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Genus LIPOMELIA Warren. 

 LIPOMELIA? TRISTRIGATA, new species. 



Foretring. — Dull yellow, covered with leaden-gray striae, which are 

 darker along costa, crossed by three brown stripes; tirst from a }■ el- 

 low spot near middle of costa; angled on subcostal, then oblique to 

 about one-third of inner margin; second from a brown spot at three- 

 fourths of costa, slightly sinuous, the lower part parallel to inner 

 stripe; third from live-sixths of costa parallel to hind margin, but 

 toward inner margin bent parallel to the other two; these stripes are 

 finely edged with clear yellow, the striti? between partiallj" coalescent 

 with bands; dark marginal dashes; fringe deep yellow with tips 

 purplish. 



Hind irimj . — Similar, the three stripes straight, parallel, and equi- 

 distant. 



Under side deeper yellow with black dusting; the brown stripes 

 narrow, inwardl}^ broadl}' edged with bright orange; the Aeins orange; 

 in the intervals between the veins beyond second and third stripes are 

 patches of lustrous blue scales on the forewings. 



Thorax and abdomen like wings; head and shoulders dark l)rown; 

 abdomen beneath and legs orange-yellow speckled with brown. 



Expanse of wings. — 17 mm. 



Locality. — St. Jean, Maroni River, French Guiana; 1 female, July, 

 1904. 



The position of this species is doubtful in the absence of the male; 

 the cell is short; 6 and 7 not stalked; hindwing triangular; hind mar- 

 gin straight; inner margin concave. 



Type.—C^t. No. 9215, U.S.N.M. 



Genus LOBOCLETA, new genus. 



Foreiring. — Triangular; costa curved only before apex; hind margin 

 obliquel}' curved into inner margin without forming a real anal angle. 



Ilind'ioing. — As long as forewing; the inner margin short; hind 

 margin rounded from apex to vein 1; thence nearly straight, excised 

 be3'ond submedian interval, so that the anal angle becomes slightly 

 lobed. 



Antenna' of male strongly pectinated; of female simple; palpi large, 

 porrect, roughly scaled below; hind tarsi aborted in the male; hind 

 tibiae in female with terminal spurs only. 



Nenrathm. — Forewing, cell three-fifths of wing; discocellular ob- 

 lique; first median nervule at two-thirds, second before third; ra- 

 dials normal; 7, 8, 9 stalked; 10 and 11 from cell; 10 anastomosing 

 with II and again wifh 8, 9, forming a double areole; hindwing with 

 6, 7 stalked. 



Tijp . — Lobocleta tratislineata, now species. 



