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limited by a deep piirple line, on tornus grey. Hindwings yellow- 

 whitish, sufFusod with light rosy-crimson towards apex and terraen ; 

 cilia yellow-whitish, round apex and upper part of termen suffused 

 with grey except towards tips. 



British Guiana, Mallali, in March {Parish); one specimen. 



Machimia textrina, n. sp. 



(S 5. 15-20 mm. Head pale yellowish, mixed with crimson on 

 crown. Palpi oclireous-yellowish, externally with uj)per longi- 

 tudinal half crimson-pink and lower grey except towards apex of 

 second and terminal joints. Antennal ciliations of ^ 2^. Thorax 

 crimson with variably developed pale yellow spots, viz. on shoulders, 

 apex of patagia, two on dorsum anteriorlj' and three posteriorly. 

 Abdomen whitish - ochreous. Forewinga elongate, posteriorly 

 dilated, costa gentlj^ arched, apex rounded-obtuse, termen some- 

 what rounded, hardly oblique ; yellow, with crimson-red streaks 

 on all veins ; a dark grey line round costa and termen, cut by veins, 

 costal edge crimson-pink, extreme edge dark grey ; a dark grey 

 mark above dorsum near base, surrounded with crimson ; a dark 

 grey streak, cut by veins, from ^ of costa to middle of dorsum ; 

 a slender irregular dark gre}' streak from before middle of costa to 

 basal portion of vein 2, where it meets following line, widely 

 interrupted beneath costa, connected by a bar between veics 8 and 

 9 with following line; a strongly outwards-curved dark grey line, 

 cut by veins, from beyond middle of costa to middle of dorsum, 

 where it meets first streak ; a crimson-red curved line midway 

 between this and termen more or less indicated, sometimes only by 

 slight thickening on veins: cilia pale yellowish, on tornus grey, 

 basal third dark purple-grey. Hindwings yellow-whitish, in $ 

 Bufiused with pale rosy towards apex and termen ; cilia yellow- 

 whitish, in 5 rosy-tinged on basal third. 



Britise Guiana, Bartica and Mallali, from January to March 

 (Parish) ; five specimens. 



Machimia signifera, n. sp. 



<S • 17-18 ram. Head whitish-ochreous, crown centrally 

 tinged with fuscous. Palpi with second joint whitish, with a 

 rosy-pink streak along upper longitudinal half externally, terminal 

 joint yellowish. Antennal ciliations 3. Thorax pale yellowish, 

 with three crimson stripes on back, shoulders with a dark grey 

 patch edged with crimson, anterior half of dorsum, infuscated. 

 Abdomen light ochreous-yellowish. Porewings elongate, posteriorly 

 dilated, costa gently arched, apex rounded-obtuse, termen slightly 

 rounded, hardly oblique ; yellow, with well-marked crimson streaks 

 on veins on dorsal half of wing, little indicated on costal half ; 

 a thick dark grey streak along costa, edged internally with crimson, 

 continued more narrowly along termen, extreme costal cd^e 



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