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/ Noeza cinclidias, n. sp. 



2 . 16 mm. Head grey, sidetufts tinged crimson. Palpi dull 

 crimson, expanded scales of second joint above not reacliiiig apex, 

 apical 1^ of terminal joint white sprinkled dark fuscons. Thorax 

 dark grey, shoulders and subdorsal marks suffused dull crimson. 

 Abdomen dark grey. Forewings elongate, ratlier narrow, costa 

 moderately arched, apex obtuse, termen obliquely rounded; deep 

 brownish-crimson ; dark grey elongate basal spots above middle and 

 near dorsum, a streak along basal half of dorsum, and a band of 

 several irregular partially connected longitudinal streaks before 

 middle ; a curved transverse series of several small partially 

 connected oehreous-whitish sjjots at | ; a deep reddish-orange 

 transverse fascia about |, broad costallj- and narrowed to a point 

 on dorsum, edged with fine irregular oehreous-whitish lines, costal 

 edge infuscated between these, a small round dark fuscous discal 

 spot edged oehreous-whitish within anterior edge of this ; several 

 oehreous-whitish marginal dots round apex : cilia grey. Hindwings 

 dark grey ; cilia grey. 



French Guiana, K. Maroni ; one specimen. 



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DEIMNESTRA, n. g. 



Head with appressed scales; ocelli moderate, posterior ; tongue 

 developed. Anteniia3 4-, l)asal joint elongate, without pccten. 

 Labial palpi extremely long, second joint very long, straight, 

 porrected, densely scaled, above with rough projecting hairscales 

 diminishing towards apex, terniinal joint much shorter than second, 

 obliquely ascending, slender, acute. Maxillary palpi very short, 

 filiform, appressed to tongue. Posterior tibioe rough-h;iired above. 

 Forewings with 1 b furcate, 2 and 3 stalked, 7 absent, 8 and 

 9 stalked, 11 from beyond middle. Hindwings 1, trapezoidal, apex 

 obtuse-pointed, termen slightly sinuate, cilia 5 ; 3 and 4 connate, 

 5 nearly parallel, 6 and 7 closely approximated at base. 



Typo thyrsicoJa Meyr., attributed to JJi/pclictis, from which 

 it requires to be separated ; allied to Trichotaphe. 



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Tricliotaplie sphyrocopa, n. sp. 



$> . 17 mm. Head, thorax light piukish-ochreous, prosternum 

 blackish. Palpi pinky-whitish, second joint blackish except apical 

 edge, anterior edge of terminal joint greyish. Forewings elongate, 

 rather narrow, costa gently arched, apex rounded-obtuse, termen 

 rounded, liardly oblique ; light pinkish-ochreous, with violet 

 I'etlections ; a small black dot near base in middle ; two largo 

 blackish dorsal blotches, finely edged oehreous-whitish, reaching i 

 across wing, first irregularly subquadrate, extending on dorsum 

 from I to |, upper edge irregular-convex, second resting on dorsum 

 before tornus, transverse, anteriorly projecting a large rounded lobe 

 into disc, posteriorly suffused, terminal area beyond it suffused 



