third which runs to apex, the fourth and
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fifth from the lower margin of the third; the order of the branches in point of position being 2, 5, 4, 3; fhe second median branch emitted nearer to the end of the cell than in Phegoptera; the secondaries shorter; discocellular transverse, slightly concave but not angulated; radial apparently absent, actually emitted from the terminal third of the third median, thus forming a short furea.
Type, P. albidator, Wlk.
65. Psychophasma albidator.
Halesidota albidator, Walker, Lep. Het. Suppl. i.
p. 313, 1864. Rio Jurua, 7th November, 1874.
_ This is the H, vitripennis of Walker and H. erosa of Herrich-Schiiffer. Halesidota cinerea and H. degenera appear to agree in structure with P. albidator, and there- fore may provisionally be referred to Psychophasma.
PrERIcoprn”, Butler. PHALOE, Guérin. 66. Phalée ithrana. Pericopis ithrana, Butler, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist.
p- 286 (October, 1871); Tabatinga, in the forest, 30th November, 1874.
67. Phal6e catilina.
Phalena catilina, Cramer, Pap. Exot 1. pl. 79, piso Be abla li7e7,9)): Serpa, in the bush, 22nd April, 1874.
Arctiun”m, Butler. Kucua€res, Harris. 68. Euchstes aurata.
Euchetes aurata, Butler, Cist. Ent. 1. p. 38 (October, 1875). Manaos, 6th January, 1874.
MeE.ese, Walker. 69. Melese postica.
Melese postica, Walker, Lep. Het. ii. p. 492 (1854). Santarem, Rio Jutahi, 4th February, 1875.
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Morava, Walker.
70. Motada juruana, n. sp.
Allied to M. lateralis, much smaller; primaries fuli- ginous brown, paler beyond the middle and at base of inner margin; an indistinet irregular band across the basal third and an interrupted angulated discal band dark brown; a blackish spot on discocellulars ; external angle sandy yellowish; secondaries sordid white, outer border and veins dusky, the margin and an ill-defined series of submarginal spots dark brown; body dark brown, abdomen clothed with long saffron-yellow hair; wings iellons sordid white; the costal borders discocellulars, and one or two spots on the disc dusky; primaries with dusky external border ; body below dark brown: expanse 1 inch 1 line.
Rio Thee, 7th November, 1874.
Family LITHOSIID 2%. CIsTHENE, Walker.
71. Cisthene sanguinea, n. sp.
Primaries fuliginous brown, the outer margin and fringe slightly paler; secondaries carmine, fringe grey; head and thorax greyish-brown, antenna testaceous; abdomen car- mine, anus greyish; body below brown, legs whity-brown: expanse 1] millimetres.
Rio Jutahi, 5th February, 1875.
Allied to C. rufibasis, of Felder.
Cisthene rhodosticta, n. sp.
eee brown, minutely speckled with black; the basal fourth, a broad discal band with zigzag outer edge and the fringe pale straw-yellow; a carmine discocellular spot on the “discal band; secondaries rose-red, the apex bro oadly dark brown, fringe pale straw-yellow; vertex of head shining whitish, antennx brown, collar bright ochreous, thorax dark brown, abdomen testaceous;_ pri- maries below brown, the base inner border and discal band straw-yellow, secondaries straw-yellow, apex dark brown, body dark brown, palpi ochraceous, legs stra- mineous with a blackish band at the end of fhe tibia, margins of coxee and abdominal segments stramineous : expanse 15 millimetres.
Paricatuba, Rio Purus, 11th October, 1874.
Most like C. subjecta, but very different.
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Mapua, Walker.
73. Mepha lacteata, n. sp.
Primaries cream coloured, the veins and a streak on inner margin dusky; secondaries rosy, apex brown; thorax greyish, abdomen rosy; wings below cream coloured, with a tinge of pink; otherwise as above: ex- panse 16 millimetres.
Rio Javary, 2nd December, 1875.
74. Meepha aurea, n. sp.
Primaries bright golden, crossed by two purplish-black lines (forming a central band), the outer one S-shaped ; basal and discal areas longitudinally streaked with black ; a black marginal line; a large carmine spot at the end of the cell; secondaries rose-red, apex black, fringe whitish; thorax testaceous, abdomen rose-red; wings below nearly as above, the carmine spot of primaries diffused ; no basal black streaks; secondaries with a yellowish apical spot; body below pinky-brown, venter black banded: expanse 12 millimetres.
Rio Mauhes, 5th May, 1874.
Allied to M, sesapina.
JOSIOIDES, Felder.
75. Josioides myrrha. Phalena myrrha, Cramer, Pap. Exot. i. p. 47, pla2zo nes (G l/h): $. Serpa, m the bush, 25th April, 1874.
76. Josioides abscissa. Hipocrita abscissa, Hiibner, Samml. Exot. Schmett. i. Lep. iii. Bomb. i. figs. 1—4 (1806). @. Serpa, in the bush, 25th April, 1874.
J. abscissa is probably a variety of the female of J. myrrha.
77. Josioides purpurata. Josioides purpurata, Butler, Il. Typ. Lep. Het. i. paoosplsl9, fig. 5 Clstn). Barreiras das Araras, Rio Solimoes, 16th January, 1874.
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78. Josioides mutans. Josia mutans, Walker, Lep. Het. 11. p. 296, n. 8 (1854). Lake Agudas, 12th April, 1874.
EupouicHE, Moeschler.
79. Eudoliche achatina, n. sp.
Allied to E. vittata of Moschler, but smaller, with more nearly the aspect of Nepita frigida; primaries fawn coloured, sprinkled and bordered with white ; two transverse white belts across the base ; a white spot at the end of the cell; two confluent ferruginous spots on the white border at apex; a blackish streak bounding the outer border internally and continued along the mner margin to the second white belt; secondaries greyish- brown; the borders, base and a spot at the end of the cell white ; body white, metathorax brown, posterior seg- ments of abdomen greyish ; wings below white, primaries with a large brown patch which covers the greater part of the discoidal cell and the dise ; base of costal area tawny ; body below white : expanse 21 millimetres.
Rio Jutahi, 5th February, 1875.
80. Eudoliche sordida, n. sp.
Upper side pale greyish-brown, primaries whitish, with the apex, fringe and several spots on outer margin white ;
a spot at end of cell, a larger one at apex, and one or two small ones on outer margin black; the fringe opposite to the black spots brown; head, collar and tegulz white, anus whitish ; under surface more uniformly grey, not whitish, but with the white apical patch and marginal spots as above : expanse 14 millimetres.
Rio Jutahi, 31st January, 1875.
The genus Ewdoliche is allied to Nepita and Doliche.
Eustrrxis, Hubner.
81. Eustixis minima, n. sp. Primaries cream colour ; five dark brown costal spots, two or three on the disc, and two (one behind the other) at the centre of outer margin; secondaries ochreous; a erey spot at apex; head and thorax cream coloured; an- tenn, excepting at the base, blackish; abdomen ochreous; under surface ochreous; wings with a central rosy flush, which is concentrated upon the veins; primaries with
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brown marginal spots somewhat as above, but connected by arched lines at apex, where the nervures are also brown; secondaries with a brown apical spot: expanse 15 mill- metres.
Rio Jutahi, 31st January, 1875.
Derorera, Stephens. 82. Deiopeia pura. Deiopeta pura, Butler, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1877, p- 360. Phalena ornatrix, Cramer, Pap. Exot. i. pl. 166, hes sO. Da CWano)): Sta. Cruz, Rio Tapajos, 17th March, 1874.
M2:NOLENEURA, N. gen.
Neuration of the male unlike that of any Lepidopterous insect known to me; primaries with the subcostal vein very thick and widely arched, throwing off its first branch just beyond the cell, forking halfway between the cell and the outer margin, each branch forking again, the first to costa and apex, the second to outer margin, so that prac- tically the main stem of the subcostal nervure runs to the centre of the outer margin; discocellular transverse, no radial veins; median vein with one branch, the first and second branches starting from the base as independent veins, but the second connected with the base of the third by an obliquely recurrent veinlet, the third median at its extremity joining the subcostal; the submedian and the first median almost united at their outer extremities ; secondaries without costal nervure, subcostal continued to apex, its second branch being emitted from the end of the cell; discocellulars zigzag; median vein four-branched, the two last branches being emitted from a footstalk ; antennze pectinated, legs rather long; primaries of female with the subcostal vein nearly straight, first branch emitted just before the end of the cell; second some distance beyond ; third immediately beyond, forking close to apex; fourth from the base of the third and below it; upper radial emitted from the superior extremity of the cell; lower radial branching from the third median near its base; discocellular transverse ; secondaries with the second branch of the subcostal nearer to the first than in the male, the radial emitted near to it; discocellulars angu- lated ; median vein as in the male; antennz less strongly pectinated; otherwise as in the male. Type, MZ. anomala.
