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pointed. Maxillary palpi rudimentary. Posterior tibiae smooth- 

 scaled. Fore-wings with lb furcate, 2 from | or almost from angle, 

 5 and 6 approximated, 7 to apex, 11 from towards base, widely 

 remote from 10. Hind-wings 1, elongate-trapezoidal-ovate, cilia 

 i-f ; 3 and 4 connate, 5-7 approximated towards base. 



Type, M. chrysodeta. 



Machlotica chrysodeta, n. sp. 



$ . 13 mm. Head shining bronze, behind eyes yellow. Palpi 

 pale yellowish, second joint dark fuscous except apex, terminal joint 

 with base and an anterior streak blackish. Antennae dark fuscous 

 spotted with pale yellowish. Thorax dark shining bronze. Abdomen 

 dark bronzy-fuscous. Fore-wings elongate, posteriorly dilated, costa 

 gently arched, apex rounded, termen obliquely rounded ; shining 

 coppery-bronze ; five moderately oblique silvery-metallic black- 

 edged streaks from costa between \ and apex, alternating with four 

 broader orange streaks, first silvery streak preceded by a small 

 blackish costal spot, first two orange streaks united beneath and 

 continued as a moderate ochreous-yellow fascia to middle of dorsum ; 

 beneath second orange streak is a blackish spot ; an irregular dark 

 fuscous patch extending beneath last three silvery streaks to termen : 

 cilia dark fuscous, basal half coppery-bronze. Hind-wings thinly 

 scaled, pale fuscous irrorated with dark fuscous, termen and an 

 apical patch suffused with dark fuscous ; cilia light grey, with 

 blackish basal line. 



Bolivia, Songo ; one specimen. 



Machlotica nehras, n. sp. 



$ . 10-11 mm. Head dark bronzy-fuscous, hairs behind eyes and 

 a fine line round sides and lower margin of face pale yellowish. 

 Palpi yellow-whitish, second joint with two black bands, terminal 

 joint with black anterior and posterior streaks. Antennae dark 

 fuscous, beneath whitish-ochreous. Thorax dark fuscous, with seven 

 longitudinal pale yellowish lines. Abdomen dark grey, beneath 

 white. Fore- wings elongate, posteriorly dilated, costa gently arched, 

 apex rounded, termen obliquely rounded ; dark bronzy-fuscous ; 

 basal half wholly strewn with numerous irregular whitish-yellowish 

 dots, marks, or dashes arranged in close longitudinal lines, outer 

 edge of this patch curved, running from middle of costa to beyond 

 middle of dorsum ; near beyond this is a curved transverse bronzy- 

 metallic line, of which the discal portion is dilated into a large 

 transverse spot ; between this and apex are two moderate oblique 

 bronzy-metallic streaks from costa, and an orange streak between 



