(ECOPHOUID.T:. OJrO 



elongfito, costa gently arched, apex obtuse, tcnncii oldujiK/ly 

 louiulcd ; wliito ; custal edyo blackish towards base : cilia white, 

 liiudwiiigs pale greyish ; cilia wiiitish, a light grey basal shade. 



iJuAziL, Ouro lloto, Minus Geraes ; 1 ox. (Cull. Juaimis). Fore- 

 wings narrower than in v<:f>talis, termen more obliiiiie. 



Machimia periauthes, n. sp. 



S. 16 mm. Head pale oohreous. (I'alpi broken.) Autennal 

 ciliatious 1,^. Thorax palo oohreous, partially tinged rosy. Fore- 

 wings suboblong, costa gently arched, apex rounded, termen slightly 

 rouuded, vertical; pale ochreous, pusteriorly some scattered blackish 

 specks; costa and termen slenderly suUused light rose-pink; a 

 small blackish spot on base of costa ; plical and second discal 

 stigmata small, blackish-grey , some grey irroratiou beneath costa 

 at ^ ; a round spot of dark grey sutl'usion beneath costa at |, 

 whence an excurved series of cloudy dark grey dots runs to dorsum 

 before tornus : cilia palo rose-pink, two sulfused grey shades. 

 Hindwings grey, rather darker terminally ; cilia whitish-grey, a 

 grey subbasal s'haue. 



Jb'KENOu Guiana, 8t. Laurient, 11. Maroni ; 1 ex. (Coll. Joannisj. 



Machimia pyrocalyx, n. sp. 



$ . 23 mm. Head light ochreous-} ellow, sidetufts mixed crim- 

 son. Talpi light yellowish, second joint suiiused crimson except 

 tov\ards apex, basal half of terminal joint crimson. Thorax ligLit 

 ochreous-yellow sutfusedly reticulated crimson. Eorewings sub- 

 eblong, somewhat narruweu anteriorly, costa gently arched, apex 

 obtuse, termen slightly rounded, little oblique ; violet-grey ; a tine 

 rosy line just below costal edge ; mai kings light yellow strongly 

 edged crimson ; a group ot five adjaceiit spots forming a blotch on base 

 of dorsum reaching | across wing ; some crimson irioration along- 

 median area of dorsum ; a rhomboidal blotch in middle of disc, and 

 a transverse-oval spot on fold obliquely beyond this ; two parallel 

 curved transverse series of small adjacent sjjots or dots posteriorly, 

 separated by a streak of groundcolour, spots of first series larger, 

 uppermost separate, third largest and elongate, those of second series 

 extended posteriorly (es[iecialiy towards apex) by crimson teeth 

 containing some yellowish scales : cilia grey, on termen yellow- 

 whitish, basal third crimson. Hindwings yellow-whitish, post- 

 eriorly suffused pale gieyish-rosy ; cilia yellow-whitish, basal third 

 rosy-tinged. 



EiiAZiL, ISanta Catharina ; 1 ex. (Coll. Joannis). Near corallina. 



Triptologa alieua, n. sp. 



J 2. 16-17 mm. Head, thorax whitish-grey. Palpi ochreous- 

 whitish, second joint dark fuscous except apex, terminal joint as 

 long as second, sprinkled dark fuscous. Antenna) (S rather stout, 

 serrate. Forewiugs elongate, costa gently arched^ apex obtuse- 

 pointed, termen very obliquely rounded ; pale groy closely and 



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