( 2l9 ) 



feubmargiual row of nebulous brovvu deutate spots on the veins ; coil-spot small, black ; 

 fringe brown throughout. Abdomen dark cinereous-brown, the antepenultimate 

 segments blackish ; anal tuft paler ; head and thorax greyer Ijrown ; pectus and 

 abdomen beneath dull bluish white ; legs broken, probably whitish. 



Expanse of wings : 52 mm. 



One c? from Popa3'an, Colombia (Lehmann). 



Forewings with costa strongly convex before apex ; apex minutely and bluntly 

 produced ; biudmargiu straight. Hindwings blantly elbowed in middle. 



237. Microxydia brunnea sp. nov. 



Forewings : reddish brown ; first line curved, from beyond one-third of costa 

 to one-third of inner margin ; second line from beyond two-thirds of costa to 

 two-thirds of inner margin, sharply angled outwards on vein 7, then curved inwards ; 

 both lines sublustrous ; the space between them deeper brown ; a patch of dark and 

 sublustrous scales at end of cell ; submarginal line sinuous, indicated by dark marks 

 on the veins, most distinct towards anal angle ; fringe dark brown. 



Hindwings : with the dark central fascia narrower. 



Underside brighter, more fulvous brown, speckled with darker, with the central 

 fascia indicated, but without lustrous lines ; a patch of lustrous scales at end of cell. 

 Head, thorax, and abdomen all brown. 



Expanse of wings : 18 mm. 



One c? from Newcastle, Jamaica. 



Costa of forewings slightly curved ; apex prominent ; hindraargin faintly 

 sinuous, indented below apex and above anal angle. Hindwings with hindmargiu 

 nearly straight. 



238. Mixopsis (?) casta sp. nov. 



Foreivings : pearly ochreous, thickly speckled with pale olive-brown, and over 

 all dusted with deep black scales ; the costa shaded with olive, especially towards 

 apex ; the lines fine, deep black, edged with pearly scales ; first from one-fourth 

 of costa to one-third of inner margin, forming angles outwards above and below the 

 median vein, and followed by an olive-brown shade ; second from before apex to 

 two-thirds of inner margin, slightly flexuous, acutely angled at vein 7, and there 

 joined by a fine dark streak from apex, preceded beneath costa by a brownish cloud 

 with a wisp of whitish scales across the line ; cell-spot large, round, pearl-grey with 

 a black edge ; a faint waved olive-brown submarginal Hue ; marginal spots reddish ; 

 fringe rufous ochreous ; the basal area is most free from striae and speckles and 

 therefore palest. 



Hindwings : much paler, without olive-brown speckling, and with only few 

 black scales ; a blackish cell-spot, a fine black straight postmedian line and faint 

 olive-brown submarginal line. 



Underside with costa of both wings tinged with olive-brown and slightly black- 

 speckled ; both wings with cell-spot and outer line black ; the latter jjrcceded in 

 forewing by a black costal blotch, and in liindwing angled outwards In-low costa. 

 Head, thorax, and abdomen ochreous, speckled with black ; palpi externally 

 black-brown. 



Expanse of wings : 43 mm. 



