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178. Stenele ruberrima sp. nov. 



'Forewings : coppery red ; the ajncal half black, its edge forming small teeth on 

 the veins, and an acute angle on the snbmedian, and reaching inner margin at three- 

 fourths, farther from the anal angle than in S. tripuncta ; the three pale spots 

 smaller and darker than in tripunctu, the upper one consisting of two, obliquely 

 contiguous, and not reaching below vein 5. 



Hindwin(js : with the apex broadly black, the teeth on the veins short. 



Underside fulvous-orange in forewings, the costa yellow ; the three pale spots 

 as large as in tripuncta ; the apical area beyond them greyish red-brown ; hind 

 wings yellow, with the veins finely orange-fulvous ; apex, margin, and fringe 

 red-brown, slightly darker at the vein ends. Palpi fuscous; face ochreous; vertex 

 ochreous with two black dashes ; collar black, ochreous at sides ; antennae black ; 

 thorax and abdomen like wiugs. Underside of abdomen ochreous; a single blackish 

 lateral stripe. 



Expanse of wings : 48 mm. 



One (S without locality. Closely related to S. tripuncta, and certainly 

 S. American. 



179. Stenele tripuncta sp. nov. 



Foretvings : fulvous orange ; the apical half black ; the edge, which is some- 

 what inconcise, runs from middle of costa to shortly before anal angle, slightly bent 

 on the median, and forming a small acute angle on the submedian ; in the black 

 area are three pale yellowish hyaline sjiots ; one subqnadrate towards costa between 

 veins 7 and 4 ; the other two smaller towards hindmargiu on each side of vein 3 ; 

 fringe concolorous. 



llindwings : with a narrow black margin from before apex to aual angle, 

 running up and forming acute wedge-shaped marks along the veins ; fringe black. 



Underside of forewings yellow suffused with fulvous ; the pale spots larger ; 

 the apical area beyond them browner ; edge of dark area with an acute subcostal 

 tooth and right-angled at vein 2 ; hiudwings yellow with all the veins thickly 

 fulvous orange and partially confluent ; a similar coloured spot on the discocellular ; 

 the wedge-shaped marginal marks with bright yellow spots between them. Paliji 

 fuscous ; face ochreous white ; vertex and collar black mixed with yellow ; antennae 

 black ; thorax and abdomen concolorous with wings ; abdomen pale ochreous 

 beneath, with two fine brown parallel lateral lines. 



Expanse of wings : 43 mm. 



One cJ from the Amazons. 



Taraxineura gen. nov. 



Forewings : with costa straight nearly to apex, which is rounded ; hindmargin 

 well rounded. 



llindwings : with both angles and the hindmargin rounded. 



Antennae (J) strongly bipectinated to apex; palpi porrect; tongue and frenulum 

 present ; hindtibiae with four spurs ; anal tufts largely developed. Besides the 

 foveal bar, the forewings have a very distinct but small fovea developed. 



Neuration : forewings, cell quite two-thirds of wing ; discocellular very fine, 

 inangulated above the middle ; first median at five-eighths of cell, second at elaven- 

 twelfths ; lower radial missing, replaced by a fine fold, shortly becoming obsolete ; 



