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terminal joint somewhat shorter, pointed, base and a subraedian 

 ring blackisli-grey. Thorax white, shoulders and an autemedian 

 bar irrorated blackish-grey. Abdomen white, base of segments 

 greyish, a lateral stripe of blackish irroration. Forewings white ; 

 a blackish dot beneath costa near base ; an undefined fascia of 

 blackish irroration, rather wide on dorsal half, narrow towards 

 costa, followed by an ill-defined ochreous-yellow fascia with some 

 black scales on segments 2-(5 ; a moderate rather irregular l)lackish 

 median fascia, widest on dorsum, mixed white on segments 4, 5 ; 

 a moderately broad ochreous-yellow fascia near beyond this on 

 segments 2-6, finely black- edged, widest on segments 2 and 5; the 

 yellow fasciae represented on s(^gment 1 by slight marks of blackish 

 irroration; an irregular transverse line of blackish irroration at |, 

 on segment 3 forming a blackish spot ; towards apex of segments 

 some faint yellowish tinge and more or less indicated small dots of 

 blackish irroration : cilia white, on median fascia blackish, on 

 yellow fasciae light yellowish, on posterior line slightly blackish- 

 mixed, with a blackish spot on anterior margin of segment 5. 

 Hindwings white ; some irregular marking of blackish irroration 

 towards base ; narrow antemedian and postmedian light yellowish 

 fascia3 edged with a few black scales, anterior suffused blackish on 

 segment 6; two or three small dots of blackish irroration on each 

 segment posteriorly : cilia white, tinged yellowish on fasciae, dark 

 grey on these on segment 6, a blackisli-grey blotch on anterior 

 margin of segment 2 towards apex, and more or less grey tinge 

 corresponding on other segments. 

 French Guiana, li. Maroni ; 1 ex. 



/ Orneodea stephanopis, n. sp. 



2 . 11 nim. Head white. Palpi 3|, curved, white, second joint 

 with short compact apical tuft of scales beneath, with two rings of 

 dark fuscous irroration, terminal joint somewhat shorter than 

 second, acute, base and a median ring dark fuscous. Thorax white, 

 an antemedian bar of dark fuscous irroration. Abdomen white, 

 some dark fuscous irroration on segments 2, 6, and sometimes 5. 

 Forewings white ; some scattered dark fuscous irroration towards 

 base, costal edge dark fuscous anteriorly ; segment 1 with six 

 dark fuscous spots, last apical, and ochreous-yellow spots edged 

 white in last four interspaces ; segments 2-6 with three moderately 

 broad ochreous-yellow black-edged fasciae at J-, middle, and |, third 

 broadest on segment 4 posteriorly and obsolete on segment 6 ; 

 segments 2, 3 with blackish patches towards apex, segments 4-6 

 with smaller ochreous-yellow black-edged spots corresponding to 

 these ; segments 2-6 with ochreons-yellow apical spots including 

 black apical dots : cilia white, on fasciae yellowish, on dark patches 

 dark fuscous, on dark margins greyish-tinged. Hindwings white; 

 ochreous-yellow fasciae edged black irroration at |, before middle, 

 beyond middle, and a slender one at | ; small praeapical and apical 

 black dots ; cilia as in forewings. 



Bbazil, Manaos, Tefte, November to Janirary (Parish) ; 4 ex. 



