( 151 ) 



Hindwings : the same, but all the markings paler, and without the first line. 



P^ace and palpi white ; head, thorax, and abdomen whitish, dusted with grev. 

 Underside white, sparsely sprinkled with black ; cell-.spots black, as are the fringe- 

 dots and basal markings ; second line indicated by dots on the veins; apical region 

 of forewings slightly suffused with grey. 



Expanse of ^vings : 34 mm. 



( )ne c? from Petropolis. 



Paracomistis lig'nicolor sp. nov. 



Forewings: dull wood-colour, with a reddish brown tinge, very finely dusted with 

 darker atoms; costa brown from base to beyond middle ; first line diffuse, vertical, at 

 one-third, fuscous ; exterior line at five-sixths, thin, blackish, bluntly zigzag, with 

 -white dots on the veins, followed at anal angle by a dark grey blotch containing two 

 or three black spots; fringe concolorous, with the ends of the veins faintly indicated 

 by darker scales ; cell-si)ot black, small, followed by a faint reddish central shade. 



Hindtvings : the same, but at anal angle the second line is followed by simply a 

 small black spot, and the ends of the veins in the fi-inge are more visibly darker. 



Head, thorax, and abdomen concolorous with wings ; face and antennae brown • 

 frontlet white. Underside pale ochreous, dusted with lalack ; the cell-spots black, 

 distinct ; the second line clear on both wings, the marginal space beyond it being 

 filled up with smoky brown. The dark blotch at the anal angle of forewings is 

 sometimes wanting. 



Expanse of wings : 30 mm. 



Two S cj from Petropolis. 



Phoenicocampa gen. nov. 



Fureivings : rather elongate; costa gently curved throughout, more strongly 

 convex immediately before apex, which is blunt ; hindmargin evenly curved ; anal 

 angle obtuse, but defined. 



Hindivings : somewhat elongate, with hindmargin rounded, and slightly bent in 

 middle. 



Thorax and abdomen stout ; palpi short, porrect ; last joint thin and rostriform ; 

 antennae of ? well pectinated ; tongue present. 



Neurittion : cell a little more than half as long as wings. Forewings : the median 

 nervure upcm-ved at its extremity ; first median nervule at five-sixths, second midway 

 between first and end of cell ; fifth subcostal from five-sixths, arched upwards and 

 approximating to the stem of the middle three; first subcostal free. Hindwings with 

 costal running close to subcostal to near the end of cell ; the two subcostal nervules 

 from top end of cell ; median nervure and nervules as in forewings. 



Tyi)e : P. terkuda Veld. (Itame?). 



Probably akin to Metrocampa, but distinguished by the pectinated ? antennae 

 and blunter forewings. 



Pero C/) scitaria. 



Azellna scitaria Oberth., Et. Ent., vii., p. 27, PI. iii., fig. 10. 



ceriata (JMorritz MS.) Wlk., xx\-i., p. 1.51 G. 

 Meticulodes „ Butler, A. and J/., 1881, ii., p. 31. 



A single example in the British :Museum from \'enezuela, from the collection of 

 Herrich Schaeffer, is labelled A. ceriata Mz., and was recorded by Walker, I.e., as 



