( 555 ) 



continued to outer line. In tlie Iiiiidwiiig the position of the outer line varies 

 similarly, but the marginal bars are all short. Beneath, the marginal bars are 

 rejiroduced, and take the ])lac.e of the dark snbmargiual fascia jiresent in the tyjie. 



1 c? from Santo Domingo, Carabaya, S.E. Peru, 6000 ft., Jane 1902, dry 

 season (Ockenden). 



Received along with numerous examples of the usual form. The single 

 specimen is of the same size as the rest, but of a much deeper slate colour. 



136. Melanoscia commaculata. 



Cymato2)hora commaculata Warr., Nov. Zool. vii. p. 195. ? . 



I have now seen several c? c? of this species, as well as another ? , from Santo 

 Domingo, S.E. Peru, and find that it must be referred to Melanoscia. The Jc? 

 are uniformly darker and smaller. 



Monroa gen. nov. 



Forcwing : elongate, narrow ; costa straight ; hindmargin oblique, somewhat 

 bulged at middle. 



Hindwing : narrow, inner margin short ; hindmargin irregularly crenulate, 

 with a sinus beyond cell. 



Antennae of S bipectinate, of ? simple ; forehead bulging ; palpi short and 

 stout ; tongue invisible ; hindtibia with four short spurs. 



Neuration : forewing, cell more than half as long as wing, and broad ; first 

 median nervule at quite three-fourths, second close before third ; radials normal ; 

 7, 8, stalked; 10 and 11 coincident: hindwing with costal and subcostal 

 approximated for three-fourths of cell ; 6 and 7 short-stalked. Forewiug without 

 fovea. 



Type : Monroa quinquelinearia Pack. (Cymatophora). 



This species and plumosaria Pack, must surely be allied to Exelis Gueo. 

 and its congeners ; how Mr. Hulst came to put it into Aids I cannot understand. 



137. Neofidonia olivescens spec. nov. 



Forewing : dull olive-drab, dusted with fine black striae, the olive tinge 

 deeper along hindmargin ; lines thick, black ; first at one-fifth, angled in cell, 

 then oblique and bent inwards ; median, at two-fifths, oblique and straight, parallel 

 to hindmargin ; outer line at two-thirds, marked only on costa and inner margin, 

 obsolete between ; snbmargiual line scarcely paler than ground-colour, but well 

 indicated from costa to vein 4 by four black lunules preceding and a dark cloud 

 following it ; a row of black marginal spots before the fringe, which is concolorous 

 with wing below middle and darker above ; the first three lines are broad towards 

 costa. 



Hinciwiiig : with straight diflFuse antemedian and obscurely double postmediau 

 lines ; submarginal marked by a curved row of black blotches between veins. 



Underside duller, with the markings indistinctly shown ; cell-spots small, 

 but clear; both wings with darker submarginal cloud. 



Head, thorax, and abdomen concolorous ; antennae black ; forelegs dark, dotted 

 with pale. 



Expanse of wings : 38 mm. 



1<S from Bulim, Ecuador, December I'JOO (Flemmiug & Miketta). 



