BLASTOBASlDil". 



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obliquely rounded ; 4 and 5 couiuite ; grey, sprinkled whitish and 

 a few dark fuscous scales ; a somewhat bent narrow whitish 

 fascia before i sometimes faintly indicated, usually obsolete, some- 

 times followed by a spot of dark fuscous irroration on costa ; 

 second discal stigma represented by two transversely placed 

 obscure dark fuscous dots ; an indistinct spot of dark fuscous 

 irroration on costa at |, and one on tornus rather before it, some- 

 times connected by an obscure darker angulatcd subteiminal 

 shade ; cloudy dark grey dots round posterior part of costa and 

 termcn : cilia light grey, round apex sprinkled whitish. Hind- 

 wings grey ; cilia light grey. 



PijRU, Lima, 500 feet, August (Parish) ; nineteen specimens. 1 

 include Floiophora Dietz , Ejylsfeiti^_JWalH., and Aynoea Wals. as | 

 synQ»fTus of BJastobasxs. ^ aj'/ \ .'^t 



/^Xll— Blastobasis aphilodes, n. sp. ^*^^iy -^^t^^^ 



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J 5 . 13-15 mm. Head, thorax grey, slightly sprinkled 

 whitish. Palpi grey sprinkled dark grey and whitish, terminal 

 joint in both sexes f of second, pointed. Antennae S without 

 basal notch. Abdomen grej'. !Forewings elo"ngate, narrow, costa 

 anteriorly almost straight, posteriorly gently arched, apex obtuse- 

 pointed, termen extremely obliquely rounded ; 4 and 5 stalked ; 

 grey, slightly sprinkled Avhitish, sometimes irrorated dark grey ; 

 sometimes the white irroration tends to produce indistinct streaks 

 on fold and through middle of disc; sometimes a faint obtusely 

 angulated narrow whitish fascia before |, usually obsolete ; two 

 indistinct darker dots representing second discal stigma; cloudy 

 darker dots on posterior part of costa and termen sometimes per- 

 ceptible : cilia light grey, sprinkled whitish. Hindwings grey, 

 cilia light grey. 



Colombia, La Crumbre, 6600 feet, . May (Parish)-, twenty-six 

 specimens. 



/ Exinotis neozona, n. sp. 



5. 10-11 mm. Head, thorax grey mixed whitish. Palpi dark 

 grey, apex of joints whitish. Abdomen grey. Forewings elon- 

 gate, narrow, costa anteriorly nearly straight, posteriorly gently 

 arched, apex tolerably pointed, termen extremely obliquely 

 rounded; dark grey, irregularly mixed white; a broad median 

 ochreous-brown fascia edged anteriorly by a slender white straight 

 fascia ; an irregular fascia of white suffusion about f, in which are 

 two small transversely ])laced blackish-grey spots representing 

 second discal stigma : cilia grey sprinkled whitish. Hindwings 

 rather dark grey, palor towards base ; cilia light grey. 



British Guiana, Bartica, Mallali, February, March (Parish) : 

 two specimens. This very distinct species has the neural characters 

 of Exinotis, but does not show superficial resemblance to the single 

 Indian species. 



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