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basal one is on the cross-vein between cubitus and niedius, tlie next is on the 

 upper side of the anal vein about one half way out, the third on the radial 

 sector about one half way to discal cell, the next on the cross-vein behind the 

 median cell, and the fifth above the discal cell; hind wings unmarked. In 

 structure closely similar to M. fdKciatuni; in the hind wings the sixth apical 

 cell extends even a little before the cross-vein; in fore wings the discal and 

 median cells about as in M. fasciatum. The apical segment of the inferior 

 male appendages is shorter than in M. fasciatum. 

 Expanse 30 mm. 



Macronema obscurum, sp. nov. 



Type.— :\I. C. Z. 10,892. Madagascar: Tananarive (Chulliat). 



Face brown, palpi brown, basal joint of antennae dark brow^n, second joint 

 yellowish, beyond black, vertex black, warts pale brown, thorax shining black, 

 abdomen dull brown, legs yellowish, femora and tarsi rather darker. Wings 

 densely clothed with fine black hair, the basal costal space pale, and with 

 several mostly rounded, spots of pale hair, the largest spot over the base of 

 median cell, about four spots before it, and three beyond it, one of which is 

 below the discal cell, one near arculus, and one just before end of radius; 

 hind wings wdth black hair, the costal space yellowish. Venation very much 

 as in M. scriptum. The maxillary palpi have the second joint longer than the 

 first, the third joint nearly one and a half times the second, the fourth about 

 two thirds of the third. 



Expanse 21 mm. 



Macronema subaequalis, sp. noA-. 



Type.— M. C. Z. 10,903. Argentina — Misiones: Haut Parana, 

 San Ignacio, May (Wagner). 



Black, head (except vertex) golden, with golden hair; antennae black; 

 palpi black on base, pale beyond, the second, third, and fourth joints short, 

 subequal; postantennal warts small, yellowish. Thorax and abdomen black; 

 legs yellowish, front tibiae largely dark, tips of tarsi dark. Fore wing dark 

 brown; two large, costal, yellowish spots, one beyond middle, other near 

 stigmal region; hind wing also brown, and also with two costal, pale spots, 

 about in same position. Fore wings rather narrow; discal cell small, but not 

 distinctly closed, first and second anal veins unite long before widest part of 

 anal area; median cell not very large. In hind wings the first sector complete, 

 connected by short cross-vein to the radius. 



Expanse 22 mm. 



Belongs to Pseudomacronema, but I do not think that genus is 

 sufficiently distinct from Macronema. 