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83. Menoleneura anomala, n. sp.
Fuliginous brown, primaries crossed (from basal fourth) by four zigzag dusky bars, most distinct on inner margin ; secondaries darkest at outer margin ; margins of eyes “and sides of collar, orange ; abdomen black, ochreous at the sides, with dentated margin ; under surface uniform rosy brown ; ; the bases and internal borders of the wings paler: expanse | inch 4 lines.
é.Gepatiny, Rio Purus, 29thSeptember, 1874; ?.Araras, 15th November.
LYGROTES, n. gen.
Somewhat the aspect of the preceding genus, but the wing's narrower; the first three subcostal line mcd parallel and close together ; the two first emitted before the end of the cell; the third at the end forking halfway between the cell and apex, and emitting the upper radial from below a short distance beyond the cell; lower radial and median branches normal ; diccoeeliulare transverse and _ slightly concave ; subcostal of secondaries forking beyond the ll discocellulars concave, radial normal ; second and ad median branches eed from the icon extremity of the cell; antennz simple. Type, L. arctipennis.
84. Lygrotes arctipennis, n. sp.
Above silly fuliginous; discocellulars of primaries black ; median veins and apical half of costa spotted with black ; fringe of secondaries pale: expanse 1 inch 3 lines.
Caverns near entrance to Lago Macaco, 10th Sep- tember, 1874.
RaseEviA, Hubner.
85. Reeselia antennata, n. sp.
Allied to A. strigula, general aspect of R. egyptiaca ; wings above sordid white 5 ee with two central dark brown lines, the inner one C-shaped, the outer one widely festooned and spotted with black, three costal brown spots, the second of which unites with the C-shaped line, the third triangular, largest of the three, covering the discocellulars, it and the two lines white- edged externally; radial and median branches streaked with black almost to the spots of the outer line; a sub- marginal series of white-bordered pale brown spots; secon- daries with pale brown veins; thorax white, the collar
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and tegule striped with brown; abdomen sordid white, with grey transverse bands; primaries below sandy yel- lowish, the veins dusky; secondaries white, tinted with testaceous at the borders; costal area minutely black- speckled; body below testaceous, base of venter and femora black-spotted: expanse 18 millimetres.
Tamandare, Rio Solimoes, 10th January, 1874.
The male of R. antennata has its antenne very dis- tinctly pectinated from the base to the middle; Mr. Trail took what appear to be worn examples of the female in the Rio Jurud, 31st of October, and in the Rio Sapé on the 13th December, 1874.
86. Roeselia Snelleni, n. sp.
Much like &. egyptiaca; primaries pale grey, the costal and outer borders pale reddish-brown, two central blackish lines exactly as in R. egyptiaca, the outer one double below the sinus, which is dotted with black, white- edged externally; a subcostal black spot near the base; _a short dusky litura on the costa between the central lines; a white-edged dentate-sinuate dusky discal line; secondaries chalky white with brownish marginal line; body white, collar sordid; primaries below pale brown; secondaries white with black discocellular spot; costal area brown-speckled; outer margin brownish; body white: expanse 17 millimetres.
Rio Jutahi, 26th January, 1875.
Hypsina&, Butler. AGYLLA, Walker.
87. Agylla mira, n. sp. (Pl. III. fig. 2.)
Allied to A. fasciculata and A. hypotricha ( Salopola hypotricha of Felder); above silvery white; the costal border of primaries depressed towards the base and erey- ish, internal area also greyish ; secondaries with a large subcostal burnt-sienna trigonate patch from the base to the end of the cell, upon ita scanty tuft of ochreous hair; area beyond the subcostal patch yellowish; head, collar, prothorax and anus greyish; large compressed lateral anal dark brown tufts; wings below Snare ane without mark- ings; body white with black terminal anal tuft: expanse 1 inch.
Rio Javary, 5th December, 1874; Rio Jutahi, 27th January; near Rio Curnem, 29th January, 1875.
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Family MELAMERIDZE. Beprara, Walker.
88. Bepara subapicalis. 2. Pheochlena subapicalis, Walker, Lep. Het. ii. p- 470, n. 8 (1854). 8. Bepara egaca, Wik. 1. c. Suppl. i. p. 143 (1864). $, ¢. Forest at Xibaru, Rio Negro, 26th June, 1874.
EPHIALTIAS, Hubner.
89. Ephialtias basalis, n. sp.
Above jet black; primaries with an oblique ochreous postmedian belt, not reaching either margin but acuminate at its inferior extremity; secondaries with a transverse snow-white abbreviated band from the abdominal margin to the median vein, its lower edge dentated; collar below saffron-yellow; coxz and venter white: expanse 1 inch 4 lines.
Para, 9th March, 1875.
This species has long stood in the Museum under the name of ‘* Phintia basalis,” but I cannot find that it has ever been described; it is allied to #. abrupta, the type of the genus.
90. Ephialtias pilarge. Josia (Ephialtias) pilarge, Walker, Lep. Het. ii. p. 305, n. 28 (1854). Para, 8th March, 1875. This is the second example that I have seen of this species.
91. Ephialtias pseudena ? Retila pseudena, Boisduval, Lép. Guat. p. 94 (1870). Urugaca, Rio Jurua, Ist November, 1874. This species perfectly answers to Boisduval’s description of examples from Honduras and Mexico.
92. Ephialtias ena. Retila ena, Boisduval, Lép. Guat. p. 95 (1870). Fonteboa, Rio Solimoes, 17th November, 1874. R. enoides of Boisduval seems to be the Josia (Phintia) lanceolata of Walker, a new genus.
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MITRAD2ZMON, n. gen.
Allied to Sagaris, but the radials of primaries emitted nearer to the subcostal branches, the discocellulars more - irregular, the second and third aedbeara branches emitted from a malls developed footstalk; the subcostal and median forks of secondaries of equal length, and the discocellular nervule more transverse. ‘Type, "M. velutinum.
93. Mitrademon velutinum, n. sp. (PI. ILI. fig. 1.)
Upper surface velvety-black ; primaries with a : tolerably broad oblique postmedian band of cadmium-yellow, w rith
slightly irregular margins, not quite re eaching the costal margin or the external angle; abdomen oveyish at the sides; primaries below with the base and inner margin slightly greyish; venter grey: expanse | inch 8 lines.
Tabatinga, 30th November, 1874; Barreiras de Jutahi, 18th January, 1875.
Size, outward form and general aspect of the Lithosiid genus Josioides, but quite different in the form of the thorax and neuration of the wing's.
Scotura, Walker.
94. Scotura venata, n. sp.
Primaries greyish-brown, with the veins white; second- aries snow-white, costa greyish; outer border broadly black-brown ; body greyish-brown, with the head orange ; primaries below uniformly greyish-brown ; secondari 1es snow-white, with the Contes and outer borders dark greyish-brow n: expanse | inch 2 lines.
Rio Jurud, 4th October, 1874.
95. Scotura auriceps, n. sp.
Primaries brown, with whitish veins; an oblique white belt from the costa to the inner margin just beyond the middle of the wing; secondaries black-brown; body brown, with saffron-yellow head; under surface nearly as above: expanse | inch 4 lines.
Teffé (or Ega’, in the forest, 19th October, 1874.
The same species occurs at Para, but was not taken
there by Mr. Trail.
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Pacutosta, Butler.
96. Pachiosia flaveolata. Phalena flaveolata, Cramer, Pap. Exot. i. pl. 88, &. C. (1779)
@. Prainha, in the woods, 6th December, 1873; St. Isabel, 25th June, 1874; $. Rio Javary, 4th December, 1874.
Walker and others supposed this species to be the female of Micropus longalis, but P. flaveolata is exactly similar in the pattern of both sexes.
Josta, Hubner.
97. Josia ligula. Hipocrita ligula, Hiibner, Samml. Exot. Schmett. i. Lep. ui. Bomb. 2, figs. 1—4 (1806). Mouth of Rio Urupuana, Rio Madeira, 4th January, 1874.
98. Josia tenuivitta, n. sp. Allied to J. ligula, but the orange streaks paler and of little more than half the width: expanse 1 inch 2 lines. Serpa, 13th February, 1875. Bates took this species at Para.
Guissa, Walker.
99. Glissa prolifera. : Josia (Phalcidon) prolifera, Walker, Lep. Het. ii. p- 302, n. 22 (1854). Glissa bifacies, Walker, Lep. Het. Suppl. 1. p. 186 1864 \ Adsononns nerias, Felder, Reise der Novy. Lep. iv. pl. 105, fig. 30 (1874). é. Tunantins, 22nd November, 1874; ¢. Santarem, 17th February, 1875.
