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Erilyces gen. nov. 

 Distiuo'uished from Lijces ^VIk., to whicli if is otherwise closely allied, by the <? 

 antennae being pectinated. 



Type : Erilyces fiavissima Wlk. (Lyces). 



Paratyria gen. nov. 

 Distinguished from CyUopoila Dalm., Aty^Ha Huh., and the other allied genera, 

 by having simple antennae in hotli sexes. 



Type : Paratyria damn. Schaus {('yllopoda). 



Scaptia Wlk. 



The single insect which stands as the type to this genus is distinguished from 

 all the allied forms by having the ? antennae almost as strongly pectinated as in 

 the cJ. 



Type : Scaptia, int-ercepta Wlk. (C'hrysauge). 



Smicropus nom. nov. 

 Micropiis was already used in the Birds (1808). 



nov. 



Smicropus angusta sp. nr 



Like S. longalis (Hiih.) and S. simjdex (Keld.), but with the black border, 

 especially in the hindwings, very much restricted. The outline of the yellow smface 

 resembles that of longalis, being gradually rounded near the costa, without the slight 

 notch that is visible in simplex (PVld.). 



Four SS from the Felder collection from South America, another from Colombia. 



Smicropus latifasciata sp. no\-. 



?. Like longalis (Hiib.), but with still broader black margins above, while the 

 black border of the hindwings beneath reaches beyond the border alio\e, and shows 

 through the yellow ground colour, as a dark shade on the upperside. 



One ? from Cayenne, from tlie Felder collection. 



Subfamily DYSPHANIINAE. 



EUSCHEMIDAK ArcT. 

 Dysphania aui-iplaga sp. uov. 

 Wings rather deep purjilish hyaline, with the usual deep purplish markings. As 

 regards the forewiugs, very much like aurilimhata Moore : the hindwings difier 

 in ha\ing, in the S, the anal angle only broadly yellow and the inner margin 

 narrowly so ; in the ? the yellow is much deeper in colour and much broader along 

 the inner margin, and is continued in the form of spots to the inner angle of the wing 

 along the hindmargiu. Abdomen of S l)ale liluish white with black segmental 

 rings ; anal segments, sides, and belly wholly yellow : of the ? wholly white 

 without rings, with anal segment and underside yellow. The hindwings, when fresli, 

 show a decided elbow in the middle of the hindmargiu, as in semiflava Warr. 

 Expanse of wings : J', 84 mm. ; ? , 72 mm. 

 One cJ, two ? ?, from Gunong Ijan. 



