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cilia gre}^, witli sharp dark fuscous basal line. Hindwings in c? 

 beneath with oval black blotch extending from tornus along more 

 than half dorsum, -with a pencil of a few long fine hairs from base 

 of dorsum extending over it. 



EurrisH Guiana, Bartica and Mallali, from January to March 

 (I'arisJi) ; twelve specimens. 



Hemimene luctifica, n. sp, 

 (S 2 • 12-13 mm. Head, thorax, and abdomen dark fuscous. 

 Palpi 3, dark fuscous, with light ochreous-yellowish median s])ot, 

 beyond this suffused with dark blue. Porewings rather elongate- 

 triangular, costa anteriorly slightly, posteriorly moderately arched, 

 without fold, apex obtuse, termen sinuate beneath apex, bowed, 

 somewhat oblique ; dark fuscous, transversely striated with obscure 

 grey-whitish irroration ; seven small whitish strigula3 from costa, 

 first three or four double, all terminated by short blue-leaden 

 strigulaj, anterior ones oblique, first two connected with a pair of 

 slightly curved violet-grey lines running to dorsum beyond middle, 

 fourth and fifth with a pair of more stronglj' marked nearly straight 

 similar lines running to before tornus ; an interrupted blue-leadeu 

 line running along termen, preceded by three indistinct dark dots 

 on lower portion ; an indistinct blackish dot at apex : cilia grey 

 with bluish reflections, and dark fuscous basal line. Hindwings 

 dark fuscous ; cilia light bluish-grey, with dark fuscous basal line. 

 Hindwings in S beneath with dorsal area forming a fold tilled 

 with blackish scales almost to base, containing a long bluish-grey 

 hairpencil from base. 



British Guiana, Bartica and Mallali, from December to March 

 (Parish); twenty specimens. 



Hemimene diagrapta, n. sp. 



(5' 2 . 10-11 mm. Head, thorax, and abdomen bronzy-fuscous. 

 Palpi 2g, violet-fuscous, with pale ochreous-yellowish median spot. 

 Forewings elongate-triangular, costa gently arched, without fold, 

 apex obtuse, termen faintly sinuate beneath apex, rounded, rather 

 obli(]ue ; dark purple-fuscous, dorsal | transversely striated with 

 whitish from base to beyond middle, thence to termen on dorsal | 

 with pale fulvous or orange-ochreous striae interrupted to form 

 numerous small spots ; costa anteriorly with oblique violet streaks 

 rising from pairs of indistinct whitish strigula3, posteriorly with 

 four small single white strigulae terminated beneath by short 

 violet-blue marks ; an irregular light fulvous terminal streak, 

 marked with a violet-blue dot below apex, a black dot above 

 middle and two below middle : cilia violet-blue-grey. Hindwings 

 dark fuscous ; cilia bluish-grey, with dark fuscous basal line. 

 Hindwings in c? beneath with blackish blotch extending along 

 lower I of dorsum. 



Bkitisu Guiana, Bartica and Mallali, from January to March 

 (Parish) ; nine specimens. 