Merancuroia, Hibner.
100. Melanchroia asteria. Phalena asteria, Cramer, Pap. Exot. iv. pl. 370, fiona (ly 82)): ieee (on a shrub “ Cunambe”), 19th February, Silo.
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Cymoprsis, Felder.
101. Cymopsis fulviceps. Cymopsis fulviceps, Felder, Reise der Nov. Lep. iv. pl. 105, fig. 23 (1874). Rio Jurua, 4° 40’ 8., 66° 40’ W., 29th October, 1874.
Family DIOPTID ZA.
Hyrmina, Walker.
102. Hyrmina Trailii. Hyrmina Traitlii, Butler, Il. Typ. Lep. Het. i. p. 56, pl. 19, fig..9 (1877). Forest behind Manaos, 26th August, 1874.
Laurona, Walker.
103. Laurona rufilinea. Laurona rufilinea, Walker, Lep. Het. Suppl. i. p. 148 (1864). 8. Serpa, in the bush, 22nd April, 1874.
Family LUSCHEMID ZK. PHMOCHLAENA, Hubner.
The type of this genus, P. tendinosa, is the only form mentioned by Walker that can be retained im it; nn, 2 and 3 belong to Oricia, 4 to Josia, 5 to Brycea, 6,7 and 9 to Virbia, 8 to Bepara.
104. Pheochlena solilucis, n. sp.
Bright saftron-yellow, primaries with the borders and two parallel oblique belts beyond the middle, dark brown ; a subcostal whitish line at the base; secondaries deeper in tint, with regular blackish outer border; thorax blackish with two longitudinal yellow streaks ; abdomen yellow, with a black dorsal line ; wings below paler than above ; body whitish: expanse | inch 7 lines.
Barreiras das Araras, Rio Solimoes, 15th November, 1874.
A handsome species, with the general aspect of Oricia or Micropus, but with the structure of Pheochlena.
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Family LIPARIDZE.
Evoria, Walker.* 105. Eloria spectra. Liparis spectra, Hiibner, Samml. Exot. Schmett. ii. Phal. 2, Vere 2, Hypog. A, figs. 1—4 (1806). Eloria intacta, Walker, Lep. Het. iv. p. 814, n. 3 (1855). Prainha, 25th November, 1873.
106. Eloria discifera. Genusa discifera, Walker, Char. of Het. Lep. p. 14, n. 23 (1869).
Forest at head of Lripixy, Rio Trombetas, 31st January, 1874; Rapid of Porteira, Rio Trombetas, 2nd March, 1874.
The dilapidated specimen described by Walker is labelled “ Brazil” (not ‘ Bengal,” as stated by Walker).
PACHYLALIA, n. gen.
Allied to Lelia, but the antenne longer, with rather shorter pectinations; palpi shorter and thicker; legs thicker and more hairy; subcostal branches of secondaries emitted without a footstalk from the superior extremity of the cell; third median branch and radial from the inferior extremity, at some little distance from the second median branch. ‘Type, P. translucida.
107. Pachyleelia translucida, n. sp.
Primaries semitransparent white, with the borders and three nearly parallel oblique stripes pale sandy brown; secondaries hyaline white with cream-coloured costal and outer borders; body sandy brown; primaries below paler than above, the oblique stripes obsolete: expanse 1 inch 5 lines.
Prainha, 11th November, 1875.
This species, excepting in the antennz, has somewhat the aspect of a Hepialus.
Caviria, Walker. 108. Caviria substrigosa. Caviria substrigosa, Walker, Lep. Het. iv. p. 825, n. 1 (1855). 8. Ayrao, Rio Negro, 3rd July, 1874.
* Identical with Penora, Wlk. p. 821.
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ARCHYLUS, Walker.
109. Archylus nigrisparsus, n. sp. (PI. III. fig. 8.)
Silky snow-white; primaries above with eight black spots at about the middle as follows: four in an oblique series, one, smaller above the second and third of the oblique series, and three, small, below the same spots; pectinations of antennze fulvous: expanse ¢ 1 inch | line; ? 1 inch 7 lines.
é. West end of Ilha de Perarara, Rio Solimoes, 14th October; @. Barreiras das Araras, 15th November, 1874.
SULYCHRA, n. gen.
Allied to Archylus, but the body more slender; the primaries narrower; the branches of the subcostal vein closer together and more parallel ; the extremities of the cell parallel, the angle of the dtocellnlars exactly in the middle; the branches of the median vein emitted nearer together ; secondaries with the discocellulars angulated in the middle as in primaries ; the second and third median branches emitted almost from the same point. Type, S. argentea.
110. Sulychra argentea, n. sp.
Silvery white; the antenneze with brown pectinations ; the abdomen above orange, banded with black, and sparsely clothed with white hairs: expanse $ 1 inch 2 lines; 2 1 inch 4 lines.
@. Rio Jurua, 7th November; ¢. Rio Javary, 7th December, 1874.
This is a small delicate-looking species.
Carama, Walker. 111. Carama pura, n. sp.
Most nearly allied to C. Walkeri, but smaller; the abdomen pure white; the thoracic tufts less prominent; the pectinations of the antennz testaceous instead of red- dish; the frons, prothorax below and anterior tibiz pale brown: expanse 1 inch 3 lines.
Rio Jurua, 7th November, 1874.
Family NoroponTiIp&. Eprema, Walker.
Kdema pulchra, n. sp. (PI. IIT. fig. 6.) Aspect of £. albifrons more like . mumcetes in
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pattern ; primaries silvery-grey, tinted with pinky- brownish and sulphur-yellow, and irrorated with dark brown; costal patch broader and less dentated than in F. albifrons, its lower border sulphur-yellow, bounded by a broad sepia-brown irregular oblique band or patch; a transverse dentated line bounding the basal area, which is pale sulphur-yellow varied with dark brown at the base ; a second dentated line across the disc, followed by an undulated submarginal line and an interrupted sinuated marginal line—all these lines black; inner border yellow, brown - speckled ; secondaries dark pinky-brown, with interrupted marginal black line and whity-brown fringe ; body corresponding in colour with the opposite wing's ; primaries below dark shining greyish-brown; costal and apical borders whitish-speckled ; four white costal dots towards apex; a submarginal series of black dots; fringe brown, spotted with white at the end of each vein; secon- daries dark shining greyish-brown, with the costal and abdominal areas broadly whitish; body below whitish: expanse 1 inch 9 lines.
Aveyros, Rio Tapajos, 11th March, 1874; Boa vista, Rio Jutahi, 1st February, 1875.
113. Edema mumetes. Phalena( Tortrix) mumetes, Cramer, Pap. Exot. i. pl. 82, A. (1779). Rio Mauhes, 5° 30’ S., 29th April, 1874; Rio Javary, 7th December, 1874. ,
CALLEDEMA, n. gen.
Allied to Edema, neuration almost identical; antennx ‘less strongly pectinated in the male; body much longer, projecting more in front of the wings; palpi longer ; ab- domen of male with long and dense lateral and terminal compressed pencils of hair scales.
Type, C. marmorea.
114. Calledema marmorea, n. sp.
é. Primaries above dark greyish-brown, crossed (par- ticularly towards the base) by short blackish parallel lines; interno-basal area varied with whitish; orbicular spot small, outlmed in whitish; reniform oblong, somewhat constricted towards the centre, outlined in ochraceous
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yellow, the basal portion of the subcostal and upper radial veins also of the same colour; apical area to beyond the middle of the costal margin cut off by a very oblique silvery-white streak, within which, at apex, is a large almost lunate patch of white and yellow, spotted with grey and marked close to apex with two black dots, area behind this patch crossed by three or four whitish lines ; apical costa white spotted; an indistinct discal zigzag pale line; a straight submarginal white line, which becomes yellow at external angle, and between it and the margin (which is cream coloured) a regularly zigzag white line; fringe brown, spotted with white at the termination of the nervures; secondaries sordid whity-brown, with silky costal area; a very broad dark brown external border; fringe white; head above sordid white, spotted with ferru- ginous; collar burnt sienna; thorax dark greyish-brown ; tegule pale at the sides; abdomen pale greyish-brown, whity-br own at base; primaries below fuligmous brown ; costa from the middle alternately black and white ; apex white, with one brown lunate spot upon it; outer border white towards apex and dotted with black, otherwise occu- pied by white-bordered brown lunules; fringe as above; secondaries paler than above; body below Sater ; sides of palpi and upper surface of tibiz blackish, sprinkled with ferruginous; tarsi black, banded with white; all the legs throughout densely clothed with long hair: expanse 1 inch 10 lines. Lake Cararaucu, 7th April, 1874.
