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an irregular shade of whitish speckling behind discal spot to dorsum ; 

 a black nearly evenly broad terminal fascia, edged anteriorly ]»y a 

 line of whitish .speckling, and indented by acute linear projccdons 

 of whitish speckling opposite a])OX and in mid<lle, maiked with 

 seven nearly equal palo viulet-goldeii-raetttUic prueniarginal dots, 

 uppermost sometimes minute or obsolete : cilia grey, a daik fuscous 

 aiitemodiau shade, no white patch. Hindwiu^s dark fuscous ; an 

 ohli(jue-oval cloudy fuscous-whitish spot in disc before middle ; a 

 sliort inwards-obli()ue whitish mark from costa towards apex tipped 

 golden-violet; a brilliant purple transverse mark across apex; a 

 trausverse white linear murk before median portion of termen, and 

 a more obscure whitish mark before lower portion ; cilia dark 

 fuscous, base whitish, three oblique whitish i)atches. 



Brazil, Para, Sautarem, Obidos, Parintins, June to October ; 

 British Guiana, Bartiea, January, February (Parish) ; 40 ex. 

 Close to ceuthoh/chiuc (which also occurs less commonly on the 

 Lower Amazons), but distinguislied by the acute median projection 

 into terminal fascia, absent in that species. 



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Brenthia eriopis, n. sp. 



c? 2 • 7-8 mm. Head, palpi, thorax as in stimidans. Fore- 

 wings dark fuscous; markings as in stimalans, but whitish speckling 

 stronger and more conspicuous throughout, discal spot larger, six 

 metallic praemarginal dots, tifth minute, cilia moi'e whitish-gre)\ 

 Hindwings dark fuscous ; discal spot large, outlined whitish ; 

 otherwise as in stimidans. 



Brazil, Obidos, Parintins, August to October (Parish) ; G ex. 



Brenthia catenata Meyr. 



Java, Buitenzorg ; larva feeds on Erythrina {Legumiuosce)^ 

 skeletonising the leaf {lloei)ke). 



Inima halonitis, n. sp. 



(S . 19 mm. Head violet-fuscous, face whitish, a pale ochreous 

 spot on each side of forehead, collar whitish-ochreous in middle and 

 on sides at back. Palpi very stout, smooth, pale ochreous laterally, 

 ])ale violet-grey anteriorly, whitish internally, basal joint longer 

 than usual, second joint moderate, compressed and rather hollowed 

 internally, terminal reduced to a hardly separate scaled excrescence. 

 Thorax dark violet-grey, pale ochreous marks on each side of 

 dorsum behind middle, and at posterior extremity. Foiewings 

 7 and 8 stalked ; dark violet-grey ; a short fine yellow-ochreous 

 dash beneath costa near base, with scattered scales indicating a 

 posterior prolongation ; a small cloudy whitish-ochreous spot on 

 costa beyond middle ; cloudy whitish-ochreous dots representing 

 discal stigmata, lying on margin of a large roundish patch of 

 whitish-ochreous sufl'iision extending on dorsum from \ to | and 

 reaching | across wing, posteiiorly extended by vague streaks on 

 veins to termen; a pale ochreous streak round apical maigin, 



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