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Umlei'sido very ]ialo whitish green, tlie forewiiiir witli u riuldy tinge. 



Face ami ]iiil])i whitish green, edged with reddish ; verti'x and Irase ol' 

 antennae snow-white : a tine red line between antennae : tliorax and alidmuen 

 grecnisii, forelegs reddish in front. 



Kxpanse of wings : I'J mm. 



1 S from Sauto Domingo, C'arabaya, ^.E. Peru, OOiitj ft., November I'-tii], 

 wet season (Ockendeu). 



A mtich-worii ?, apparently of this species, from the same locality, in 

 31. Uognin's collection, expands 30 mm., and has a distinct dark cell-spot in 

 each wing. 



Lophochorista gen. uov. 



Foreiciiig : costa straight, becoming convex towards ajiex, which is bhint 

 and rectangular ; liindmargiu bent at vein 4. 



IlinduiiKj : with Lindmargin crenulate, and more deeply sinuate between 

 veins 4 and (i, which end in more prominent teeth. 



Antennae of S bipectinate for two-thirds, the outer series of pectinations 

 twice the length of the inner; palpi porrect, bnt (juite short, not reaching in front 

 of face ; tongue weak ; frenulum present ; hindtibia flattened, and fringed, with 

 two spurs. 



Neuration : forewing, cell nearly half as long as wing ; discocellular sinuous, 

 vertical above, then incurved and oblique below; tirst median at three-fourths, 

 second and third together from lower end of cell ; 5 from above the middle of 

 discocellular ; stalked with 10, 7, 8, 9 ; 11 free : hindwiug, costal and sub- 

 costal anastomosing along second fourth of cell ; •>, 7 long stalked ; first median 

 at four-fifths. 



Thorax and abdomen rough-scaled ; metathorax thickly tufted : first four 

 dorsal segments with rough curled tufts. Scaling fine and sparse : wings 

 semi-transparent. 



Type : Lophochorixtu calliope Druce (Bac/ieosjjila). 



Allied to Jli/ilafa ; distinguished by the crests of dorsum. 



4s. MelocHora intermedia spec. nov. 



Agrees with M. trimacidatu Warr. in having the lines deep green, not brown, 

 as iu M. neis Driice ; the bluisli lustre before the first line and after the second 

 and along the inner margin is also present; fringe with a black spot at apex ; 

 but the hindwing is wholly without thejthree black spots of trimactilntd ; on the 

 underside, the dark clouding is like that of .1/. nci« Druce rather than that of 

 trimaculata -j'^ihe submarginal and iunermarginal black shades coalescing into a 

 rectangular blotch, and the hindwing being crossed by two broad distinct dark 

 bands ; the green of the hindwing is much paler, while the forewing is brighter. 



Expanse of wings : 13!* mm. 



1 <S . Peru. The angulation iu the middle of the hindmargin of forewing is 

 very slight ;, herein also it agrees better with //i>i.s than triindciildtn. 



4'.). Miantonota decorata spec. nov. 

 Forewing: dull green ; costa paler, the costal edge narrowly white, shortly 

 underlined with reddish at base and before apex ; lines whitish, very fine and 

 slender; first from one-fifth of costa to one-fourth of inner margin, angled on 



