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another on tornus : cilia fuscous, with dark fuscous basal line 

 edged posteriorly with Avliitish. Ilindwiiigs dark fuscous; cilia 

 grey, witli dark fuscous basal line. 



iJiiiTisu Guiana, Eartica, iu January [Parish); one specimen. 



Hemimene carneola, n. sp. 



d" . 8 mm. Head ochreous-whitish, frontal hairs tinged with 

 reddish-ochreous. Palpi 2^^, ochreous-whitish, towards apex 

 suffused with bluish-gre)\ Thorax fuscous. Abdomen grej-. 

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

 apex obtuse, termen sinuate beneath apex, bowed, rather oblique; 

 fuscous ; costa dark fuscous, marked with five pairs of oblique 

 whitish striguhx! emitting very oblique leaden strigse and posteriorly 

 with three single stronger strigulae ; edge of basal patch strongly 

 angulated in middle, dark fuscous on upper half, lower half limited 

 by a patch of three indistinct whitish transverse strigse from 

 middle of dorsum reaching more than half across wing; some pale 

 ])inkish suffusion on costal half posteriorly and along termen, and 

 a pinkish spot at apex ; a very short white dash in subapical 

 sinuation, and four blackish dots before termen beneath it : cilia 

 violet-grey, with a darker basal line limited by an ochreous-white 

 shade. Hindwings grey ; cilia light grey, with darker basal line. 



EcPADoR, Huigra, -1500 feet, iu June {Parish) ; one specimen. 



Hemimene sevocata, n. sp. 



J . 8 mm. Head dark fuscous, face and oblique projecting 

 frontal scales whitish. Palpi dark fuscous, upper edge, tuft, and 

 apical joint ochreous-white. Thorax fuscous, anteriorly dark 

 fuscous, apical halt" of patagia whitish. Abdomen fuscous. Fore- 

 wings elongate, posteriorly dilated, costa gently arclied, without 

 fold, apex obtuse, termen sinuate on upper half, then bowed, some- 

 what obli^iue ; fuscous, basal half suffused with whitish except 

 towards dorsum ; costa mai-ked with some minute dark fuscous 

 and whitish strigulae ; a dark fuscous dot on fold towards base ; 

 a dark fuscous transverse striga between fold and dorsum before 

 middle ; an oblique spot of darker fuscous suffusion on middle ot" 

 costa, whence a slightly curved sharp dark fuscous line runs to 

 dorsum at |, edged posterioiiy with silvery-white ; a dark fuscous 

 dash towards costa beyond this ; a dark fuscous apical mark on 

 costa, edged with whitish beneath ; a tornal patch of silvery- white 

 suft'usion, and an oblique white mark -before termen. in middle : 

 cilia fuscous (imperfect). Hindwings dark grey ; cilia grey, with 

 darker basal line. 



liitiiisn Guiana, Bartica, in February (Parish) ; one specimen. 



