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spot ; postmctlian iilwavs donlile, forminfr a dark frrey fascia rnnning to costa before 

 apex, the onter nrin oliscnrely marked with dark vein-dots ; snbmarginal line double, 

 both arms fine and more or less lost in the dark marginal area ; fringe grej', witli a 

 paler median line, often marked with dark at the ends of the veins. 



Uindwings : the same, without first line; the inner arm of the niitei- line median 

 and touching cell-spot, the outer arm indistinctly di'iitioulate. 



Underside densely mottled with grey, more or less obscuring the lines. Face 

 dark grey-brown: vertex whitish; thorax iind iilulniiicii ilnll i;n'y. 



Exi)aMse of wings : 2u — 2'Z mm. 



Both sexes from Sao I'aulo. 



Easily recognised by the shape of the wings, which are both triangular ; costa 

 nearly straight, apex very acute ; hiudmargin straight and very oblique, as long as 

 inner margin: annl angle well marked. 



9s. Ptychopoda (?) virginea sp. nov. 



Forewings : snow-white ; outer line re])resenfiMl liy a sinuous grey-brown cloud, 

 not reaching above the median ; snbmarginal line greyish brown, obsolete before 

 vein 4 ; a minute black cell-dot, and series of black marginal dots ; fringe white. 



Ilinduings : with very large black cell-spot ; clondy fnscous postmedian and 

 snbmarginal lines, and some coarse black scales along inner margin. 



Underside of forewings with an elongated grey suffusion between veins 2 and 4; 

 hindwings with a grey cloud on costa at two-thirds. Head blackish ; thorax and 

 abdomen white, the latter with some grey scales. 



Expanse of wings : 14 mm. 



One S from Paramaribo, August 1892 (C. W. Ellacotube. 



St'BFAMiLY ASTHENINAE. 

 1*9. Amaurinia chrysocraspedata s]). nov. 



Forewings : reddish fawn-colour, more greyish fawn along the costal and inner 

 margins; space between veins 3 and 6 more reddish and mottled with yellow; wing 

 crossed by a number of wavy dark lines, of which the basal, median, and antemedian 

 are most distinct, the median parallel to the bas;il, and the postmedian incnrveil 

 below middle and approaching the median on inner margin; cell-dot brown : hind- 

 margin narrowly yellow, the reddish ground-colour finely edged with purple and 

 bent outwards to touch the margin between veins 3 and 4 ; fringe yellow, tinged 

 with red at ajiex, middle, and anal angle. 



J/itn//n'/)g,s : more brick-red, sometimes witli yellow mottlings ; antemedian 

 and jiosttnedian wavy dark lines ; fringe as in forewings. 



Underside duller; the wavy lines beyond the postmedian ])lainer. Face ilark 

 brown ; thorax and abdomen concolorons with wings : vertex and shaft of antenna<' 

 white. 



Expanse of wings : 20 mm. 



Two <? S from Bolivia, between B. Rongo and li. Snap!. l\larcli to .Tunc ISOii 

 ((iarlepp). 



Foix casaantlru of Druce must be near this, but he makes the hi'ad all red; 

 besides, the nenration must be different. 



