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and beneath white. Abdomen dark grey. Forewiugs triangular, 

 costa moderately arched, without fold, apex obtuse, termeii bowed, 

 somewhat oblique ; dark fuscous, tips of all scales ochreous-wbilish, 

 forming- a very fine irregular transverse striation ; six oblique 

 leaden-bluc strigse from costa between }^ and apex, all terminating 

 in a large transverse i)atch of blue-leaden marbling filled up with 

 pale ochreous, extending over posterior third of dorsum and 

 reaching nearly to costa, leaving a narrow terminal fascia of 

 groundcolour; two or three fine black dashes above this patch, 

 and five black dots between it and termen : cilia blue-leaden. 

 Hiudwings dark fuscous, rather lighter anteriorly ; cilia grey, with 

 dark fuscous subbasal line, in 2 with base whitish-ocbreous round 

 apex and upper part of termen. 



BiiiTisn Guiana, Mallali, in March (Parish); three specimens. 



Hemimene stahulata, n. sp. 



(5 . 9 mm. Head fuscous, face suftused with whitish. Palpi 

 whitish, towards apex suft'used with grey. Thorax dark fuscous, 

 with a whitish stripe on each side of back. Abdomen dark fuscous. 

 Forewings triangular, costa gently arched, without fold, apex 

 obtuse, termen bowed, oblique, with a deep rounded-triangular 

 indentation beneath apex ; dark fuscous, tips of all scales minutely 

 whitisli, forming a very fine regular striation; four thick white 

 somewhat oblique streaks from anterior half of costa, first nearly 

 reaching dorsum, others gradually shorter to fourth, which is very 

 short; traces of whitish dots on costa beyond this, whence arise 

 two oblique blue-leaden strigae, second running to subapical inden- 

 tation ; two oblique white wedgeshaped marks from costa before 

 apex; five small quadrate blackish spo!s on lower part of termen, 

 preceded by three or four fine indistinct whitish lines parallel to 

 termen, some blackish scales in disc above these : cilia blue leaden, 

 with a whitish spot in indentation (imperfect). Hindwings dark 

 fuscous, somewhat lighter anteriorly ; cilia fuscous, with dark 

 fuscous subbasal shade. 



Colombia, La Crurabre, G600 feet, in May (Parish) ; one speci- 



n. A singular species, allied to the following. 



Hemimene iocrossa, n. sp. 



c? 5 . 10-11 mm. Head and thorax fuscous more or less 

 sprinkled with whitish. Palpi 3, whitish, suft'used with dark 

 bluish-grey tow^ards apex. Abdomen dark grey. Forewings tri- 

 angular, costa gently arched, in c? without fold, apex obtuse, 

 termen bowed, sinuate beneath apex, rather oblique; dark fuscous, 

 tips of scales whitish, forming a transverse striation which is fine 

 and regular on costal half, stronger and more irregular on dorsal 

 half; a slightly curved violet-leaden line from before middle of 

 costa to beyond middle of dorsum ; two oblique violet-leaden strigaj 

 from costa posteriorly, second running to subapical sinuation of 

 termen, and a short costal strigula and two or three small black 