115. Calledema sodalis, n. sp. (Pl. III. fig. 7.)
?. Allied to the preceding species, but paler, the pri- maries with a yellow-edged fusiform oblique marking in the cell; a longitudinal yellow streak below the cell, ter- minating at each end in white semicircular markings, the outer one well defined, tinted with yellow and edged with black; apical area broader, the silvery streak being more oblique, the two last peanehtes of the subcostal (as well as the main branch and upper radial) white instead of yellow ; apical patch white, more quadrate, its inner area crossed by a yellowish belt, the lower portion of its outer area enclosing two grey spots; markings of external border better defined; secondaries whiter, outer border much narrower ; body paler, anal segment of abdomen reddish ; primaries below with the outer and inner borders, the costal margin and a streak from the cell to the outer
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margin white, a subapical ferruginous transverse streak ; a submarginal series of black dots; secondaries white, a brown subcostal basal streak; a dentated blackish patch at centre of outer border; body below white; sides of palpi (excepting at their inferior margin) and tibize above dark brown, tarsi dark brown banded with white: expanse 1 inch 8 lines. Amazons (exact locality and date entirely obliterated).
LEPTOSPHETTA, n. gen.
Aspect of Sphetta, but readily distinguished by the much narrower primaries, long falciform palpi which pro- ject noticeably above the top of the head; antennx minutely pectinated as in Calledema; body extending a little beyond the secondaries; hind tibiee and back of pectus clothed with dense long hair; secondaries below with a patch of thickened scales over the end of the cell; cell rather short, median vein four-branched, the last two branches emitted from a footstalk beyond the cell. Type, L. rabdina.
116. Leptosphetta rabdina, n. sp.
Primaries above olive-green, changing to flesh colour towards the internal border ; ; costal border, excepting at base and apex, occupied by a bright silver streak ; one or two vague central transverse blackish lines and a black spot at the end of the cell, a whitish-bordered dentate sinuate blackish discal line; a marginal series of black spots; fringe whitish, intersected by. an olivaceous line ; secondaries grey with a pinky shot, fringe white ; body sordid whitish, collar and prothorax olive-gr een; abdomen with a basal Beniecone belt, anal scoments ochraceous ; palpi ferruginous at the sides; wings below grey, tinted with lake-red; primaries, with the discoidal area blackish, costal border sordid lake-red towards the base, sandy yellowish towards the apex; a marginal series of black spots, fringe whitish; secondaries with a black patch over the end of the cell, ‘fringe whitish ; body below whitish, collar reddish ; anterior ‘lees very slender, brown above, banded laterally with blackish ; posterior tibie and back of pectus clothed with long lake-red hair: expanse 1 inch 6 lines.
Rio Jutahi, near Rio Curnem, 29th January, 1875.
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Rosrma, Walker.
117. Rosema epigena? Phalena (Bombyx) epigena, Sepp, Surin. Vind. p- 227, pl. 102 (1848). Rosema demorsa, Felder, Reise der Nov. Lep. iv. pl. 96, fig. 11. 2. Mouth of Rio Sapo, 14th December, 1874. I have very little doubt that Sepp’s figure is intended to represent Felder’s species. Walker erroneously referred the genus Rosema to the Drepanulide ; it belongs to the Notodontide, being allied to Phalera, Moresa and Cyphanta.
Erosesa, Walker.
118. Etobesa xylophasioides, n. sp.
Allied to E. xylinoides, the wings slightly broader ; primaries above whitish, irrorated with reddish-brown ; the veins, longitudinal lines between them, an irregular oblique belt from outer border near apex to inner margin towards the base, a submarginal series of hastate spots and the greater part of the fringe red-brown; apical third of costal margin spotted with black; secondaries —red- brown, paler towards the base; frons and thorax white, collar and abdomen red-brown; under surface white, a few vague red-brown streaks on the discs of the wings, confined in the secondaries to a patch near the outer border: expanse 1 inch 8 lines.
Rio Jurua, 6th November, 1874.
Tirama, Walker.
119. Tifama chera. Phalena chera, Drury, Ill. Exot. Ent. ii. pl. 20, fig. 4; Cramer, Pap. Exot. iv. pl. 308, F. (1782). Tifama simois, Walker, Lep. Het. v. p. 1078 (1855).
Mouth of Rio Purus, 9th October, 1874.
This is also, in all probability, the P. megalops of Sepp. Walker quoted the wrong figure from Cramer, and, con- sequently, gave the name of P. sémots, a species of Lima- codid of the genus Bombycocera, to this insect.
120. Tifama exusta, n. sp. (PI. III. fig. 10.) Allied to the preceding; primaries above sordid white,
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tinted with flesh colour in the centre, and clouded with brown; apical third of costal margin and centre of the veins on the disc alternately black and white; a very large V-shaped brown-bordered grey patch at external angle, occupying half the internal and nearly half the ex- ternal border; a whitish submarginal dash cut by the lower radial nervure ; a marginal series of brown spots, bounded internally by a series of hastate white spots from the apex to the second median interspace; fringe brown, spotted with white; secondaries greyish - brown with a broad dusky outer border; fringe sordid white, spotted with blackish; body brown, head reddish; tegulee with white external inoederse primaries below oreyish-brown, with a broad discal <-shaped belt of dark grey; borders whitish; apical third of costa and outer margin spotted with black- ish; secondaries white; costal area brown-speckled; a broad greyish-brown outer border not quite reaching the costal or abdominal margins; body below sordid whitish, legs greyish, tarsi black, banded with white above: ex- panse 1 inch 10 lines. Rio Jutahi, 5th February, 1875.
CLOSTEROMORPHA, Felder.
121. Closteromorpha modesta, n. sp.
Allied to C. reniplaga, same general form and colora-. tion; wings above silky, laky-brown; primaries with the apical area (bounded internally by two white liturz indi- cating the reniform spot) abruptly darker; reniform spot and costal border from above it to outer border, washed with shining plumbageous grey; a pyriform whitish-bor- dered blackish spot immediately beyond the reniform spot and occupying about a quarter of the apical area; four transverse dusky lines, all excepting the second with a pale border, the first straight and oblique crossing the basal third of the cell, the second parallel to it but not continued above the median vein, the third 7-shaped, terminating at the second median branch, the fourth very irregular, submarginal, terminating close to the costa in a small white spot; apical fourth of costal margin spotted with testaceous; body laky-brown; wings below alto- gether paler, shining greyish; the primaries with blackish discoidal area; pectus whitish: expanse | inch 5 lines.
Parentins, Ist April, 1874.
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OLCECLOSTERA, n. gen.
Allied to Ichthyura, but the abdomen very slender; the primaries with straight outer margin, angulated and ex- cised below apex; secondaries with considerably longer inner margin; outer margin angulated at submedian vein; antennze tolerably long and well pectinated; palpi thick, compressed, with extremely short terminal jomt; tibie clothed with long compressed hair; a well-defined anal scale-tuft to the abdomen. ‘Type, O. irrorata.
122. Olceclostera irrorata, n. sp.
Upper surface ferruginous brown; primaries much darker than secondaries, the basal area irrorated with whitish scales; two chocolate-brown oblique central lines, elbowed towards the costal margin; discocellulars trans- verse, black; veins on the disc whitish; a disco-submar- ginal chocolate-brown line, oblique to upper radial inter- space, where it joins a golden spot, thence to the imner margin it is sinuated; secondaries with the abdominal area dusky, the discocellulars, two discal lines and the outer margin dusky; thorax much darker than the abdo- men, irrorated with whitish scales; wings below paler and redder than above, the costal areas of all the wings irrorated with white scales; two dusky parallel discal lines; secondaries with the veins and abdominal area irrorated with whitish scales; body below irrorated with whitish ; legs clothed with brown hair; venter with a series of white dots on each side: expanse 1 inch 5 lines.
Boa vista, Rio Jutahi, lst February, 1875.
ORTHOCLOSTERA, n. gen.
Allied to Ichthyura and the preceding genus, differs from both in its narrow primaries, with straight (or nearly straight) margins, antenns with long pectinations for
nearly two-thirds of their length; and from the former it differs also in the absence of a defined anal tuft to the
abdomen. Type, O. peculiaris.
123. Orthoclostera peculiaris, n. sp. Primaries above purplish-brown, with an interno-basal brownish patch followed by a central whity-brownish band
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(which tapers obliquely above the median vein and does not reach the costa), this band followed again by parallel ferruginous, whity-brown, slaty-grey and dark brown lines and streaks, which are continued to outer border ; a whitish- diffused apical dash ; a submarginal series of black dots ; fringe spotted with slaty-grey; secondaries silky brown, becoming almost black towards the apex; fringe white, varied with brown spots; body reddish-brown, with the sides of the tegul and base of abdomen grey ; primaries below shining greyish-brown; costal border testaceous almost to apex, near which it becomes red and is crossed by two yellow liture, the first of which is continued as an indistinct paler oblique line across the disc ; a submarginal series of blackish dots; fringe whitish at base; secondaries sordid white, crossed by four ill-defined dusky lines, the fourth of which limits a dusky outer border; costal area minutely brown-speckled; body below whitish: expanse 1 inch 2 lines. Rio Negro, 4th July, 1874.
