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concave to eacli other, the third being bent downwards in the direction of the anal 

 angle ; the lower radial is curved parallel to the third median ; in the hindwings 

 the fold which divides the cell longitudinally, instead of running straight from the 

 discocellular to the hindmargin as usual, is curved down to join the third median 

 just beyond half-way; antennae of ? pectinated, shorter than in <S . 

 Type : M. subcana Wlk. (Melanchroi(t). 



Mnesipenthe obliquisignata sp. nov. 



Wings dull sooty black with a greyish tinge towards the base, moi'e extensively 

 so in the hindwings; beyond the cell in the forewings is an oblique long oval white 

 patch crossed by third median as a thread-like dark line ; in sxibcana the blotch 

 is subquadrate, and does not reach below the third median. Underside of fore- 

 wings dull blackish, with the costa and apical region hoary grey; hindwings dull 

 dark grey, with all the veins and the folds between them paler hoary grey. 

 Head, antennae, terminal joint of palpi, thora.x, and abdomen blackish grey ; 

 face pale grey with darker centre ; tongue, base of palpi, base of patagia, and 

 body at base of forewings yellow ; abdomen jialer beneath. 



Expanse of wings : 38 mm. 



Three <? cj and three ? ? , all from Petropolis. 



Nelopsis gen. nov. 



Forewings : elongate, twice as long as broad ; costa slightly curved ; hindmargin 

 obliquely curved. 



Hindivings : elongate, the hindmargin rounded, but straighter towards anal angle. 



Tongue present ; palpi porreot ; antennae of (? pectinated as in Sangala Wlk., 

 the pectinations being thick to tlie end, oblique, and folding over one another 

 beneath ; hind tibiae with four spurs. 



Xeuridion : forewings, cell fully three-fifths of wing; first median at two-thirds, 

 second at five-sixths, third from end ; lower radial from centre of discocellular, upper 

 from just below upper angle of cell ; last three subcostals on a common stem from 

 before upper end of cell ; second subcostal out of first. Hindwings with costal 

 approximated to subcostal nearly to middle ; first subcostal rising just before 

 end of cell. 



Type : Nelopsis nasuta Wlk. (Mennis). 



Pseudobracca gen. nov. 



Foretnngs : with costa gradually curved throughout; apex blunt; hindmargin 

 rounded, more obliquely towards the anal angle. 



Hindivings: with fully rounded hindmargin. 



Antennae of c? strongly pectinated ; foreliead rounded : palpi short, stout, 

 terminal joint stumpy ; tongue present. 



Neuration : cell half as long as wing. Forewings, discocellular sinuous; first 

 median at three-fourths, second at seven-eighths, third from end of cell ; two radials 

 from near together about the middle of the discocellular, the lower curved and 

 slightly distorted in its course ; first and second subcostals on a long common 

 stem from just before the end of celi, anastomosing with costal; last three subcostals 

 on a common stem from the end of cell, the common stem of the third and fourth 



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