CI Sir G. F. Hampson on new 



(2 c) Mesolia jamaicensis, sp. n. 



Antennae of male serrate. 



S ■ Head and thorax red-brown mixed with grey ; antennae 

 blackish ; abdomen whitish suffused with brown ; pectus, legs, and 

 ventral surface of abdomen white. Fore wing red-brown varie- 

 gated with white ; an incurved medial white line from cell to inner 

 margin with a diffused dark patch beyond it in submedian inter- 

 space ; a red-brown postmedial line, bent inwards to costa ; 

 subterminal line silvery white defined on each side by red-brown, 

 bent inwards to costa, a white patch beyond it between discal and 

 submedian folds with short black streaks above and below it and 

 one at middle ; an oblique dentate white subapical mark ; a red- 

 brown terminal line ; cilia pure white with blackish lines near base 

 and at tips to the hook, then red-brown with some white at base. 

 Hind wing white tinged with red-brown. Underside white, the 

 fore wing and costal area of hind wing suffused with red-brown. 



Sab. Jamaica (Gosse), 1 <S type, Mandeville (CocJcerell), 

 1 6 . Exp. 16 mm. 



(lb) Prionopteryx sinensis, sp. n. 



Antennae of male serrate and fasciculate. 



c£ . Head, thorax, and abdomen red-brown slightly mixed with 

 whitish ; palpi red-brown and white ; pectus, legs, and ventral sur- 

 face of abdomen white tinged with red-brown. Fore wing red- 

 brown mixed with some white, especially on inner area ; an 

 antemedial patch of black-brown scales above inner margin ; 

 postmedial line red-brown, oblique to discal fold where it is angled 

 outwards, then incurved and angled outwards at submedian fold; 

 subterminal line white defined on each side by red-brown, very 

 oblique to discal fold, then incurved and excurved below vein 2, a 

 whitish patch beyond it before middle of termen with small dentate 

 blackish mark on it at vein 4 and short streaks below veins 3 and 2. 

 Hind wing red-brown with a greyish tinge. Underside red-brown 

 tinged with grey. 



Hab. W. Chixa, Chang- Yang (Pratt), 1 6 type. Exp. 18 mm. 



(4 b) Prionopteryx brevivittalis, sp. n. 



Head and thorax dark reddish brown mixed with grey-white ; 

 abdomen white slightly tinged with red-brown ; antennae with the 

 branches black ; palpi with black mixed ; pectus and legs white 

 tinged with brown, the tarsi brown tinged with white. Fore wing 

 with the costal half red-brown mixed with white, the inner half 

 white irrorated with red-brown ; a subbasal series of slight oblique 

 black marks in and below the cell and above inner margin, the last 

 met by a streak from base ; a slight black mark above middle of 

 median nervure ; a dentate white medial line defined on inner side 

 bv two small black lunules in the cell and on outer by red-brown 



