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104. Neochrysa comosa sp. uov. 



Forewings : deep yellow ; the costa and lines j)nrj)le-ro.sy ; the first lino at 

 one-third, and the median, which is incurved below middle, both diffuse, the area 

 from base to median more or less wholly suffused with purple-rosy ; outer line waved, 

 from three-fonrths of costa to anal angle ; marginal area beyond it suffused with 

 purple-rosy, containing an obscure pale submarginal line ; fringe yellow. 



Iliruhvings : with a straight median rosy shade, the basal area within it suffused 

 with rosy ; the rest as in forewings. 



Underside similar to upper. Thorax, vertex, and face deep purple-red ; fillet, 

 antennae, and abdomen yellow ; the last red-spotted. 



Expanse of wings : 12 mm. 



One cJ from Sao Paulo, Brazil. 



Neosterrha, gen. nov. 



Forewings : with costa straight, convex before ape.x, which is bluntly subfalcate; 

 hindmargin oblique, faintly sinuous. 



Hindicings : kite-shaped ; apical and anal angles S(iuared ; hindmargin angled 

 at vein 4. 



Antennae of tj subserrate, with very long fascicles of cilia; palpi short, thick, 

 not reaching front of face ; second joint rough-scaled, third minute ; tongue and 

 frenulum present ; hindtibiae and tarsi in cj of equal length, not aborted, the tibiae 

 with terminal spurs only. 



Neuration of Cra&pedm ; in colour and markings recalling Mnesitlietis. 



Type : N. thetis sp. nov. 



105. Neosterrha thetis sp. nov. 



Forewings : dull olive-green with three darker green lines ; first curved at one- 

 fourth ; second oblique and excurved round cell, from two-thirds of costa to beyond 

 middle of inner margin ; third submarginal, more strongly denticulate ; marginal 

 line darker green, interrupted by pale spots at the vein-ends ; fringe green varied 

 with paler ; cell-spot black, distinct ; traces of a median dark shade visible on 

 the costa. 



Iliiidicings : with two lines ; cell-spot a double white dot. 



Underside paler ; costa of forewings tinged with rufous ; marginal line dark 

 green. Face and palpi reddish ; vertex, thorax, and abdomen green, like the wings. 



Expanse of wings : 19—26 mm. 



Three ? ? from Azalar de Carthago, Costa Rica, 5-6U00 ft. (Underwood), type ; 

 one ? from Chimbo, August 1897 (Rosenberg) ; one S from Raramba, Ecuador, 

 and one 6 from R. Dagua, Colombia (Rosenberg). 



Sometimes the whole of the forewings beneath, and the marginal and outer lines 

 of hindwings are deep rosy. 



Pogonogya gen. nov. 



Forewings : triangular ; costa straight, convex before apex, which is produced, 

 especially in the c? ; hindmargin oblique, slightly prominent at vein 3. 



Hindwings : with hindmargin rounded and slightly prominent in the middle, 

 more strongly in the S ; inner margin in the S thickened and furrowed, the furrows 

 beneath and the marginal edge with expansible tuft of long hairs. 



