new Neotropical Geometridae. 523 



inner margin, starting from a minute pale spot at six-sevenths 

 of costa, obliquely curved inwards to two-thirds of inner 

 margin, with a slight outward bend above SM 2 ; the iron- 

 grey terminal area with a pale smear beyond postmedian 

 line between R 2 and M l ; the lower ferruginous space thickly 

 striated with black, with an ill-defined subterminal line 

 edged with paler ferruginous ; fringe ferruginous above B/ 

 and below M 1 , blackish grey between, cut by ferruginous at 

 the vein-ends. Hind wing dingy luteous grey speckled with 

 dull black as far as the black, yellow-edged postmedian line ; 

 terminal area below M 1 bright ferruginous with black 

 striation, above M 1 blurred grey with a purple tinge ; inner 

 margin below SM 2 bright ferruginous with black strigte ; 

 fringe ferruginous. Underside of fore wing dull dark grey 

 above M, dull white below ; the veins brown ; costal streak 

 ochreous striated with grey-brown ; a diffuse black blotch at 

 middle of termen, and two subterminal dots above it ; hind 

 wing dull ferruginous brown, brighter ferruginous beyond 

 the black postmedian line; inner margin yellow ochreous; 

 the whole covered with black striations, except near costa. 



Torne, Colombia, August 1907 ; one £ . 



A very richly coloured species, evidently a rather near 

 relative of M. periculosaria, Ob. Et. Ent. vii. p. 27 (Azelina), 

 of which I have a typical series from Torne. It is dis- 

 tinguished, apart from the rich coloration, by the blackish 

 front of thorax, dark (not white) discal mark of fore wing, 

 more regular postmedian line of hind wing, &c. 



Nephodia xanthostigma, sp. n. 



? . 40 mm. — Antenna bipectinate, with moderate, rather 

 slender branches. Otherwise very similar to betala, Druce *, 

 but differing in having the face and vertex clearer yellow 

 (concolorous with the submarginalspot), and in being some- 

 what darker, the lines of the fore wing less distinct, closer 

 together — first line from costa at 7 mm. to inner margin at 

 6 mm., second from costa at 12 mm, to inner margin at 

 10 mm., somewhat incurved at middle ; the line of hind 

 wing still more indistinct, and much nearer base than in 

 betala — crossing the middle of the wing, hence cutting the 

 lower arm of cell, whereas in betala it is considerably 

 posterior to the cell. The characteristic yellow spot qiuie 

 agrees with Druce's species. 



* Therina betala, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Amer., Lep. Het. ii. p. 50, tab. xlv. 

 f. 27 ' = Nipteria luteopunctata, Th.-Mieg, Le Nat. xxix. p. 225 (nnv, 



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