In the structure of its antenn and the general pattern of the primaries this species approaches Ingura producta, near to which, perhaps, it ought to be placed; but I do not think that Ingura ought to be retained among the Noctuites.
Lepasta, Moeschler.
(Nystalea, Felder ex parte.)
124. Lepasta conspicua, n. sp.
Closely allied to WN. grammodes 2, but smaller, con- siderably paler, the secondaries and abdomen being greyish whity-brown, the -v-like band of primaries broader, more regular and whiter, with the intersecting line ill-defined ; a comma-shaped marking between the two cuneiform spots; under surface siky white: expanse 1 inch 3 lines.
Rio Negro, 4th July, 1874.
This species has a remarkable recumbent crest project- ing backwards from the base of the antennz ; the pectina- tions of the latter are short, even at the base, and are composed of little hair pencils; the single example taken appears to me to be a male, from its possession of lateral short compressed tufts at the base of the abdomen, as well as the anal tuft. I therefore doubt the specific identity of the sexes associated under the name of WV. grammodes.
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Macava, Walker.
125. Magava multilinea. Magava multilinea, Walker, Lep. Het. Suppl. u. p. 503 (1865). 3. Tamandaré, Rio Solimoes, 10th January, 1874. The type from Limas isa ¢.
Mascuanen, Walker.
126. Maschane erratipennis. Maschane erratipennis, Walker, Lep. Het. xxvii. p. 3 (1863). Rio Jurua, 4° 40’ S., 66° 40’ W., 29th October, 1874. One example was obtained of this rare species.
127. Maschane simplex. Maschane simplex, Walker, Lep. Het. xxvii. p. 3 (1863). Faro, 10th April, 1874. Also one example of this species.
128. Maschane cesia. Dylomia cesia, Felder, Reise der Nov. Lep. iv. pl. 97, fig. 14. Rio Javary, 4th to 6th December, 1874. Three examples were obtained of this species. Pontana rubrana of Walker (an allied genus to Mas- chane) is identical with Felder’s Platyodonta calpe.
Family LIMACODID ZA. Ruescireya, Walker.
General aspect of Torone, but. differing in structure ; more nearly allied to Hyphorma; palpi elongated com- pressed, rising high above the head, the terminal joint fringed with long scales, antepenultimate segment of abdomen with long lateral brushes of hair ; tibiz frmged with long hair; primaries hamate at apex, outer margin sinuated and deeply excised at external angle; second and third median branches and lower radial of primaries emitted close together; cell of secondaries short; median vein four-branched, the radial being emitted from the inferior extremity of the cell. Type, A. servia.
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129. Rhescipha servia. Phalena ae yx) servia, Cramer, Pap. Exot. iv. pl. 321, fig. KE. (1782). Manas, : 26th Tee 1874. This genus would perhaps be better placed among the Psendo-Deltoids, but in these extreme forms it is difficult to decide. Walker’s type is scarcely distinct.
Datcera, Herrich- Schiffer. Acraca and Daucrra, Walker.
130. Dalcera abrasa. Dalcera abrasa, Herr.-Sch. Auss. Schm. 1. fig. 180. Ilha das Araras, 8th June, 1874.
STATHERINIA, n. gen.
Allied to Scopelodes, but the costa of primaries strongly arched, the outer margin deeply excised below apex, the inner margin nearly straight; the subcostal vein four- branched,* the first two branches running close to the costa, the third and fourth forming a very long fork, upper radial emitted from the upper extremity and lower radial (as a fourth median branch) from the lower extremity of the cell; discocellulars much less acutely angulated ; secondaries ample, cell much longer, lower discocellular much longer; palpi rather longer, quite as densely hairy and str onely pectinated along their inferior mar gins; legs considerably shorter. Type, S. semilutea.
131. Steetherinia semilutea. Oxytenis semilutea, Walker, Lep. Het. Suppl. v. p- 1942 (1866). Boaventura, Rio Jutahi, 24th January, 1875.
Miresa, Walker.
132. Miresa amazonica, n. sp.
Wings and body above pale rufous-brown ; primaries with a central white-edged dark patch, llacine-greyish in the cell and beyond it, div ided upon the discocellulars by a transverse oblone fer ruginous spot, the lower part of the
* In Scops| lodes it is Ave Wianchedk and the first two branches are emitted at some distance from the costal margin.
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patch contracted, and ferruginous from below the first median branch; a dentate sinuate discal white line, which towards apex encircles two or three smail fuliginous brown spots; a marginal series of small white spots; secondaries with a marginal interrupted whitish line ; under surface whity-brown ; primaries opaline beyond the middle; the border, between the veins, bluish-opaline ; secondaries with a sandy-brownish oblique central belt ; outer border slightly opaline; body sandy-yellowish: ex- panse | inch 4 lines.
Rio Javary, Ist December, 1874.
Somewhat similar to one or two Indian species which I have seen in Mr. Moore’s collection; it is the first appa-
rently typical Miresa that I have seen from the New World.
NEOMIRESA, n. gen.* Nyssia, Walker (nec Guenée).
Walker wrongly applied this name in full consciousness of the fact; actually stating that it was preoccupied at the foot of the page (cf. Lep. Het. v. p. 1132).
133. Neomiresa rufa, n. sp.
$. Wings above rufous-brown; primaries with the in- terno-median and discal areas dark reddish-brown ; a black spot in the cell; outer and inner margins and veins pale and sericeous; a <-shaped marking below the cell and behind it two dots (together almost making a 3), and a series of discal dots bey ond the cell, metallic silver: secondaries with a pale sericeous outer margin; under surface paler than above, with paler shining veins and margins; primaries with the disc opaline between the veins; body Sericeous : ee 1 inch.
Sao Paulo, 26th November, 1874.
The smallest species known to me.
134. Neomiresa argentata. Nyssia argentata, Walker, Lep. Het. v. p. 1134 (1855). Juruapuca, Rio Jurud, 11th Novewber, 1874. The single example taken by Mc. Trail is smaller and altogether brighter in its colouring than Walker’s type.
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135. Neomiresa nesea.
Phalena (Bombyx) nesea, Cramer, Pap. Exot. iv. pl. 305, fig. C. (1782).
Phalena (Bombyx) vidua, Sepp, Surin. Vlind. i. pl. 6 (1848).
Nyssia fumosa, Walker, Lep. Het. v. p. 1134 (1855).
Rio Purus, above Aruman, 9th September, 1874.
Natapa, Walker.
136, Natada sericea, n. sp.
Wings above silky whity-brown; primaries from near the base to the middie motiled with tawny ; costal margin tawny; abdominal area of secondaries hairy ; body rather redder than the wings; antenn white with greyish-brown pectinations ; under surface paler, wings sericeous, pri- maries slightly reddish towards the base ; ; front of pectus, femora and tibize reddish: expanse 1 inch.
Amazons (exact locality and date obliterated).
This species has the mottled shining character of the species of Redoa.
Tauimma, Walker.
137. Talima latescens, n. sp.
Allied to 7. postica, from which it differs in its broader wings, the more uniform gravel-red coloration of the primaries and body; outer border of primaries slightly hlacme, wider, limited internally by a slightly concave but nearly straight oblique chocolate-brown line parallel to the outer margin; a black discocellular dot; secondaries sandy-yellow instead of white, with lilacine brownish in- ternal streak extending nearly to the base; thorax washed at the sides with llacine; abdomen tinted with lilacine from the second segment, pale at the sides; anterior tibiz and tarsi yellow, femora of second pair of legs whitish, remainder of legs purplish-brown above, ochreous below, venter sericeous whitish: expanse 22 millimetres.
Boaventura, Rio Jutahi, 24th January; Rio Jutahi, 5th February, 1875.
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Family SATURNIIDA, Walker. Genus Hyprercuiria, Hibner.
138. Hyperchiria approximans. Hyperchiria approximans, Walker, Lep. Het. vi. p. 1311 (1855). On board the Yeamiaba, Manaos, 30th August, 1874. This species agrees very fairly with Walker's descrip- tion.
139. Hyperchiria canitia. Phalena (Attacus) canitia, Cramer, Pap. Exot. iv. pl. 304, fig. D. (1782).
Praia de Rebeiro, Rio Solimoes, 27th November, 1874.
