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posteriori}' indented in middle by a long slender acute projection of 

 groundcolour : cilia grey. Hindwiiigs dark grey ; cilia grey, 

 Ecuador, Huigra, 4500 feet, in June (Parish); two specimens. 



^ GNAMPTONOMA, n. g. 



Head smooth, rounded ; ocelli posterior ; tongue developed. 

 Antennae i, in c? simple, basal joint moderately elongate, without 

 pecten. Labial palpi long, recurved, slender, smooth, terminal 

 joint somewhat shorter than second, acute. Maxillary ])alpi obso- 

 lete. Posterior tibia) clothed with hairs above, tarsi with raode- 

 ratel}' long projecting bristles at apex of first two joints. Forewings 

 with 2 from angle, '3 and 4 absent, 6 and 8 stalked, 7 absent, 

 11 from beyond middle. Hindwings |, narrow-lanceolate, a])ex 

 very finely long-produced, cilia 5 ; 3 and 4 absent, 6 apparently 

 absent (possibly long-stalked with 7). 



/ G-namptonoma leptura, n. sp. 



(^ . 8 mm. Head bronzy. Palpi dark fuscous. Thorax and 

 abdomen dark bronzy-fuscous. Forewings very narrow, apex finely 

 caudate, acute ; dark bronzy fuscous ; a whitish-ochreous dorsal 

 streak from base occupying nearly half of wing, attenuated poste- 

 riorly and continued nearly to apex : cilia light fuscous, round apex 

 sprinkled with blackish s])ecks. Hindwings dark fuscous, cell jiale 

 and glandular ; a very fine expansible crimson hairpencil lying 

 along costa from base to middle, becoming fuscous-whitish towards 

 apex : cilia fuscous. Forewings beneath with a long hairpencil 

 from base of costa lying beneath costa. 



EcuABOR, Huigra, 4500 feet, in June (Parish) ; one specimen. 



/ Heliodines isoleura, n. sp. 



(S . 8 mm. Head and thorax glossy dark leaden. Palpi 

 whitish. Antenna) loaden-grey, extreme apex whitish. Abdomen 

 dark violet-grey, beneath ochreous-whitish. Posterior tibiae without 

 orange bands, spines longer than in choneuta. Forewings very 

 narrow, costa faintly sinuate, apex pointed, termen extremely 

 obliquely rounded; uniform glossj' dark leaden : cilia concolorons. 

 Hindwings dark grey, paler in disc and towards base ; cilia grey. 



Ecuador, Duran, in June (Parish); one specimen. 



V Heliodines demarcha, n, sp. 



J 2 . 9-10 ram. Head and thorax glossy dark bronzy-leaden. 

 Palpi whitish, terminal joint dark fuscous. Abdomen dark grey, 

 beneath lighter. Sternum and posterior tibia; more or less marked 

 with dull orange. Fore wings very narrow, costa faintly sinuate, 

 apex pointed, termen extremely obliquely rounded ; dull bronzy- 

 orange, more or less suft'usedly irrorated with dark grey ; markings 

 leaden-metallic ; some slight basal marking ; three spots on costa 

 from 1 to middle, and two on dorsum alternating with these and 



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