( '19'^ ) 



IliiuhciiKjs : with mediau anil submargiual thick parallel lines. 

 Underside duller, the space between the twd outer lines faintly Instrous. Head, 

 thorax, and abdomen concolorons with winss. 

 Expanse of wings : 20 mm. 

 One S from Iqnitos, 1893 (Maxwell Stnart). 

 Akin to M. aurantitn-a Bntler from th(! Amazons. 



210. Microgouia affiuis sp. no v. 



Forewings : lilac-grey, covered with rufons fawn-coloured strigae, and with a 

 slight olive tinge throughout ; the rufous strigae thicker and partially confluent in 

 the basal and marginal areas ; the lines purplish grey ; first from one-third of costa 

 to one-third of inner margin, bluntly bent outwards in cell and on snbmedian fold, 

 jireceded by a fine lilac-grey line: second line from four-fifths of costa, acutely angled 

 on vein T close to hindmargiu, then straight and oblique to middle of inner margin, 

 I'ollowed by a fine lilac-gre}- line ; submarginal line indicated by grey dark-scaled 

 dashes on veins ; cell-spot blackish, minute, just beyond first line; fringe rufous, 

 with pale grey line at base. 



Hindwings : the same, with a single straight median line. 



Underside olive-fuscous within the outer line, lilac-grey beyond, shading into 

 olive-fuscous again towards hindmargin ; outer line in forewings corresponding to 

 that on upperside ; in hindwings at three-fourths, curved and dentate; followed by 

 a waved subterminal line ; thorax and alnlomen lilac-grey ; head and shoulders 

 rufous-tinged. 



Expanse of wings : .J4 mm. 



One 6 from S. America. 



Wings short and broad ; costa of forewings strongly arched ; apex blunt, 

 hardly produced ; hindmargin slightly sinuous ; anal angle well marked. 



220. Microgonia apidauia ab. bicolor nov. 



Forewings : with the basal and marginal areas deep brown-black ; the area 

 between the two transverse lines olive-ochreous, finely dusted with grey; tlie median 

 shade hardly darker beyond the ccU-sjiot. 



Flindwings : wholly brown-black, with the line and cell-spot deeper. 



Underside like the type, but a little darker ; the apex, as usual in the fore- 

 wings, white. Head, thorax, and abdomen fuscous ; the face and vertex paler. 



One S from Costa Kica (Underwood). 



Agrees exactly in size, shape of wings, and markings with the type-form. 



221. Microgonia chalybeata sp. nov. 



Foreuings : pale glossy lilac-grey ; costa and marginal area darker, olive- 

 tinged ; the costal edge ochreous ; first line obscure, dull olive, at one-third, bluntly 

 bent outwards in cell and on subraedian fold ; outer line from five-sixths of costa, 

 very acutely angled outwards close to hindmargiu, then oblique to inner margin just 

 beyond middle, followed by a lustrous pearly grey line, marked with white vein- 

 points; a pale blotch on inner margin beyond it, of variable intensity, largest in the ? ; 

 fringe olive ; cell-spot black ; the first line is slightly marked with whitish on costa 

 and mediau vein. 



lliii'lwings : with the line median; glossy grey towards base, olive-fnscous in 



