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Expanse of wings : (i, 37 mm., ? , 30 mm. 



3 c?c?, 1 ?,from Sauto Domingo, Carabaya, S.E. Peru, 6000 ft., November 

 1901, wet season (Ockenden). 



244. Melanoscia occlusa spec. nov. 



Closely resembling M. felina, but much darker, all the paler spaces being 

 reduced or obscured ; in particular the square white discal blotch becomes a mere 

 white line, followed immediately by the sinuous outer line ; the apical spot is much 

 narrower ; in one example the median vein is deep yellow throughout. 



limihcimj : wholly smoky black, with deeper cell-spot and broad marginal 

 border. 



Underside wholly dark and dull, witli the white markings as above. 



Head, thorax, and abdomen blackish green, only the collar deep yellow. 



Expanse of wings : c?, 37 mm. 



3 (?c? from Santo Domingo, S.E. Tern, OUUU ft., November 1901, wet season 

 (Ockenden). 



The species seems really distinct from feluia. 



Neofidonia gen. nov. 



Foreimng : broad ; costa straight, convex at apex only ; hindmargin rounded. 



Ilindwing : broad ; hindmargin well rounded, with slight indentation beyond cell. 



Antennae of S bipectinated, the pectinations short and regular; palpi short, 

 porrect, the second segment broad, third minute ; forehead protuberant ; tongue and 

 freniilnm well developed; hindtibiae thickened, with four spurs and a pencil of hairs. 



Neuration : forewing, cell half as long as wing, discocellular oblique ; first 

 median nervule at one-half, second at five-sixths ; radials normal ; 7, 8, 9 stalked 

 from shortly before end of cell ; In ami 11 cuinciilent throughout. Hindwing, 

 and 7 from npjier end of cell. 



Type : Keofdonia nigristigma spec. nov. 



('liaracterised by the broader, shorter wings. 



24.0. Neofidonia nigTistigma spec. nov. 



Forewing : whitisii, thickly covered with smoky grey striae, and towards outer 

 margin suffused with fuscous ; costa white or yellowish, with fine regular black striae 

 and three black spots at the commencement of the lines ; first at one-fourth, obscurely 

 marked, except by black dashes on the veins ; outer at nearly two-thirds, slightly 

 curved outwards, also marked liy black teeth on the veins, and followed by a paler 

 line ; median shortly before outer line, very indistinct ; discal mark oblong, tliiok 

 and velvety black, extending the whole lengtli of the discocellular; subraarginal 

 line dentate-lunulate, pale grey or whitish, preceded by a darker tinge in the 

 lunules, the tooth between veins 3 and 4 connected with hindmargin by a whitish 

 dash ; marginal spots black ; fringe fuscous with paler mottling between the veins ; 

 veins towards the margin ferruginous. 



IliiuhviiK/ : white, with pale grey striations.; cell-spot small, black, placed in 

 a greyer curved fascia, edged liy the antemedian and jiostmedian lines, which are 

 marked by black dashes on the veins, those on vein 1 more largely developed ; 

 postmedian line followed by a pale space ; submarginal line jiale, indistinct and 

 interrupted, witii darker speckliiigs on both sides ; marginal spots black ; fringe 

 mottled pale and dark grev. 



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