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hyaline space, and also on fringe of inner margin. Secondaries hya- 

 line, the veins and margins dark blue, the fringe black. 



Expanse. — 36 mm, 



Hahitat. — La Paz, Bolivia. 



Type,—Q2ii. No. 8503, U.S.N.M. 



Genus TRICHODESMA Hanipson. 

 TRICHODESMA AURIMACULA, new species. 



Body black above; frons white; segments of abdomen fringed with 

 white; underneath white, the legs partly grey; collar anteriorly orange, 

 and a similar streak on shoulders; patagia dorsally fringed with buff. 

 Primaries black; the veins and costa at base streaked with yellow; 

 an oblique yellow fascia at end of cell from subcostal to vein 2. Sec- 

 ondaries black; a white streak from base below cell, extending into 

 and slightly beyond cell. 



Expanse. — 30 mm. 



Hahitat. — Caura Valley, Venezuela. 



Type.—Q^t. No. 8504, U.S.N.M. 



Genus ANTAXIA Hanipson. 

 ANTAXIA MERIDIONALIS, new species. 



Palpi brown, darkest behind, and mottled with reddish hairs. 

 Head, collar, thorax, base of abdomen, and anal hairs sulphur yellow; 

 patagia dorsalh^ edged with red and grey. Abdomen crimson al)ove, 

 white underneath. Primaries sulphur yellow; costa finel}^ light 

 brown; markings violaceous brown; a large irregular antemedial 

 space constricted on subcostal, containing a 3^ellow spot below cell, 

 and very limited on inner margin toward base; an irregular space at 

 anal agle, almost reaching the antemedial sj^ace; a postmedial space 

 above vein 5, widening on costa to apex; a point near end of cell, and 

 two beyond it; postmedial points above veins 2, 3, and 4; a subtermi- 

 nal row of points; the veins tinged with red where crossing the viola- 

 ceous portions. Secondaries white; the inner margin broadly pale 

 roseate. 



ExjKinse. — 43 mm. 



Hahitat. — Carabaya, S. E. Peru. 



Ty2}e.—C2ii. No. 8505, U.S.N.M. 



Genus PTYCHOTRICHOS Schaus. 

 PTYCHOTRICHOS ELONGATA, new species. 



Head, collar, and thorax brown; a greenish buff" stripe from antenna 

 across collar and shoulder; an ochreous streak on patagia. Abdomen 

 orange, the segments banded with black posteriorly; the last segment 



