( a-4 ) 



A veiT fiuuuth-lookiiiL;' iusei^t : the himlmai'giu of hiiulwiug is bluntly bent at 

 luiJdle. Ill the white vertex ami the black marldugs on iii)[)erside of hiiulwiug 

 it resembles n'^/ilia Cram., from which it is distiuguished by the large black 

 blotch ou forewiiig beueath. 



155. Microgonia coarctata spec uov. 



FoirtciiKj : olive-browu iu median area, the basal aud marginal fields being 

 filled with black-brown sufl'nsion, the base itself cinereous olive; lines black-brown ; 

 first from nearly one-third of costa to just before middle of inner margin, faintly 

 outcurved above and below median ; outer line from three-fourtlis of costa, obliiiue 

 outwards to veiu 7, there acutely angled and oblique inwards, nearly straight, to 

 near middle of inner margin close to first line ; costal area olive-ochreous, greyer 

 towards base, and spotted with grey ; the outer line followed ou costa by a pale 

 spot ; cell-spot black, lying in a dark blotch which fills iij) the cell ; submargiual 

 line marked by slight pale dashes ou veius ; some white scales before apes ; fringe 

 olive-rufous, the tips white. 



Hindwhiij : with the straight line slightly autemedian ; au obscure blackish 

 zigzag submargiual line ; i'riuge rufous, with white tips. 



Underside drab, densely striated with fuscous ; cell-spots black ; marginal area 

 of forewiug blackish, with a pale waved submargiual line. 



Head, thorax, aud abdomen dark cinereous olive ; the patagia very long. 



Expanse of wings : 44 mm. 



1 cJ from Hnancabamba, Cerro de Pasco, Peru, — 10,0nu ft. (BOttger). 



The ai^ex of forewiug is minutely produced, the hindmargin bowed. 



15(3. Microgonia crepusculata spec. nov. 



Foretcing : greenish ochreous, densely suffused and striated witli olive-fuscous 

 and brown ; the Hues thick, brown : first from costa before one-third, bent in cell, 

 then vertical, forming two lunnles above aud one below the snbmedian vein : the 

 basal area within it suffused with olive-brown ; outer line from three-fifths of inner 

 margin straight towards ai>ex, angled on vein 7 and retracted to costa, velvety olive- 

 brown ; a broad olive-brown median shade beyond the dark cell-s]iot, hiding the 

 Btriations ; marginal area filled with olive-fuscous suffusion except a large pale 

 patch on inner margin before anal angle aud a variably paler shade before margin ; 

 fringe olive-brown. 



llindiciiHj : with the line central, bent at veiu IJ ; the whole wing suU'used with 

 olive-browu except a subquadrate patch at apex, bounded inwardly by a dull 

 blackish blotch and traversed by the irregularly waved brown submargiual line, 

 which through the darker portion of the wing is jjreceded by a paler tint ; fringe 

 olive-brown. 



Underside dull fuscous with au olive tinge, striated with dark and suffused 

 with darker beyond outer line ; submargiual shade dark, deutatc-liiuulate ; an outer 

 line in hiudwing dentate, iu neither wiug corresponding to that of uppcrside. 



Head, thorax, and abdomen dull olive-fuscous. 



Expanse of wings : 7o mm. 



1 cJ from Uomiuica, West Indies (E. A. Agar). 



The lines aud shape of wings arc like M, rluxhi. i'.utler from (,'hili, but the 

 coloration is quite ditlerent. 



