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border along the liindmargin. Hiiidwings the same, with only a straight central 

 fascia and a broader marginal one. Head, thorax, and alxlomen dull fulvous. Under- 

 side dull yellow, with dull reddish brown spots and markings : these last the same as 

 on the uj>|ierside, but (juite distinct mid concise. 



Kxpanse of wings : 22 mm. 



One (? from the F'elder collection, collected by Bates, from the Amazons. 



Pyrinia fulvata sp. nov. 



Forewings dark fulvous, deeper toward.s hindmargin ; costa dotted with dark 

 brown and pale ochreous ; a faint curved lustrous line at one-third, and an irregularlv 

 dentate sinuous Hue from the costa before the apex to the inner margin at two-thirds. 

 Hindvrings with costa and base paler fulvous, a central straight distinct lustrous line, 

 and a faint lustrous suffusion before the darker marginal border. Head, thorax, and 

 abdomen all fulvous. Underside deep dull yellow, mottled with dark fulvous ; 

 marginal region of forewings wholly dark fulvous, the second line starting from the 

 costa as a broadish lustrous lilac streak. Hindwings with two .straight, narrow, central 

 fascia, and one broader, submarginal, dark fulvous one; fringe of forewings beneath 

 dark brown ; of hindwings, fulvous. 



Expanse of wings : 2(i mm. 



One (S from South America. 



Pyrinia signifera sp. nov. 



Forewings reddish chestnut, slightly olive tinged, and very finely dusted witli dark 

 atoms ; costa paler, dotted with black, with a larger black mark before apex ; first line 

 lustrous, dull lilac, shaped like a bracket |, followed by a darker shade in the disc ; 

 second line at four-fifths, parallel with the hindmargin, brighter lilac, jireceded on 

 the costa by a short blackish streak. Hindwings with costa pale yellowish, with a 

 central cross line answering to the exterior line of forewings; fringes of both wings 

 ■with the tips yellowish. Head, thorax, abdomen, legs, and antennae reddish. Under- 

 side of wings bright yellow, dusted with reddish. Forewings, with inner margin shinintr 

 whitish, above which is a diffuse shade of small purplish streaks ; a pur[)le spot at the 

 end of the cell, and a lustrous thick lilac line indicating the exterior line above, 

 followed by a reddish brow)i blotch at anal angle. Hindwings with an orange tawny 

 marginal border. 



Expanse of wings : 26 mm. 



One S from Novo Friborgo. 



Curbia (VVlk. .MS.) gen. nov. 



Crocopteryx Gucn., Pltal., i., ji. 72. 



Pyrinia Wlk., xx., p. 82. 



Swinh., Cat., No. 3193. 



Ephyra Wlk., Joui-n. Linn. Soc, iii.. ]). 194. 



Cuo-bia Wlk. M.S. 



Type : Curbia martictta Guen. (Crocopteryx). 



Differs from the American genus Pyrinia Hiib. in having the third joint of the 

 jialpi mucli longer and drooping; the hind tibiae of the d not tliickcned; the 

 fringes of the wings chequered, yellow ;nid blackish. The single species is East 

 Indian and Malavan. 



