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Subfamily ENNOMINAE. 

 150. Acrotomodes lichenifera spec. nov. 



Forr/rhuj : fawu-colonr, witli a pink tinge, inernstod with spots of hoary scales, 

 which ill tlic middle of inner margin become conflnont, and along liindmargiii 

 coarsely spotted with black ; the lines dnll reddish, strongly waved : first from 

 jast before middle of costa, angled on snbcostal vein, then obliqne inward to 

 one-third of inner margin ; onter line from shortly before apex to two-thirds of 

 inner margin, slightly siuuons ; fringe deep reddish ; costa in places whitish along 

 the edge ; cell-spot linear, reddish, but indistinct. 



Hindicing : similar, with traces of both lines, blacker, towards inner margin 

 only. 



Underside reddish, especially in the hindwing, more greyish towards costa of 

 forewing and at its apex whitish ; both wings thickly and coarsely spotted witli 

 black ; an outer red line on both. 



Face and palpi deep red ; vertex whitish ; thorax and abdomen pale fawn ; 

 abdomen beneath reddish ; pectus and forelegs red. 



Expanse of wings : 40 mm. 



'Z SS from Santo Domingo, Carabaya, S.E. Pern, 6000 ft., January 1902, 

 wet season (Ockenden). 



157. Aeschropteryx praecurvata spec. nov. 



Forewing: lilac-grey, with a slight olive tinge, covered with long slender 

 olive striae ; a black cell-spot ; outer line jiale lilac-grey, edged on each side with 

 brown, obliqne and straight from three-fifths of inner margin towards apex, before 

 which it becomes much fainter, and is curved, not angled, above vein 6 and 

 retracted to costa at five-sixths ; fringe rnfous olive ; the costa is paler, with a 

 rufous tinge ; the inner line is hardly traceable, slightly paler than the ground- 

 colour, and outcnrved. 



Hindwing : similar ; costal area pale and shining ; the obliqne line of forewing 

 crossing just before middle and more distinct ; within it is a small black cell-spot ; 

 submarginal line represented by an irregular zigzag cloud with dark edge. 



Underside uniform lilac-grey, hardly speckled, with the cell-spots both marked. 



Head, including vertex aud palpi, and the collar, very deep grey ; thorax and 

 abdomen pale ochreous ; legs mottled dark fuscous grey and white ; pencil of hairs 

 of hindtibiae partly dark fuscous, partly ochreous. 



Expanse of wings : CO mm. 



1 S from Sapucay, Villa Rica, Paraguay, November 1902 (Foster). 



158. Anisoperas dentilineata spec nov. 



Forewing : grey-brown, densely dusted with dark scales, the veins finely dark ; 

 costa with short dark and light striae ; first line blackish, from before one-third of 

 costa to before one-third of inner margin, vertical, but slightly outcurved above and 

 below median vein, preceded by a pale grey shade containing faint white spots on 

 the veins ; enter line blackish, from just before apex to four-fifths of inner margin, 

 sinuous, slightly bent outwards on the two folds, followed by a ])alc grey shade ; 

 submarginal line jiale grey, dentate outwards on the veins, preceded aud iblloweil 

 by dark grey shadings; a distinct diffuse brown median shade, uearer and parallel 



