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Head, thorax, ami alKlomen ocliveons ; abdominal soi^mpnts with lirown dorsal 

 marks. 



Exjianse of wings : 20 mm. 



1 c? from Chancliamayo, Pern (Scluinko). 



The antennae arc lieavily pectinated ; in the forewing vein I is swollen and 

 npcurved at base. 



In general appearance the species resembles Mesedrn. 



07. Melinodes fulvitincta spec. nov. 



Foren-huj : mnstard yellow, with coarse brown-black speckles ; the lines 

 blackish ; first from one-f'onrth of costa to one-third of inner margin, bent on 

 snbcostal, then vertical, projecting outwards on the three veins, inwardly ditfusely 

 edged and tinged with fulvous ; outer line from three-fourths of costa to two-thirds 

 of inner margin, sinuous, dentate-lnnulato, the teeth marked with white-tipped 

 black dashes on veins, curved ontwards to vein 6 and there acutely angled ; 

 submarginal line Innulate-dentate with prominent ontward projections on veins 6 

 and 15, insinuate between ; the space between these last two lines filled in by a 

 shade of browu and fulvous with black speckling, constricted in middle ; fringe 

 yellow ; slight brown spots at end of veins ; cell-spot brown, rather large. 



Ilindwintj : without first line; the blotched shade beyond outer line broad 

 below middle, narrow above towards costa ; marginal spots large. 



Underside paler yellow, witli the dark markings dull grey-brown. 



Face brown, vertex yellow ; shoulders brown, their tips fulvous ; thorax and 

 pat.agia yellow ; abdomen yellow, tinged with fulvous and coarsely black- 

 speckled along dorsum. Underside of body and the legs yellow. 



Expanse of wings : 30 mm. 



1 ? from Tncuman, Argentina, May 1902 (Dinelli). 



OS. Numia deceptrix spec. nov. 



Fori'iviiKj : dull groy-green, densely covered with deeper green scales ; costal 

 edge finely white with dark dots ; a dark cell-spot ; fringe concolnrous. 



f!>»rhr>tii/ : with a small round white cell-spot. 



Underside j)aler, Inteous green, the speckling sparser but clearer. 



Head, thorax, and abdomen like wings. 



Expanse of wings : 2'J mm. 



4 ? ? from Tucuman, Argentina, May 1902 (Dinelli). 



In forewings the lower radial rises somewhat above tjie middle of the 

 discocellular, as in the Geomi'trnuw proper ; but the hindwings are without a 

 radial at nil. 



09. Paracomistis maculata spec. nov. 



Forciring : yellowish ochreous, sparsely dusted with black: a lilack spot 

 at liase of cell ; the lines marked by black dots on veins : first at one-fourth ; 

 outer line from just before apex to middle of inner margin, the line being conceive 

 outward from vein 7 to 4, then oblique and more or less connected; submarginal 

 series of dots parallel to margin ; from vein 4 to inner margin an oblir|ue blotch 



