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HinihciiKi : with a large silver}- wliite cell-spot ; fringe yellow. 

 Underside of l)oth wings dull red ; fringe j-ellow. 



Head and palpi dee]) red ; shoulders silvery whitish ; tlmrax and alidmneii red 

 like wings. 



Expanse of wings : 17 mm. 



2 cJ(? from Bnlim, Ecuador, February I'tnl, 160 ft. (Flemming & Miketta). 



On. Ptychopoda inanis spec. nov. 



Foreu'bui : jiale stone-colour, thickly dusted with greyish ochreons scales ; 

 the lines very obscure, waved, greyish ochreons ; the first from costa at one-third 

 to inner margin at one-third, strongly angled in cell in midwing, before the 

 distinct small black cell-spot, then oblique ; the cell-spot at quite three-fifths 

 of tlie wing, followed by three lines jiarallel to hiiidmargin, corresponding to 

 the nsnal median, outer, and subterminal ; slightly darker marginal dashes ; fringe 

 jjaler, with small dark dots at base beyond the veins. 



llindwing : similar, but without a basal line. 



Underside of hiiidwing like upper; of forewing thickly suffused with fuscous 

 grey ; cell-spots and outer line indicated. 



Vertex, thorax, and abdomen concolorons with wings : face and ]ialpi dark 

 brown. 



Expanse of wings ; 13 mm. 



1 S from Jamaica. 



TJie whole insect has a dusty look, owing to the coarseness of the dark 

 scales. 



'••1. Ptychopoda lignicolor spec. nov. 



Forewing : uniform pale wood-colour, undnsted except along costa, which 

 is broadly speckled with dark grey atoms ; the lines pale brown ; first at one- 

 third, nearly vertical, but slightly bent outwards at the median vein ; second 

 line faint, from two-thirds of costa to middle of inner margin, ontcurved above 

 and incurved below middle, vertical from submedian fold ; outer line at five-sixths, 

 parallel to hindmargin, and marked darker on costa ; a fine dark marginal line ; 

 fringe concolorons, with brown spots in middle beyond the vein-ends ; cell- 

 spot brown. 



JIi>i(limng : without first line. 



Underside of forewing whitish, suffused except along inner margin with 

 iron grey ; the veins, cell-spot, outer and marginal lines blackish ; costal edge 

 and fringe yellow, the latter witii the dark sjwts large and prominent. llindwing 

 without dark suffusion. 



Head brown-black ; thorax and abdomen concolorons with wings. 



E.xpause of wings : 17 mm. 



1 ? from Popayan, Colombia (Lehmann). 



The hindmargin of forewing is slightly, of hindwing deeply inbent between 

 veins 4 and 0. Easily distinguished by its unusual colour. 



'■•2. Ptychopoda nepticulata spec. nov. 



Foreiviiig : pale grey, dusted with darker grey ; the lines dark grey : the 

 basal and median starting from large black costal spots, both angled in cell 

 then oblique inwards ; the basal area as far as the median line darker than the 



