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fringe brown : in the ? there is ti (Uirk brown blotch at middle of hiudmargin, of 

 which there is no trace in the <S. 



Hindtcini/s : with traces of darker central, postmedian, and subniarginal lines, 

 the outer margin less sutFused than the basal half. 



Underside sandy brownish, speckled with darker, with a broad dull ferruginous 

 submargiual baud, beyond which the margin is much paler ; in the ? the ground 

 colour is darker, more ashy, the submargiual band more dilfuse and darker, with a 

 Granulate blackish line on its inuer edge aud the outer margin beyond diffusely 

 whitish. Head, thorax, and abdomen brown. 



Exjianse of wings : <S 56 mm. ; ? 60 mm. 



As usual, the apex of the forewing of J is blunt and the hindmargiu evenly 

 curved, in the ? the apex is produced and the hindmargin incurved below it. 



One (S, one ? from Paramba, Ecuador, November and December 1898. 



125. Microgonia cariaria. 



O.ri/dia caritiria Wlk. XX. p. 64 <J. 



Walker's type of this species appears to be an extreme form, in which the 

 amount of yellow is very much more ample than usual. In three SS, two from 

 Paramba, Ecuador, taken by Mr. Rosenberg in April 1897, at 3500 ft., the third 

 from Lita, Ecuador (Flemming) at 3000 ft., agreeing precisely in shape of wings, 

 and position aud form of markings, the yellow is restricted to a small blotch 

 below the median vein at the origin of vein 2, the Paramba examples showing also 

 a yellowish tinge round the discal spot and before the first line. The prevailing 

 tint is olive-brown with a slight rosy suffusion ; the outer line is dark brown 

 edged externally with dull rosy ; the submargiual line is distinct, dentate lunulate, 

 sometimes marked with white points on the veins, beyond which towards the aual 

 angle is a paler rosy suffusion. The antennae, which Walker calls " subsetulosae," 

 are in reality strongly serrate, with the serratures pubescent ; the hind-tibiae of 

 the c? are very much swollen, and armed with a pencil of hairs. Walker gives 

 Brazil as locality ; and it may be that Brazilian specimens have the yellow more 

 largely developed than those from Ecuador. 



126. Microgonia rufaria sp. uov. 



Forewings : reddish brown with a slight olive tinge and finely black-speckled ; 

 costal edge cream-colour, with fine black striae ; the lines slightly deeper coloured ; 

 first from one-third of costa to one-third of inuer margin, slightly bent in cell, 

 preceded by a faint dot on each vein ; outer line lYom three-fourths of costa to 

 two-thirds of inuer margin, starting from a snow-white costal spot, shortly angled 

 below vein 7, then curved, followed by a somewhat glossy pink line ; submargiual 

 line indicated below costa by some slight blackish clouds ; the whole marginal 

 area below vein 4 occupied by a roundish agglomeration of black strigae, sur- 

 rounded by a rosy pink gloss ; fringe dark brown red ; cell-spot small, black. 



Hindwings : more olive-brown, without the red tint ; a dark browu, externally 

 pale-edged, line just bej'ond the middle, almost straight ; faint traces of a sub- 

 margiual line, the teeth marked by whitish vein dashes. 



Underside dull reddish, with the lines faintly shown ; apical area of forewings 

 paler ; cell-spots small, blackish. Head, thorax, and abdomen all reddish ; fillet 



