( -ly^i ) 



marginal half; siilimargiiial line indicated hy fine white dashes on veins, which are 

 also obscurely visible iu forewings. 



Underside greyish olive, deep olive in forewings as far as outer line, which is 

 broadly whitish ; the apex white ; hiudwiiigs jialer, the outer line strongly dentate, 

 the teeth corresponding to the submargiual white points of the upperside. Tliorax 

 and abdomen grey ; head and collar ochreous-tinged. 



Expanse of wings : 52 mm. 



One d from Sao Paulo. 



Shaped like M. mexicaria Gaen. 



222. Microgonia lilacina sp. nov. 



Forewinqs : lilac-grey, sparsely irrorated with black scales, the markings fawn- 

 colour; a diffuse shade at one-third, nearly vcrti("il, curved outwards in cell and on 

 snbmedian fold ; a similar median shade, bent beyond cell ; outer line double, 

 containing white dashes on the veins, from two-thirds of costa, angled on vein 0, 

 then oblique to inner margin at two-thirds, with a dentate shade from it at vein ."> 

 to inner margin before^ anal angle ; on the costa beyond the outer line is an oval 

 rufous brown-edged blotch ; cell-spot small, black, consisting of erect scales; fringe 

 concolorous. 



Hindwinqs : with the double line median ; a dentate nearly complete sub- 

 marginal shade, and the margin itself reddish. 



Underside paler, with a broad marginal fawn-coloured fascia; apex of forewings 

 glossy whitish ; cell-spots black, distinct. Face and vertex dark grey, finely 

 margined with a whitish line : jialpi dark fawn ; thorax and abdomen very pale 

 fawn-colour. 



Expanse of wings : 46 mm. 



A pair from British Guiana. 



Nearest M. nedusia Druce, but the wings broader ; the apes of forewing more 

 acute, but not so much produced ; outer line further from hindmargiu ; both wings 

 without any olive sufi'usion. 



The antennae of the S are clothed with fascicles of cilia. 



223. Microgonia olivacea al). straminea nov. 



Forewings : straw-coloured, slightly dusted witli rufous ; basal area more or 

 less filled in with brown, the first line thick ; outer line deep red-brown ; marsrinal 

 area dull wood-brown, leaving an oblique row of triangular nr Innate blotches of 

 straw-colour, of which the lowest is the largest, followed by white daslies on the 

 veins ; the angle of the line also marked with ferruginous brown. 



Hindtvings : with basal half more clouded with brown striae ; the central line 

 red-brown, curved below costa ; the apical area and some central patches less 

 thickly suffused with brown ; the black blotch narrowed. 



Underside of forewings ochraceous, speckled with brown ; the outer line 

 followed by a thick red-brown shade, dentate externally ; apical third of hind- 

 margin pinkish grey or whitish ; hindwiugs with a dentate grey band through the 

 brown marginal area. 



One ? from Jamaica, cxpandinj; 7U mm. 



A very striking aberration of this variable species. 



