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Uuderside paler, witliont speckling. Vertex, thorax and abdomen coueolorons ; 

 face, palpi, and antennal pectinations dark brown ; fringes worn. 

 Expanse of wings : 30 rum. 

 One iS from St. Vincent, March 18i»: (Dr. P. Reudall). 



1>>. Syngria(?) cinerea sp. uov. 



Foreirinz/s : dark ashy trrey, with dense black speckling : traces of diflfnse black 

 shades near base, before middle, and at two-thirds, this last more distinct, angled 

 outwards in middle, then concave to near before anal angle ; costa marked with 

 narrow black spots ; veins towards hindmargin finely paler ; fringe brownish grey. 



Ilindwinfis : with some black scales near base, and diffuse central and snb- 

 marginal shades : inner marginal area paler grey ; the veins pale ochreoas ; fringe 

 brownish, beyond a pale marginal line, which towards anal angle is preceded by 

 black marginal dots. 



Uuderside dnll brownish cinereous, faintly mottled with darker ; forewings 

 with a snbmargiual, hindwings with a submarginal and marginal obscurely marked 

 darker fascia. Head, thorax, and abdomen cinereous : face and palpi brown. 



Expanse of wings : 28 mm. 



One ? from Palma Sola, Venezuela. 



Family GEoMETlillJAE. 

 Subfamily OENOC'HROMINAE. 



IT. Leptoctenista subrufa sp. uov. 



Foretoings : olive-brown with a reddish tinge, thickly strigalated with darker ; 

 the extreme hindmargin simply rnfins ; an obscure dark cell-spot, and two dark 

 costal marks, one at three-fonrths, the other shortly before apex, the latter indicating 

 the beginning of an obscure dark dentate snbmargiual line, which on the veins below 

 the costa is followed by three or four pearly grey wedge-shaped streaks ; fringe 

 rufous. 



Ilindivincjs : with the outer half darker ; traces of a curved central paler line, 

 marked with black dashes on the veins, and a fainter .submarginal line ; costal 

 area pink. 



Underside uniform coppery red, with dark cell-spots, that in the hindwings 

 larger and more conspicuous. Face, palpi, antennae, and vertex deep red ; thorax 

 and abdomen like wings. 



Expanse of wings : 44 mm. 



Two ? ? from Cachabi, Ecuador, low cnuntry, January 189" (Rosenberg). 



Subfamily MECOC 'ERATIXAE. 

 18. Hyphedyle albimacula sp. nov. 



Foretoings : rufons grey in the basal half, becoming altogether deep dull red in 

 the outer third of the wing ; the costal area olive-ochreous with darker striatious ; 

 a faint dark cell-spot ; beyond it a large tadpole-shaped snow-white blotch, the tail 

 pointing towards the costa ; fringe dull red. 



Ilinrlwhigs : with the marginal area more narrowly red, the fringe paler. 



Underside redder ; inner marginal area of forewings pale and lilurred ; some 



