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and a dark fuscous apical dot: cilia grey. Hiiidwings and cilia 

 grey. 



CoLOJiiiiA, La Crumbrc, GiJUO feut, iii May {Parish) ; two 

 specimens. 



PKOCHOLA, n. g. 



Head smooth; ocelli present; tongue developed. Antennae 4, 

 in c? simple, basal joint very long, ^yithout pecten. Labial palpi 

 long, recurved, second joint thickened with appressed scales, 

 terminal joint as long as second, thickened with scales, slightly 

 roughened anteriorly, acute. Maxillary palpi very short, filiform, 

 appressed to tongue. Posterior tibite clothed with long rough 

 scales above. Forewings with 1 b furcate, 2 from towards angle, 

 7 and 8 stalked, 7 to costa, 11 from middle. Hindwings ^5, linear- 

 lanceolattt, cilia 5 ; 2-4 parallel, 4 and 5 connate, 6 and 7 

 approximated towards base. 



Type oppidana Meyr. Nearly allied lo Walsliia, and only 

 difters by absence of scale-tults on surface of forewings. It 

 appears also to furnish the origin of Cholotis. 



Prochola oppidana, n. sp. 



— c? 2- 10-14 mm. Head and thorax whitish-grey or pale 

 ochreous variably mixed with grey, thorax sometimes suffused 

 anteriorly -with purplish-grey. Palpi grey irrorated with dark 

 fuscous, apex of joints pale. Antenna? dark grey, apical fifth 

 wliitish. Abdomen dark grey. Forewings narrow-lanceolate ; 

 pale ochreous or light brownish variably suffused with violet- 

 fuscous or deep purple, with scattered dark fuscous scales ; plical 

 and second discal stigmata blackish, plical near before middle of 

 wing; some small dark fuscous dots on margins towards apex: 

 cilia grey. Hindwings dark grey ; cilia grey. 



British Guiana, Jiartica, Mallali, from December to March 

 (Farish) ; fourteen specimens. 



Prochola aedilis, n. sp. 



c? 5 . 10-11 mm. Head and thorax shining violet-brownish, 

 face paler. Palpi pale ochreous irrorated with dark fuscous. 

 Antennas fuscous, apical fifth ochreous-whitish. Abdomen dark 

 grey. Forewings narrow-lanceolate ; glossy violet-brownish, ajjex 

 of scales fuscous, forming verjr fine transverse striations, with 

 scattered dark fuscous scales ; basal | dark brown or violet-gre}', 

 limited by a rather oblique sinuate whitish line edged anteriorly 

 with dark fuscous ; plical stigma small, dark fuscous, second discal 

 large, blackish, conspicuous, sometimes white-edged anteriorly ; 

 sometimes an ochreous-whitish dot on costa at | ; some cloudy 

 dark fuscous dots on margins towards apex : cilia dark grey, 

 towards tornus lighter. Hindwings dark grey ; cilia grey. 



British Guiana, Bartica, Mallali, in February and March 

 {Parish) ; four specimens. 