The single example agrees tolerably with Cramer’s figure.
Walker refers H. canitia to Dirphia, never noticing how closely allied it is to his Hyperchiria approximans.
These two species would perhaps be more correctly referred to the genus Dirphia, but this can only be settled by a careful comparison of the structure of the two groups: Boisduval appears to have redescribed them as species of Lo.
140. Hyperchiria io. Bombyx to, Fabricius, Syst. Ent. p. 560, n. 16 (1775). Conceicao, Rio Negro, 15th June; on board the Manado, Santarem, 21st March, 1875. Boisduval has renamed this H. Fabricit.
141. Hyperchiria stollii. fo stollit, Boisduval, Ann. Soc. Ent. Belge, xviii. p- 228 (1875). Urugaca, Rio Jurua, 9th November, 1874.
Genus AUTOMERIS, Hubner.
142. Automeris scapularis. Lo scapularis, Boisduval, Ann. Soc. Ent. Belge, Xvi. p. 236, n. 49 (1875). Prainha, 9th December, 1873.
143, Automeris serpina, n. sp.
Above rosy-brown, pale; primaries subfalcate ; the extra- basal line ill-defined, transverse, slightly inarched, but barely distinguishable above the median vein; discal line
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oblique, smoky brown, terminating at more than half an inch from the apex, bordered internally by a diffused ‘ferruginous belt, which expands gradually towards the costa ; apical area washed with the same colour; a broad but jidistmet irregular outer border very slightly paler than the ground colour, a greyish patch edged with a few dusky dots at the end of the cell; secondaries slightly ereyer, with the ocellus large, sooty grey, with a central black spot crossed by an oblique white line, surrounded by a dull black border, followed by a broad diffused ochraceous zone; discal line black, semicircular, not un- dulated, followed by a greyish semicircular belt; thorax pale chocolate-brown, abdomen testaceous; under surface of a slightly more sandy tint than above; primaries with a dull black-bordered, white-pupilled orey central ocellus ; discal line diffused, oreyish ; ; secondaries with a white spot at the end of the cell: expanse 3 inches 11 lines.
Serpa, in the bush, 24th April, 1874.
Allied to A. palegon of Boisduval, and apparently in some respects resembling A. orestes of the same author.
Family BOMBYCID A, Stephens. Genus ASTHENIA, Westwood.
144. Asthenia lactucina. Phalena (Geometra) lactucina, Cramer, Pap. Hxoteat. pl lisa, ties C1779): Mouth of Rio Urupuana, Rio Madeira, 4th June, 1874. This genus bears a striking resemblance to the Geometrid genus Micronia.
Genus PrropHora, Harris.
145. Perophora Trailii, n. sp.
@. Allied to P. Batesti, but smaller and greyer; the transverse oblique elbowed line darker and _ distinctly bordered externally by a whitish stripe; primaries with an oblique hyaline-white discocellular fasciole; secondaries with the margin sinuated, fringe very short: expanse 1 inch 10 lines.
Ilha Cuxinara, Rio Solimoes, 13th October, 1874.
146. Perophora Bactriana, n. sp.
Allied to P. strigipennis and P. hamata; sericeous pale reddish-brown, irrorated with blackish: with the usual oblique elbowed line dark grey; fringe reddish- brown, intersected by a darker line; primaries with an
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oblique grey spot on the discocellulars, a grey spot above the latter on the costal border ; a small black spot on the middle of the cell, below it on interno-median interspace a €-shaped grey marking, and, nearer to the base, a black spot; area immediately beyond the discal line slightly suffused with grey ; secondaries with the discal area greyish; wings below more distinctly speckled with black ; elbowed line of primaries broken up into grey spots; grey discocellular spot as above; secondaries with an arched discal series of blackish A-shaped markings; abdomen speckled with black: expanse 2 inches 5 lines.
Emerged on the 27th February, 1874, from a cocoon found on Bactria in Paramacu forest.
PRISMOPTERA, n. gen.
Allied to Ernolatia, but differing entirely in the neura- tion of primaries ; the subcostal vein running parallel to the costal margin throughout its entire length, emitting only two branches from its inferior margin beyond the cell (in Ernolatia the second branch bre alks up into three, so that its subcostal may be said to be five-branched, the continuation of the main stem being counted); costal margin considerably more arched towards the apex; outer margin nearly straight instead of elbowed; anal angle of secondaries less produced. Type, P. opalina.
147. Prismoptera opalina, n. sp. (Pl. III. fig. 9.)
Wings transparent white with prismatic ‘reflections ; margins and veins opaque; three pairs of sandy-yellow spots on the costa; indications of several parallel undulated central greyish lines; outer border and a submarginal series of lunate spots indistinctly greyish; secondaries with a small cadmium-yellow spot on abdominal margin near anal angle; head above and main stem of antennz white; pectinations of antenne fulvous; thorax and collar sordid ochreous, speckled with opaline scales, white at the sides; abdomen whitish; body below white, front of pectus ochreous, legs (excepting the tarsi) brownish: expanse 1 inch 5 lines.
Prainha, 14th November, 1873.
ANTHOCROCA, n. gen.
Allied to Bombyx and Morasuma, but differing from them in structure just as Prismoptera does from Hrno- latia; from the preceding genus it differs (as Norasuma
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does from Ernolatia) in its densely-scaled opaque wings, comparatively slightly shorter antenne, and more promi- nent thorax. Type, A. domina, Cramer.
148. Anthocroca muscosa, n. sp. (PI. III. fig. 5.)
Allied to A. domina, but the apex and central area of primaries clouded with bright sap-green; the white discal spots replaced by lilacine-grey ones; the discal black line finer; two additional arched convergent brown lines across the basal half of the wing; secondaries with the discal line finer, a bright yellow spot above its inferior extremity ; anal area bright laky-red, with a patch of bright yellow along the anal third of outer border; body paler than in A. domina: expanse 2 inches 7 lines.
Mouth of Rio Jutahi, 18th January, 1875.
One of the most beautiful of New World moths.
149. Anthocroca cuneifera, n. sp. (PI. III. fig. 4.)
Brownish flesh-colour (or colour of cork); wings with a black discal line as in the preceding species; primaries with a large greenish-yellow ferruginous-bordered costal cuneiform patch, an oblique A-shaped ferruginous line on internal area, enclosing one or two yellow spots, and bounded internally on the inner border by a spot of the same colour; an arched black line across the base of the wing; basal third of costal margin black; discal black line edged with lilacine, and bounded on second median interspace by a white spot, apical area irregularly yellow, with a ferruginous internal line ; outer border, excepting at external angle, irregularly whitish ; secondaries with the discal line oreyish, becoming abruptly ferruginous below the first median vein, and bounded above by a bright yellow spot; anal angle and a series of marginal spots, only divided by the nervures, bright chrome-yellow ; fringe, excepting at anal angle, ferrugi inous; collar and tegule sordid yellowish, the latter with a posterior dusky band ; abdo- men yellowish along the dorsal region; wings below bright yellow, clouded here and there with ferruginous, with two blackish subparallel discal lines; internal area of primaries pinky-whitish: expanse | inch 9 lines.
Ayrao, Rio Negro, 3rd July, 1874.
150. Anthocroca hiemalis, n. sp. Primaries above dark purplish-brown, crossed by four undulated purple lines, two across the basal area and two
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across the disc; post-discoidal area crossed by copper-red veins; a subapical spot, a small spot on the disc, and the centre of internal area ochraceous; base whitish; secondaries olivaceous towards the base; anal angle reddish; outer border and two converging waved discal lines purple; base and basal three-fifths of abdominal area whitish; frons pale reddish, crest dark red, collar yellow, thorax pinky- whitish, tegule greyish; abdomen whitish, clouded with ferruginous and gre ey primaries below fuliginous brown, with the costal margin tawny; subapical area dusky; two
undulated purplish-black discal lines, the inner one not extending below the second sive iRaD branch ; internal border whitish; secondaries reddish flesh-colour, with a white-speckled blackish internal streak; two undulated purplish-black discal lines, the inner one elbowed towards the costa, the outer one convex; body below pale red:
expanse 1 inch 6 lines.
Rio Jurud, 6th November, 1874.
Genus Dirputa, Hitbner.
