(496) 



Face and palpi velvety black ; vertex, thorax, and abdomen grey like wings ; 

 internal anal tnfts jiale oclireous ; abdominal tnfts grey. 



Expanse of wings : 32 mm. 



1 <? from Santo Domingo, Carabaya, S.E. Pern, OUUU ft., June 1902, dry 

 season (Ockenden). 



Neoplema gen. nov. 



This genns is exactly like Epiplema in shape and nenratiou of wings, bat 

 the antennae in the ? (and therefore almo.st certainly in the S as well) have 

 nniseriate pectinations, the upper edge being merely spinose. 



Type : Neoplema candidata sjiec. nov. 



0. Neoplema candidata spec. nov. 



Foreuing : white, tinged with lilac-grey, diversified with very nnraerous dark 

 brown specks and striae ; costal edge with short irregular striae ; no distinct first 

 line, which seems to be indicated by three small brown spots, one in cell near base, 

 a second below the median, and the third on inner margin ; outer line a little 

 beyond the middle, outcarved, formed of distinct hmnles between tlie veins, these 

 lunnles being filled in with brown, except that at costa and the one between 

 veins 2 and 3 ; a submarginal series of dark dots between the veins parallel to 

 hindmargin, the marginal area before the excision brown-tinged ; a fine dark 

 marginal line ; fringe pale ? 



Ilitulicinq : similar, but the lunulate line sharply angled in the middle on 

 vein 4 ; a golden-brown submarginal line, and two black marks below lower 

 tooth. 



Underside with stronger and coarser brown speckling ; the forewing also dusted 

 with ochreous grey and with the veins ochreous ; a darker marginal shade in costal 

 half of each wing. 



Face and palpi brown-black ; vertex, shoulders, and jiatagia snow-white ; 

 abdomen whitish. 



Expanse of wings : 22 mm. 



1 ? from Inambari, Carabaya, S.E. Pern, 6000 ft., November 1901, wet season 

 (Ockenden). 



Forewing slightly excised between 7 and 4 ; hindwing toothed at 4 and 7. 



7. Psamathia impunctata spec. nov. 



Like Ps. laticaudata Wlk. from Venezuela, bat larger ; the forewing without 

 the black subapical spot beyond the outer line. 

 Expanse of wings : 46 to 52 mm. 



2 c?c? from Santo Domingo, Carabaya, S.E. Peru, 6500 ft., October 1902, dry 

 season (Ockenden). 



8. Saccoploca? divergens spec. nov. 



Forewing: vinous brown, dusted with bluish white scales, especially along 

 the veins and margins ; first line brown, a little darker than the gronud-coloar, 

 from one-fourth of costa, widely outcurved in middle and bent on the median, 

 to two-fifths of inner margin ; outer line deep brown, from three-fifths of inner 

 margin, nearly straight to apex, immediately before which it is shortly retracted 



