106 Mr. Edward Meyrick's Descriptioits of 



Prophoraula pyrrhopis, n. sp. 



o$. 12-16 mm. Head, palpi, thorax ferruginous- orange, i^alpi 

 in (J irroratcd dark ferrugiiious. Forewings elongate, posteriorly 

 slightly dilated, costa somewhat arched posteriorly, apex rounded- 

 obtuse, termen rounded, somewhat oblique; ferruginous- orange, 

 in cj sprinkled ferruginous and costa suffused ferruginous : cilia 

 concolorous. Hindwings J dark fuscous, towards base more or 

 less variably suffused orange, $ greyish-orange; cilia ^ grey, 

 sometimes partially suffused dull orange, ^ light ochreous-orange. 



Brazil, Parintins, Teffe, October to December; four 

 specimens. 



Noeza gyralea, n. sp. 



?. 10 mm. Head ochreous-whitish, crown suffused light grey. 

 Palpi whitish, second joint with dark blue-grey lateral streak, above 

 with long rough whitish bans throughout, at apex with ochreous- 

 yellow tuft, terminal jomt with blackish subbasal band and fine 

 • anterior Ime on upper half. Thorax violet-grey. Forewings 

 elongate, costa slightly sinuate, apex rounded off, termen rounded, 

 little oblique; deep purple; two red longitudinal lines beneath 

 costa from base to J; two jiairs of short fine orange-reddish lines 

 in disc beneath these ; 8-shaped blotches irregularly and interrujitedly 

 outlined ferruginous-ochreous in disc before and beyond middle, 

 first connected by suffused marks Avith costa and dorsum ; a curved 

 ferruginous-ochreous subterminal line traversed by four streaks 

 on veuis; a ferrugmous-ochreous marginal streak round posterior 

 part of costa and termen : cilia ochreous, a deep purple basal shade. 

 Hindwings blackish-grey; cilia grey, a dark grey basal shade. 



Beazil, Manaos, in November; one specimen. Allied 

 to zachroa. 



Trichotaphe, Clem. 



Lord Wakingham (Biol. Centr. Amer., iv, 90) unfortun- 

 ately merged this genus in Dicliomeris, on the ground that 

 the range of variation in the structure of the palpi makes it 

 impossible (he should have said difficult) to draw any 

 dividing line. There are, however, other points of struc- 

 tural difference between ligulella and setoseJIa, the two 

 generic types, and in particular the former insect has a 

 strong cubital pecten of hairs in the hindwings, the latter 

 has none. A separation by this character appears to give 



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