151. Dirphia javarina, n. sp. Wings above pale pinky-brown; primaries with a broad central chocolate-brown belt, three times as wide on the costal as on the inner margin and whitish bordered, its inner edge oblique and waved, its outer edge straight ; basal area suffused with phoculetes brown, the base ele blackish and bounded externally by an oblique whitish line; a slightly irregular discal brown band, which becomes abruptly wider above the upper radial; apex ochreous, diffused; fringe chocolate-brown ; seaoniinies reddish towards the base ; external area pink, regularly limited internally and enclosing a regular arched belt of the ground colour; fringe red- brow n; thorax deep chocolate-brown, blackish ; abdomen tawny, deep red at the sides, crossed at the base by two black belts; wings below paler than above, the costal areas red-brown; two discal belts; apices ochraceous ; discal belts of primaries parallel, shghtly simuated; the inner belt of secondaries straight, the outer one arched and parallel to the outer margin; body below deep chocolate-brown, anus reddish: expanse 5 inches 4 lines.
On board the Guajara, Rio Javary, 2nd December, 1874.
Allied to D. avia and D. concolor.
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Genus Hyprias, Herrich-Schiffer.
152. Hydrias albidifascia. Hydrias albidifascia, Walker, Lep. Het. vi. p. 1402 (1855). Rio Solimoes, 9th December, 1874; Rio Jutahi, 25th January, 1875.
153. Hydrias rivulosa. Hydrias rivulosa, Moeschler, Schmett.- Fann. Surin. p. 47, pl. 10, fig. 39 (1878). Pupunhazinho, Rio y urua, 8th and 12th November, 1874. Nearly allied to the preceding species ; Herr Moeschler’s description is Just published.
154. Hydrias fasciolata, n. sp.
Primaries ferruginous, with a central belt and a sub- apical streak irrorated with whity-brown; a black-edged pale brown litura at the end of the cell; a dark-edeed discal zigzag whitish line; a submarginal series of white- bordered black spots ; secondaries as in the two preceding species, but greyer ; thorax and sides of abdomen brown ; centre of abdomen whitish, crossed by abbreviated black bars or spots; wings below uniformly pale reddish-brown, with a submar oinal whitish-bordered grey streak; se- condaries crossed in the middle by a straight diffused ereyish streak; body rather paler than the wings: ex- panse 1 inch 6 lines.
Amazons. No exact locality or date.
155. Hydrias morosa, n. sp.
Fuliginous brown ; primaries with the basal area black- ish; an irregular white-speckled central belt limited by two zigzag black lines; a S-shaped submarginal series of black spots; fringe dark, intersected by a paler line; secondaries with whitish apical area, bounded within by a central dusky transverse line; an apical blackish spot ; thorax darker than abdomen; under surface considerably ‘paler sericeous, especially along the veins of the Wings : ee 1 inch.
Lake Cararaucu, 17th April, 1874.
156. Hydrias distincta. Allied to Hydrias noeens, but the wings of a more uniform pale reddish-brown tint; markings similar, ex-
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cepting that there is a large black patch at the base of the primaries: expanse 1 inch 7 7 lines. Rio Jurua, 12th November, 1874 (two males).
157. Hydrias plana. Hydrias plana, Walker, Lep. Het. vi. p. 1402 (1855). Rio Jutahi, 27th and 30th January, 1875. H. mollis of Sepp is allied to this species (Surin. Vlind. pl. 22).
158. Hydrias obsoleta ? Phalena ( Attacus) obsoleta, Cramer, Pap. Exot. iv. pl. 304, fig. C. (1782). @. Parana, 6th June, 1874; ¢. Rio Jurua, 6th Novem- ber, 1874. What I take for the male is allied to 4. rubiginosa of Felder.
159. Hydrias melancholica, n. sp.
Allied to HZ. incivilis but altogether darker, the prima- ries longer and rather narrower, not red at base; the discal spots of all the wings less black; secondaries with no red on the subcostal branches, abdominal half of the wing very slightly paler than the costal area; dotted white lines similar; under surface altogether darker and greyer: expanse | inch 5 lines.
Rio Solimoes, 9th December, 1874.
160. Hydrias erebina, n. sp.
Primaries above fuliginous brown, very dark; internal area paler; a very pale external semicircular apical patch, crossed by a slightly undulated and centrally angulated black submarginal line; a slightly zigzag discal’ series of whitish dots from costal to inner margin, and a second less distinct but similar series across the basal third of the wing; secondaries paler brown, sericeous; apex of costal area blackish, crossed by a whitish spot; body corre- sponding in colour with the wings, the thorax being dark and the abdomen lighter; under surface altogether paler, wings sericeous pale brown, with the veins whitish ; costal margins and subcostal branches more or less clay-coloured; subcostal area, excepting at apex, greyish; each wing with a white costal spot towards apex; primaries with an oblique apical white patch; a submarginal series of grey- ish spots; body below tinted with pink: expanse 1 inch 1 ‘line.
Cupari, Rio Negro, 19th June, 1874.
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161. Hydrias terranea, n. sp.
Pale “reddish-brown, washed with dull greyish; pri- maries with a bisinuate discal series of black dots ; fringe with a paler basal line ;_ secondaries becoming whity- brown at the base ; rater surface greyish with the wing- veins whity-brown : eae 1 inch.
Serpa, 13th February, 1875.
Genus Ocua, Walker.
Ocha turpis, n. sp.
Fuliginous brown; primaries crossed by a central angulated narrow white-edged chain-like band; apical area sprinkled sparsely with whitish scales; a widely zigzag submarginal pale line; fringe dark with a series of white points at the terminations of the veins ; secondaries rather paler ; with a sinuous abbreviated apical sub- marginal litura; fringe as in primaries; wings below pale greyish-brown, sericeous; fringe as above; primaries with a costal pale yellow spot near apex, and from below this spot two short whitish squamose streaks ; outer border rather narrowly whitish, bounded internally towards the apex by a series of subconfluent spots rather darker than the ground colour; secondaries with three curved parallel squamose whitish bands, the central one almost crossing the wing, the others very short; body below whity- brown: expanse | inch.
Rio Jurua, 7th November, 1874.
gua, n. sp.
163. Ocha exig
é. Fuliginous brown, with the margins of the wings paler; primaries crossed by two parallel central elbowed lines, the interval between which is filled in with blackish- brown above the median vein; disc crossed by two parallel undulated brown lines; a submarginal series of black spots followed by a mar ginal series of brown spots; secon- daries blackish at apex, crossed by a white apical litura ; fringe at apex brown-tipped; wings below grey, with pale reddish-brown veins; body pale reddish-brown: expanse 21 millimetres.
@. Altogether paler; the markings, excepting the blackish patch from the median to the subcostal vein between the central lines of primaries much less distinct : expanse 22 millimetres.
2. Mabidiry, Rio Purus, 30th September 1874 ; 8. Boa vista, Rio Jutahi, 1st February, 1875.
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84 Mr. A. G. Butler on Lepidoptera of the Amazons. 164. Ocha pallida, n. sp.
Primaries above pale gravel-red; a pinky-whitish sinu- ated transverse discal line, interrupted beyond the cell by a large (internally black-edged) ferruginous spot; frmge yellowish, spotted with ferruginous; secondaries stra- mineous; thorax reddish; abdomen pale stramineous, with dark brownish anus; under surface uniform pale stramineous: expanse | inch.
Ayrao, Rio Negro, 3rd July, 1874.
Genus Artace, Walker.
165. Artace albicans. Artace albicans, Walker, Lep. Het. vi. p. 1492, n. 2 (1855). Artace punctivena, Walker, |. c. n. 3 (1855). Rio Taruma, Rio Negro, 31st July, 1874.
166. Artace rivulosa, n. sp.
Wings semihyaline-white, veins spotted with black; primaries with a black basal spot, then two angular erey- ish-brown bands; next a broad central belt (interrupted at discoidal area, and only filled in between the median veins), then three pale brown parallel wavy discal stripes ; and lastly, a pale brown external border; a marginal series of dark brown spots to all the wings; head white, brown behind ; antennze black; collar sordid white, brownish ; prothorax white; tegulze white; meso- and metathorax and abdomen brownish; under surface white, veins of the wings black towards the base, a marginal series of pale brown spots: expanse 1 inch 3 lines.
San Antonio, Rio Negro, 5th July, 1874.
This species is allied to A. tridescens (Gastropacha tridescens of Walker).
Tricypha, Moeschler, is closely allied to Menoleneura of this paper (p. 56).
EXPLANATION OF PLATE III.
Fig. 1. Mitrademon velutinum, p. 60. | Fig. 6. Edema pulchra, p. 64. > 2 Agylla mira, p. 58. » 7, Calledema sodalis, p. 66. » 3. Halesidota none, p. 50. » 8. Archylus nigrisparsus, p. 64. », 4. Anthocroca cuneifera, p. 79. », 9. Prismoptera opalina, p. 78. », 5. Anthocroca muscosa, p. 79. » 10. Tifama exusta, p. 68.
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VI. Calopterygina collected by Mr. BUCKLEY in Ecuador and Bolivia. By R. M‘Lacuuan, F.R.S., &c.
