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the outer margin ; the area between these sjjots and tlie outer 

 stripe suffused with greyish brown, in the female from the inner 

 margin to above the fifth subcostal branch, this suffusion extend- 

 ing outwards at its upper extremity across the spots to outer 

 margin ; fringe dusky along the outer edge ; secondaries of the 

 male dark fuliginous with pale buff costal area and whitish 

 tipjied buff fringe ; secondaries of the female palei-, the basal 

 arf':i, costal border and fringe whity-brown ; antenna? black, with 

 ferruginous pectinations; under surface sordid saudy-ochraceous, 

 the basal areas of thi; male sonrewhat greyish, the internal area 

 of primaries sericeous creamy-whitish ; the female altogethei- 

 greyer, especially on the disc of the primaries. Expanse of 

 wings $ 50 mm., 9 80 mm. 



This ap]jears to be a common species. 



The ./>. cajnni, of Vinson, is not a Borocera, as a glance at 

 the male should convince anyone ; it is nearly allied to my 

 Lcheda cowani. 



45. Odia hovKj n. sp. 



Aspect of Mesoinrjcs t/ilunnhi, of Herrich-Schiitt'er, from Rio 

 Janeiro ; ])rimai-ies with tlie costal, discoidal and discal areas to 

 the second median branch dark ferruginous, crossed near the 

 base by an ochreous oblique line ; a shining white spot at the end 

 of the cell, followed by a patch of ochreous crossed l)v a I'erru- 

 ginous line ; a subapical blackish patch; internal area hroadly 

 ochreous, crossed by four oblique zigzag ferruginous lines ; 

 external border pale pinky-brown, yellower at external angle, 

 its inner edge irregularly zigzag and partly black edged ; fringe 

 dull brown ; secondaries pale fuliginous In-own, with pink 

 reflections and golden cupreous hairs on the abdominal region ; 

 body dark ferruginous; tegulji? with a large lateral ochreous 

 patch ; an ill-defined spot of the same colour at the back of the 

 thoi'ax ; wings below pale golden brown with grevish fi-inges, 

 costal margin of secondaries blackish; l:)ody foxy-red or daik 

 ferruginous. Expanse of wings 30 mm. 



Some examples are darker on both surfaces. 



LIMACODIDJ^]. 



46. Miresa pyroscma^ n. sp. 



Primaries glossy reddish-chocolate with the costal and discoidal 

 areas darker ; internal border ochreous at the base ; a transvei-se 



