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whitish on anterior | ; a thick slightly oblique transverse dark 

 grey streak at |, edged with crimson ; an irregular rather oblique 

 dark grey line across disc about end of cell, edged with crimson, not 

 nearly reaching margins ; a curved waved crimson transverse line 

 at I : cilia grey-whitish, extreme base crimson limited by a dark 

 grey shade. Hindwings ochreous-yellowish, paler towards base, 

 deeper along termen ; cilia yellowish. 



British Gdiana, Bartica and Mallali, in February and March 

 (Parish); two specimens. 



Machimia lacunata, n. sp. 



S 2 • 14-16 mm. Head whitish-yellowish, back of crown mixed 

 with pale crimson and greyish. Palpi whitish-ochreous, second 

 joint with upper longitudinal half crimson-pink externally, terminal 

 joint crimson-pink except towards apex. Antcnnal ciliations of 

 J 3. Thorax crimson-pink, towards posterior extremity and on 

 margins of patagia whitish-yellowdsh. Abdomen yellow-whitish. 

 Forewings elongate, moderate, somewhat dilated posteriorly, costa 

 gently arched, apex rounded, termen somewhat rounded, hardly 

 oblique; crimson suffused with grey, more strongly towards cost a 

 and terminal area ; costal edge crimson-pink ; two irregular light 

 ochreous-yellow patches broadly edged with crimson, first four- 

 lobed, lying across fold towards base and touching dorsum, second 

 oblique-transverse, in disc about |, enlarged downwards ; a pale 

 yellowish crimson-edged line connecting these in disc, its extremities 

 surmounted by obscure fuscous discal stigmata ; a pale yellowish 

 crimson-edged line along posterior portion of fold, sometimes 

 interrupted : cilia pale yellowish, on tornus greyish, basal third 

 crimson-pink limited by a dark purple-fuscous line. Hindwings 

 yellow-whitish, towards termen more yellowish and rosy-tinged; 

 cilia yellow-whitish. 



Bkittsh Guiana, Bartica, in December and January (Parish) : 

 Dutch Guiana, in August ; three specimens. 



Machimia icterota, n. sp. 



5 . 17 mm. Head whitish-ochreous, sides marked with crimson. 

 Palpi ochreous-whitish, second joint externally with upper longi- 

 tudinal half crimson-pink, terminal joint crimson- pink on basal 

 third. Thorax crimson, posteriorly tinged Avith whitish. Abdomen 

 ochreous - whitish, slightly rosy-tinged. Forewings elongate, 

 moderate, posteriorly dilated, costa gently arched, apex rounded- 

 obtuse, termen nearly straight, hardly oblique ; crimson, discal 

 and subdorsal areas suffused wath ochreous-yellow ; a dark grey 

 line just below costal edge, continued round termen : discal stig- 

 mata dark grey, second transverse, whence an indistinct streak of 

 crimson suffusion extends along vein 2 through yelloAv area; sn 

 indistinct interrupted grey line from | of costa to | of dorsum, 



