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VIII. Descriptions ofNeio /^ect'es o/Lepidoptera-Hcterocera 

 from So^Uh-east Brazil. By E. Dukinfield Jones, 



F.E.S. 



[Read March 4tli, 1908.] 



Note. — The species described in the following paper 

 were for the most part taken by myself, and the types 

 remain in my own private collection. 



E. Dukinfield Jones. 



Gastro^i Beigate, 1908. 



Family SYNTOMID^. 



Pheia hmmatostida, n. sp. 



9 . Palpi fuscous black, a few white scales on 1st and 2nd joints ; 

 head and body fuscous black, antennae white on under-side near 

 extremity, extremity black ; two large white spots on pectus ; fore 

 coxEe black with large white spot and a few white scales at extremity ; 

 middle and hind coxse white ; legs black ; abdomen ventrally white 

 on first 3 segments ; a pair of crimson spots on tegulse and on 

 shoulders. Fore-wings hyaline rather heavily bordered with black 

 especially on termen, the black running about half way up vein 2, 

 very broad at apex ; veins black and rather broad ; a broad disco- 

 cellular bar; a crimson spot at base between median and sub- 

 median : hind-wings narrowly bordered with black on inner margin, 

 broadening on termen to apex ; costa grey. 



Expanse 31 mm. 



Hob. Castro, Parand. 



Loxophlebia aurantiaca, n. sp. 



$ . Palpi head and antennae black ; coxse white ; tegula; thorax 

 and abdomen bright orange ; a black dorsal line on thorax and first 

 two segments of abdomen ; last three segments black ; valve creamy- 

 white. Fore-wings hyaline narrowly bordered with fuscous black 

 on costa termen and inner margin, broadly at apex ; base orange ; a 

 rather slight discocellular bar; a black fascia on cellular fold at 

 terminal area. Hind-wings narrowly bordered with black rather 

 broader at apex and on inner margin ; base orange. 



Expanse 23 mm. 



Hah. S. E. Brazil. 



trans, ent. soc. lond. 1908. — part i. (may) 



