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Brachyprota jren. nov. 



S. Foreu'inqs : elongate, the oosta faintly i'iivvimI ; api'x jirddneoil ; liiml- 

 niiU'gin very obliqiioly oiirvcd, and jiassing into the inner nuirgin withont fnrniini!: 

 a distinct anal angle. 



Hindiviiiqs : abnormal ; the co>ta only two-thirds as long as inner margin, 

 whicli is as long as the costa of forewings; the liindniargin obli(jnely cnrved out- 

 wards and meeting the inner margin in a bhint j)oint, veins 1 and 'i rnuning into 

 the inner margin, vein 3 into the point. 



Antennae with jiaiv^ of curved cilia; palpi njicnrvcd in I'nuit ip|' l':ici' : hind- 

 legs aliortcd. 



jS'cdration : forewings, as in I'tychoiwdd. llindwings, with the costal running 

 abruptly, as a short spur, into the costal margin close to base ; discocellular oblique 

 ontward parallel to hindmargin ; first subcostal and second median shortly before 

 angles of cell. 



Type : Brachyprota ahnormipennis sji. nov. 



58. Brachyprota abnormipennis sj). nov. 



Foreirinqii : pale ochreous, tinged with darker ; withont markings, except a 

 rather large brownish cell-spot : fringe concolorous. 



Hinclwings : the same. 



Underside similar. Face and palpi brownish : thorax and abdomen ochreons. 



Expanse of wings : 16 mm. 



One 6 from the interior of Surinam, August 1892 (C. \V. Ellacombe). 



The underside of the hindwings is covered with erect hairlike scales, exactly 

 as in tlie worn specimen of Ftycliopoda percrinita described further on. 



59. Craspedia abomata nb. fuscescens \w\\ 



Differs from Gaenee's type-form in having th(^ grouud-colonr white, not 

 yellowish : the lines and markings more strongly devclojied, fuscons olive : the 

 underside of forewings suffused with dull rosy or rosy grey. 



Expanse of wings : 26 mm.; that of abnrnata is 24 mm. 



Two 3 (? from P.olivia, between R. Songo and R. Sua])!, March to .Tune IsOi; 

 (Garlepp). 



(50. Craspedia abomata ah. Candida nov. 



Also differs from the type-form in the ground-colour being jicarly wiiilc, 

 while the lines :\.\-A markings arc very jiale green. Underside ofli<ith wings glossy 

 white, the costa alone of forewings rosy. 



E.xpanse of wings : 29 mm. 



One S from Costa Eica (Underwood). 



61. Craspedia albidulata sp. nov. 



Foreu-inqs : whitish, powdered with grey along the costa and hindmargin, 

 with a <listinct black cell-spot, and three curved pale ochreons very obscure fasciae, 

 parallel to hindmargin, antemedian, postraedian, and snbniarginal ; fringe whitish 

 with a marginal row of black triangles, which are nenrly contiguous. 