[Read February 6th, 1878. ]
THE raison détre of this short paper consists in the recent acquisition by me of a small collection of dragon- flies (and a few Planipennia) captured by Mr. Buckley at Intaj, in Ecuador, of which a large proportion are Calopterygina. On previous occasions I had received from him a few examples from the same Republic and from that of Bolivia, taken on former expeditions. The majority of the specimens proved to pertain to undescribed species, or to interesting varieties of already-known forms; hence it appeared to be of scientific value to incorporate a notice of the whole in a short memoir, as an incentive to him and to future travellers to pay more attention to these neglected insects. The discovery of the magnificent Luthore mirabilis, herein described, is in itself a proof of the richness of the Northern Andes, and another species (Lais imperatriz) is scarcely less important.
All the species are peculiarly characteristic of the regions whence they come, and thus neotropical in aspect.
Some of the species from Ecuador (received formerly ) have already been described, or alluded to, by my friend and colleague Baron de Selys-Longchamps, in the * Troisiemes Additions au Synopsis des Caloptérygines,” published in 1873; and as an acknowledgment, on my part, of the exactitude of his method of describing, I have adopted the same (with trifling modifications) in the present paper. The number of new species herein de- scribed is only six, and three of these add to the rapidly- increasing forms of the genus Cora, which could only claim one species in 1854, but of which eleven are now known.
Lais imperatrix, n. sp.
?. Of large size. <A true pterostigma in the posterior wings. Wings broad; postcostal area with three more or less complete rows of somewhat regular cellules.
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Wings hyaline, but having a slight reddish appearance in consequence of the reticulation being wholly bright red, excepting the entire marginal nervure, which is black. Pterostigma very small, slightly longer than broad | (mam. long), brown, between two blackish nervules in very mature individuals, slightly dilated on its lower edge. 32—34 antecubital nervules in the anterior wings.
Bright metallic green above and on the sides; labrum somewhat chalybeous, with a large yellow spot on either side, clothed with black hairs. Basal two joints of an- tenn yellow. Sides of thorax with four narrow yellow lines, Sire become almost entirely filled in with black j in very mature examples. Under side of thorax varied with black and yellow, the black predominating in very mature examples. Legs deep black, the coxz spotted and en- circled with yellow. Abdomen bronzy-green above to near the end of the fourth segment, then passing into black with a violet tinge; sides of first and second seg- ments yellow (but becoming blackish with scarcely a trace of yellow in very mature examples).
Length of abdomen ($%),48—50 mm. Length of pos- terior wing, 41—43 mm.; breadth, 9—10 mm. Expanse of wings, 87—90 mm.
Hab.—Intaj, Ecuador.
Four ?, all tolerably mature, but one more so than the others.
This magnificent species is the largest of the genus, exceeding vp. globifera, and with broader wings. It is peculiar in structure, especially in having a true ptero- stigma in the posterior wings (whereas in other species it is altogether wanting), and there is a thickened nervule and slight constriction of the median nervure at the point where it should occur in the anterior wings. At first I hesitated as to the place of this species (being acquainted with the 2 only), and was strongly inclined either to locate it in Heterina, or to form a new generic (or sub-generic) division for it. I believe, however, that it is really a Lazs (and in this opinion am strengthened by that of Baron De Selys, to whom I communicated an example), but forming a special section, for no Lazs hitherto known has any trace of a pterostigma in either pair of wings.
Euthore fasciata, Selys.
Two mature ¢ from Ecuador agree with a type from Venezuela excepting in unimportant particulars. The
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size is very slightly smaller (posterior wing 29 mm.). The opaque white portion of the wing less extended in- wardly, and somewhat creamy; in one example the dark band is narrower, and in the anterior wing finishes about four cellules before the pterostigma, hence the hyaline apical portion is somewhat more extended.
Kuthore mirabilis, n. sp.
Nodus somewhat nearer to the base than to the ptero- stigma, which is brown, much dilated and surmounts 9—13 cellules; 43—50 antecubital and 51—454 post- cubital nervules in the anterior wings.
8. Wings dilated in the middle; the base up to some- what beyond the end of the quadrilateral, and the costal margin up to the nodus, smoky-hyaline; the apical border from beneath the pterostigma smoky-brown; all the rest of the wing dark opaque orange-red (or vermilion), the outer edge of this portion extremely oblique. Labrum with two large brownish-yellow spots, a spot on each cheek, and four between the eyes, of the same colour. Prothorax with two large spots, and the lateral margins, of the same colour. Thorax with six brownish-yellow lines on either side. Legs black; the femora brownish internally. Abdomen bronzy-black, paler towards the base ; segments 1—4 with a brownish-yellow line on each side, and a vestige of the same on the fifth.
?. Wings hyaline, tinged with smoky-brownish; in the anterior wings there is a large (nearly equilateral) triangular opaque orange-red spot placed so that the nodus is above the middle of its base (the costal margin remaining hyaline), externally with a narrow smoky line not touching its edge in very mature individuals; in the posterior wings there is a similar spot, but the colour is changed to reddish-brown, margined externally by smoky -brown; the other characters as in the ¢.
Length of abdomen: ¢, 38—42 mm.; 2, 34—35 mm. Length of posterior wing: ¢, 28—32 mm.; 2, 33 mm. Iixpanse: 6, 62—68 mm.; ¢, 69—70 mm. :
Hab.—Intaj, Ecuador, 6 $ and 6 &, all mature.
Although there are other Odonata that, through the presence of metallic colours, may rival this in beauty, there exists, so far as I know, none with the same deep opaque orange-red coloration.
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The reticulation of the wings is more dense than in other species of Kuthore.
THORE.
Of this genus I have received from Ecuador a large number of examples of the gigantea group that are ex- tremely puzzling. It is evident that,much local variation exists, yet at the same time I do not think it possible to decide as to which are species or which only varieties, without strict local observations of their habits, for if it be found that the most striking forms occur together in the same locality, and yet keep separate znter se, that evidence will go far to prove we are dealing with species and not merely varieties.
Thore gigantea, Selys.
In three ¢ now in my collection the dark terminal portion of the wings commences at the nodus, but there 1s a somewhat triangular median internal prolongation towards the base, thus extending within the nodus.
Thore procera, Selys (race of gigantea, according to Selys).
In his “ Troisiémes Additions,” p. 34, De Selys enume- rates several forms from Hcuador, obtained by me from a former collection made by Mr. Buckley. I have since received many additional examples. The forms are alluded to as Nos. 1 to 4, and I propose to make some remarks upon them consecutively.
No. 1.—The dark portion of the wings in the ¢, com- mencing at from ten to twelve cellules after the nodus in the examples seen by De Selys. In a longer series this form shows modifications, inasmuch as the dark portion
varies in its point of commencement from the nodus itself to about twelve cellules after it. Among these there ap- pear to me to be two forms, ciffering in size and apparent breadth of wing. In the larger the Teng th of the poster ior wings is from 40 to 45 mm., in the smaller from 35 to 38 mm., and the neuration in this smaller form appears to be less dense as regards the small mtermediate supple- mentary sectors in the dark apical portion as seen in im- mature examples. The female varies considerably in the breadth of the dark band, and I am unable to apply the examples of this sex to the larger and smaller
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males. The best character whereby to separate gigantea and procera appears to be, that in the latter the mner edge of the dark portion of the wings of the ¢ is nearly regular, whereas in the former it is produced towards the base, but whether this will stand the test of minute appli- cation may be doubtful.
No. 2.—Only especially remarkable as a ? with the colours of the $ as in No. 1. Certainly nothing more than an abnormal and accidental condition.
No. 3 is the normal ¢.
No. 4—in which the dark portion of the wings. com- mences midway between the nodus and the pterostigma— I am not able to re-examine.
Thore picta, Rambur (Saundersii, Selys, olim; cf. Ap- pendice au “ Troisiémes Additions,” p. 65).
Two ¢ from Ecuador, of which one was formerly seen by De Selys, and referred doubtfully to this species. (‘* Troisiémes Additions,” p. 36.) They are remarkable for their great size, and for the fact that in one the dark ter- minal portion of the wings is not preceded by a milky-white band; in the example above alluded to, the length of the posterior wing is 44 mm.; another, from the same locality (immature), 1s somewhat smaller (posterior wing 40 mm.),
and shows indications of the white band.
Thore boliviana, n. sp.
8. Distinct from described forms in the coloration of the wings. In the anterior wings the base is hyaline up to the end of the quadrilateral, and also on the costal margin to the nodus, but the wing up to midway between the nodus and pterostigma is opaque ochreous-yellow, ex- cepting the costal margin (as far as the principal sector), which becomes somewhat milky; the rest of the wing brownish-black, with brilliant purple and green reflections, the inner edge of