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kaberkaueri Led. mnst stand as type. The two species agree with each other ia 

 having the areole of forewing simple, and the discocellular of hiudwing obli(jue. 

 but are distinguished by the presence or absence of the tuft. From Coamorhoi' 

 Hub., with which it agrees in nennitiou, Neodezia is separated by the much slenderer 

 thorax and abdomen, as well as by the difterence in markings. Odi'zia tihiah' Esp. 

 has the areole of forewing double, and the discocellular of hiudwing biangulate. 

 With this ueuration Baptria exsecuta Feld. agrees, but differs, as kaberkaueri does 

 from alhovittata, by the possession of the tuft of hair, which tibialf is without. 



In one of three 6 <S oi alhovittata Gueu., taken in North Vancouver, May 1902, 

 by the Hon. N. Charles Rothschild, a curious instance of irregular ueuration occurs. 

 Normally vein 11 parts from 10 shortly before the anastomosis of that vein with 

 8, 9 ; in this particular case it anastomoses, coincidently with 10, with 8, 9, and 

 much more strongly than usual, the two veins again separating coincidently from 

 the stalk of 8, 9, and parting from each other towards the costa. The ueuration 

 is identical in both forewings. 



Subfamily PALYADINAE. 

 107. Opisthoxia casta spec. nov. 



Forewing : white ; a broad brown-grey stripe below costa, its edge running 

 from near base of inner margin, of even width except towards hindmargin, where 

 it becomes broader, traversed by innumerable whitish ripples, the costal edge 

 remaining pure white ; fringe white below vein 4, brown above it. 



Hiiidwiny : pure white along costa, the rest of the wing finely speckled with 

 purple ; near before the apes a short metallic streak from costa to vein 7, there 

 forking and thinner, the two branches concave inwards, reaching the cell-fold and 

 filled up with yellowish round an embossed spot of black and metallic scales ; a 

 small submarginal silvery round spot above vein 4, continued as silvery streaks 

 along margin to anal angle ; fringe above middle white, fawn-coloured below. 



Underside dull white ; the tip of forewing dark grey ; thorax brown-grey ; 

 collar and shoulders whitish ; palpi externally fawn-colour ; face rubbed, probably 

 fawn-colour too ; abdomen white. 



Expanse of wings : 41 mm. 



1 ? from Huatuxco, Vera Cruz. 



The brown belt of forewing shows no traces of cross-lines ; the colouring and 

 ornamentation of the hiudwing is much restricted. 



108. Opisthoxia laticlava spec. nov. 



Forewing : white, with a broad chocolate-brown band from base to outer 

 margin, its lower edge slightly curved from one-fourth of inner margin to below 

 vein 4 on hindmargin, the costa! area irregularly whitish, and the band itself 

 traversed by whitish striae, with traces of darker curved bands at one-fourth, 

 one-half, and three-fourths ; fringe brown above, white below. 



flindwing : with base narrowly brown, followed by a pure white belt ; metallic 

 submarginal streaks between veins from anal angle to vein 4, above which there 

 is an irregular metallic blotch, from which a metallic line runs obliquely to costa 

 before apex, is narrowly curved, and returns, parallel to its former course and 

 thickened, to below vein 5, the included space olive-fulvous and containing below 

 an oblique oval ocelloid blotch, velvety black in a vellow ring, the metallic boss 



