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Posterior tibiae with appressed scales, with whorls of projecting 

 scales on origin of spurs. Fore-wings with 16 furcate, 2 from f of 

 cell, 7 absent, 11 from middle. Hind-wings 1, elongate-trapezoidal, 

 apex pointed, produced, termen concave beneath apex, cilia 1 ; 

 3 and 4 connate, 5 rather approximated, 6 and 7 connate 



Type C. pentagramma. Allied to Commatica and 

 Eripnura, but differing from both in palpi. 



Calliprora pentagramma, n. sp. 



c5 $. 10-12 mm. Head ochreous-whitish, crown with two dark 

 fuscous stripes. Palpi ochreous-whitish, anterior edge black. 

 Thorax blackish, with five ochreous-whitish stripes. Abdomen 

 blackish. Fore-wmgs elongate, rather narrow, posteriorly dilated, 

 costa slightly sinuate, gently arched towards apex, apex pointed, 

 strongly produced, termen deeply concave beneath apex, then 

 rounded, hardly oblique; purple-blackish; basal area crossed by 

 five longitudinal ochreous-whitish streaks becoming longer up- 

 wards, uppermost nearly reaching middle but obsolete towards 

 base, a short ochreous-whitish mark also on dorsal edge about J; 

 a rather oblique slightly curved ochreous-whitish streak from 

 before middle of dorsum, attenuated upwards, reaching f across 

 wing; a transverse series of six short longitudinal ochreous-whitish 

 lines on veins about f , becoming longer downwards, and a seventh 

 on doi'sum; a coppery-metallic transverse line from i of costa to 

 tornus, obtusely aiagulated above middle, extremities whitish; a 

 fulvous streak just beyond this, sendmg a branch into apical pro- 

 jection, lower portion terminal : cUia on termen purple-coppery- 

 metallic, on costa dark fuscous with two white marks, at apex 

 with a blackish basal line edged with whitish,, and falcate projection. 

 Hind-wings and cilia dark fuscous. 



British Guiana, Bartica and Mallali, from December to 

 March {Parish) ; eighteen specimens. 



Calliprora trigramma, n. sp. 



cJ. 10 mm. Differs from pentagramma in having apex of fore- 

 wings more strongly and slenderly produced, termen vertical, basal 

 area with only three longitudinal stripes (two median, one sub- 

 dorsal), antemedian streak from dorsum enlarged into an acute- 

 triangular blotch reaching |- across wing, anterior edge angulated 

 towards dorsum. 



British Guiana, Bartica, in February (Parish) ; one 

 specimen. 



