CECOPHORID^. 551 



edged with crimson, pale yellowish dots edged with crimson near 

 beneath and beyond this : cilia pale yellowish, on tornus grey, basal 

 third deep crimson throughout. Hindwings light crimson, cell 

 suffused with whitish ; cilia whitish, basal half crimson-pink. 

 French Guiana, 11. Maroni ; six specimens. 



MacMmia inflammata, n. sp. 



J . 17-19 mm. Head ochreous-yellowish, crown suffused with 

 crimson. Palpi ochreous-yellowish, second joint with broad crimson 

 streak. Antennal ciliations 2. Thorax ochreous-yellow, anteriorly 

 and on dorsum largely marked with crimson. Abdomen whitish- 

 ochreous tinged with crimson. Forewiugs elongate, posteriorly 

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

 somewhat oblique ; rather dark ashy-grey, largely suffused with 

 deep crimson, especially in irregular streaks along veins and 

 dorsum and round margins of all yellow markings ; costal edge 

 whitish from base to |^, edged beneath with crimson ; dorsal edge 

 light yellow towards base ; a fine palo yellow line along fold from 

 near base to | ; an oblique yellow mark, sometimes interrupted, in 

 disc at ^, and an irregular spot towards dorsum at ^ ; a rather 

 oblique narrow irregular yellow fascia in middle of wing, not 

 reaching costa or dorsum ; irregular yellow streaks between veins 

 beyond cell, interrupted by a curved transverse streak of ground- 

 colour : cilia light yellow, on tornus grey, basal third deep crimson 

 throughout. Hindwings whitish-yellow, apex and termen broadly 

 suffused with light crimson-pink ; cilia whitish-yellow, basal third 

 crimson-pink except towards dorsum. 



Fkench Guiana, II. Alaroni; eight specimens. 



Heliocausta relicta, n. sp. 



c? . 23 mm. Head, thorax, and abdomen ochreous-white. Palpi 

 white, second joint dark fuscous except towards apex. Antennal 

 ciliations 2. Forewings elongate-triangular, costa hardly arched, 

 apex obtuse, termen very faintly siniiate, somewhat oblique ; 

 ochreous-white ; costal edge blackish towards base : cilia ochreous- 

 white. Hindwings and cilia ochreous-white. 



French Guiana, B.. Maroni ; one specimen. 



ANTIPTERNA, n. g. 



Head smooth ; ocelli present ; tongue developed. Antennse |, 

 in J strongly ciliated, basal joint moderate, with pecten. Labial 

 palpi long, recurved, second joint reaching base of antennae, 

 smoo^-scaled, terminal joint as long as second, slender, acute. 

 Maxiftary palpi very short, filiform, appressed to tongue. Posterior 

 tibiae clothed with long hairs above. Forewings with 2 from 

 towards angle, 7 and 8 stalked, 7 to termen, 11 from middle. 

 Hindwings under 1, lanceolate, cilia over 1 ; 3 and 4 remote, 

 parallel, 4 from angle, 5-7 nearly parallel, 7 to costa. 



Type (jlacialis Meyr., from Australia. 



