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does not reach the base; a small kidney-shaped ocellate patch of yellowish brown lies at the end of the 
cell, emitting a short branch to the tornus, and a small tooth-shaped projection is emitted from the dark 
costal shade at the commencement of the costal cilia; cilia yellowish, with a slight rosy tinge, becoming 
brownish grey at the apex and tornus; underside rosy pink. Exp. al. 24mm. Hindwings yellowish 
white, with a slightly iridescent pinkish glow; cilia very pale yellowish. Abdomen ycllowish white. 
Legs yellowish white, the posterior pair with two spots on the tarsi externally ; the anterior pair with 
the tibiae pink and the first tarsal joint brown. 
Type 2 (65905, Cerro Zunil) Mus. Wlsm. (Godm-Salv. Coll.) BM. [PT. (65906) US. Nat. Mus.] 
Hab. Guatemata: Cerro Zunil, 4000-5000 ft., VILI-IX. 1880 (G. C. Champion) ; 
Volcan de Atitlan, 2500-3500 ft., XII. 1880 (G. C. Champion). Two specimens. 
2. Mnesichara picticollis, sp. n. (Tab. IV. fig. 17.) 
Antennae blackish, delicately spotted above, and at the sides on each joint, with whitish ochreous. Palpi 
yellowish brown, the terminal joint bright ochreous, with two dark fuscous bands, one before the middle, 
the other before the apex. Head cream-white. Thorax purplish fuscous, the tegulae slightly paler 
purplish, a band across the front forming a straight cream-white collar, of which the anterior edge is 
narrowly bright vermilion. Forewings yellowish brown, minutely sprinkled with whitish ochreous 
scales, especially towards the apex; along and below the fold, from near the base, is a slight carmine 
suffusion, and before the middle of the wing a broad reddish ochreous patch, commencing on the costa, 
is attenuate on the cell, somewhat expanding again to its termination on the fold, its sinuate inner 
margin well defined throughout ; cilia yellowish brown, a slender palish line along their base. Lup. al. 
19 mm. Hindwings and cilia yellowish grey. Abdomen yellowish brown. Legs yellowish brown, with 
a purple band around the base of the hind tibiae. 
Type 3 (65908); Q (65907) Mus. Wlsm. (Godm-Salv. Coll.) BM. 
Hab. Panama: cuiriett: Volcan de Chiriqui, 2000-3000 ft. (G. C. Champion). Two 
specimens. | 
TERATOMORPHA, gen. n. 
(Teras Tr., nom, gen. ; popoy = shape.) 
Type: Teratomorpha albifrons Wlsm. (Tab. IV. fig. 18.) 
Antennae —1, slightly serrate; basal joint without pecten. Labial Palpi slender, recurved, reaching to 
vertex; median joint slightly thickened with loose scales ; terminal joint shorter than median, acute. 
Maxillary Palpi distinct. Haustellum scaled. Ocelli absent. Head smooth, with long hair-scales at 
sides. Thorax smooth. Forewings with costa arched towards base, slightly depressed in middle, apex 
obtusely pointed, termen somewhat oblique, tornus rounded: neuration 12 veins ; 7-8 stalked, 7 to 
termen slightly below apex; 2 twice as remote from 3 as 3 is from 4; 11 arising midway between 10 
and base; 1 basally furcate. Hindwings 1, costa more or less excavate before apex ; termen oblique, 
dorsum evenly rounded: neuration 8 veins ; 6-7 separate and parallel; 3-4 connate; 5 parallel to 4. 
Abdomen somewhat depressed. Legs: hind tibiae loosely clothed. 
Differs from Cryptolechia Z. in the weaker palpi, in the peculiar form of the wings, 
and in the earlier origin of FW: 11, and from Gonionota Z. in its shorter palpi with 
smooth terminal joint. 
1. Teratomorpha albifrons, sp. n. (Tab. IV. fig. 18.) 
Antennae pale ochreous. Palpi yellowish white. Head white. Thorax reddish fawn-grey, Forewings 
reddish fawn-grey, sparsely sprinkled with tawny fuscous scales on the outer third, tending to run parallel 
with the termen; with two tawny fuscous dots, one on the middle of the cell, the other at its outer 
