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Thorax dark grey irrorated with whitish. Abdomen grey, anal 

 tuft ochrcous-whitish. Forewings elongate, narrow, costa slightly 

 arched, sliglitly bent in middle, apex obtuse-pointed, termen ex- 

 tremely obli(]uely rounded ; dark grey, bases of scales whitish ; a 

 row of several blackish dots just beneath anterior half of costa, 

 and subcostal, submedian, and subdorsal rows of about eight 

 blackish dots each ; two black dots nearly longitudinally placed 

 towards costa near apex are distinct ; a very undefined blotch of 

 darker sutiusion on middle of costa, and another smaller and less 

 marked on costa towards apex, followed by some white suffusion : 

 cilia grey, round apex and upper i)art of termen with three ])lackish 

 lines, on lower | of termen mixed with blackish towards base. 

 Hindwiugs narrowly elongate-ovate, not acute ; dark grey, towards 

 base thinly scaled and subhyaline ; cilia grey, darker towards 

 base. 



British Guiana, Bartica, from December to February (Parish) ; 

 four specimens. Very like celastrella Ke arf. (described as ZelJeria 

 celastruseIla),^hiiitLJ§.ii}3P^._t^>Ji'omris, but easily distinguished by 

 the differently shaped hindwmgs (in celas-trtUa tolerably acutely 

 pointed), and the two distinct black dots near apex, which are not 

 shown in cdaslreJla. 



Hypoiiomeuta bolidias, n. sp. 



5. 21 mm. Head and palpi whitish -grey. Thorax whitish- 

 grey, with two small blackish dots on shoulders and two on back. 

 Abdomen grey. Forewings elongate, narrow, costa slightly arched, 

 apex obtuse-pointed, termen slightly rounded, rather oblique ; 

 light glossy grey ; about forty-four small black dots, viz. a row of 

 about six just beneath costa from near base to middle, a row of 

 about six from beneath this before i to beneath costa at |, a group 

 of three or four towards costa at |^, a supramedian row of about 

 four from middle to near this group, a median row of four from 5 

 to beyond middle, submedian and subdorsal rows of about nine 

 or ten each throughout, and two or three before termen towards 

 middle; around spot of blackish-grey suffusion between submedian 

 and subdorsal rows before middle ; some undefined Avhitish suf- 

 fusion round and especially beyond this, on a spot above tornus, 

 and between ])ra3apical group and costa : cilia light glossy grey, 

 somewhat mixed Avith darker. Hindwings light grey, darker 

 posteriorly and along termen ; a pointed-oval hyaline patch beneath 

 cell at base, its lower portion transversely striated ; cilia light 

 grey. 



81AM, IMuoklek ; one specimen. Allied to alienella, hui smaller, 

 dots also smaller, without the black transverse mark from costa 

 near base, and without black dots on head, the hyaline patch of 

 hindwings much more developed. 



