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28(5. Brachyctenistis undiliuea t-i>pc. nov. 



Forewinq : cbalk-whito, thickly striated with olive-grey ; the cnsta with 

 dark grey striations and three black spots at the origin of the lines ; first line 

 at one-third, curved outwards on each side of the median vein, marked also by 

 black vein-spots ; outer at two-thirds, Innnlate-dentate, sinuons, outenrved above 

 middle, incnrved below ; submarginal line, like outer, bnt less defined, the teeth 

 black-tipped on the veins, approaching outer line towards inner margin ; beyond 

 it yet another thick grey subterminal line ; marginal line crenulate, black ; fringe 

 white ; cell-spot olive-grey ; a grey blotch between veins 2 and 3 beyond outer 

 line. 



Hindtciiiq : white, dusted with grey striae along hind and inner margins, with 

 the three outer grey lines indicated on inner margin before anal angle ; the post- 

 median not reaching above vein 5, the submarginal marked throughout by grey 

 spots on veins, the subterminal an obscure shade : a round black cell-spot ; fringe 

 and marginal Hue as in forewing. 



Underside white ; costa of forewing with black striae and spots ; cell-spot 

 dark grey ; an oblique blackish smear from costa beyond outer line to middle 

 of bindmargin. Hindwing with black cell-spot and a blackish oval submarginal 

 blotch between veins 6 and 7. 



Palpi white, the second segment blackish ; face white with a black bar above ; 

 vertex, shoulders, and patagia greyish white, the tips of patagia white; thorax 

 and abdomen white, the latter grey-tinged between the segmental rings ; pectus 

 pure white ; legs whitish, spotted with dark ; antennae dark, with the base white. 



Expanse of wings : 44 mm. 



1 (? from Santo Domingo, Carabaya, S.E. Peru, 60nu ft., November 1901, wet 

 season (Ockendeu). 



Brachystichia gen. nov. 



In shape and marking of wings like Ajiicia Gnen., but with different palpi, 

 face, and antennae ; the face below ends in a cone of scales ; the jialpi are much 

 longer than in Apicia, the second segment thickly scaled, the third deflexed ; the 

 antennae of the 6 are armed with two rows of short curved pedicellate fascicles 

 of cilia instead of being bipectinated. 



The spurs of the hindtibia are short and stumpy. 



Type : B. nitida, spec. nov. 



287. Brachystichia nitida spec. nov. 



Forewing : very pale fawn-colour, flushed witli deepei', and with a few brown 

 specklings ; costal edge deep brown ; cell-spot bla('k ; the two lines very faint, 

 but marked by slight dark dots on veins ; the first at one-third ; the second from 

 two-thirds of inner margin towards apex, hardly sinuous, shortly retracted to costa 

 from vein 7 and marked with a small black-brown blotch on each side of the 

 curve, with a small spot beyond them on costa ; traces of a zigzag submarginal 

 line ; fringe rather darker but glossy like the wing. 



Hindiving : with the line central, grey, not bearing spots ; cell-spot small; 

 liinihuargin deeper fawn like the fringe. 



Underside pearl grey, coarsely brown-speckled, the forewing suffused with 



