( l-ll ) 



Lissostolodes gen. nov. 



Forewings : narrow, elongate; costa gradually curved, convex for two-tliirds and 

 before apex, slightly inflected between; apex [uoduced, pointed; hindniargin with 

 a blunt elbow at end of third median, somewhat concave above, straight and oblique 

 below. 



Ilindwings : elongate triangular; hindmargin nearly .straight, witli a ,-niall 

 prominence at end of third median ; anal angle rectangular ; inner angle rounded. 



Antennae (?) serrate, with short bristles; forehead produced below; palpi 

 porrect, short, the last joint minute ; tongue present ; scaling close and furry. 



Neuration : cell half- the length of wing; discocellular luuular; first median at 

 two-thirds, second just before end of cell ; radials as usual ; last subcostal just holbre 

 end of cell, npcurved and approximated to the joint stem of the other four, which 

 rises at two-thirds and anastomo.ses with the costal, llindwings, costal approximated 

 to subcostal shortly, near base only ; first subcostal and second median just before 

 the angle of cell ; first median at two-thirds. 



Type : Lissostolodes subcarned \^'alT. 



Lissostolodes subcarnea >p. nov. 



Forewin(/8 : pinkish ochreous, tinged with olive, and frosted with paler scales ; 

 first line, at one-third, curved and bent below costa, slender, ferruginous, preceded 

 by a thick olive shade, which towards the line is dusted with pale scales; second line 

 oblique, nearly straight, from just before apex to inner margin at two-thirds, like first 

 line, hut followed by the oli\e shade ; a marginal irregular fascia of mixed olive and 

 whitish scales, the inner edge of which is rather darker, and forms the subterminal 

 line ; the central area between the lines is dusted with paler scales, and contains 

 a distinct dark cell-spot. 



Hinduings: with the basal two-thirds pale pinkish ochreous; cell-spot small, 

 dark ; a slightly curved olive-brown line from the inner margin at two-thirds, which 

 vanishes half-way across the wing, the wing beyond it being dull oli\e with a pinkish 

 intermediate space. 



Head, thorax, and abdomen concolorous with wings. Underside ferruginous; 

 costa of forewings ochreous, speckled with fuscous; inner half shining whitish ; the 

 transverse lines marked with olive scales, those forming the middle line themselves 

 mottled with whitish scales. Hindwings with the cross line and hindmargin olive, 

 dusted with whitish scales. 



Exjianse of wings : 48 mm. 



One ? from Santos. 



Mesaster gen. nov. 



Forewings: with costa nearly straight; apex blunt, rectangular; hindmargin 

 decidedly elbowed in middle, very oblique, and slightly concave helow ; anal angle 

 strongly indicated. 



liiiuhvings: with hindmargin with two blunt angulations, at the ends of the 

 first subcostal and third median nervules, between which it is concave ; straight or 

 slightly wavy to the anal angle, which is bluntly produced. 



Head, thorax, and abdomen stout ; antennae of S biserrate, each serration with 

 a fascicle of .short cilia ; face smooth ; palpi upturned, thick, third joint very small. 



