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inwards on vein 1 ; the medial area with slight black streak above 

 the white fascia in cell dilated at extremity into a small discoidal 

 spot ; postmedial line almost obsolete on costal area, strongly angled 

 outwards bel"w costa, oblique to the discoidal point, then minutely 

 waved and incurved in submedian interspace ; a diffused oblique 

 biown fascia below the white fascia from apex; some slight dark 

 streaks in interspaces of terminal area; a terminal series of black 

 striae. Hind wing brownish white ; the terminal area suffused 

 with brown ; an indistinct discoidal spot, curved postmedial line, 

 and fine terminal line ; the underside with the costal area irrorated 

 with brown, a dark discoidal spot, and diffused curved postmedial 

 line. 



Bah. Brazil, Castro Parana, type f in Coll. D. Jones. Exp. 

 22 millim. 



Genus AMPHILITA, nov. 



Type, A. pttnctilinea. 



Proboscis hilly developed ; palpi obliquely upturned, the 2nd joint reaching 

 about to middle of irons and moderately scaled, the 3rd short ; irons smooth ; 

 eyes large, round; antennae of female ciliated ; thorax clothed almost entirely 



with scales and without crests; build slender; tibiie slightly fringed with hair, 

 the spurs long ; abdomen without crests. Fore wing with the apex rounded, 

 the termen evenly curved and not crenulate ; veins 3 and 5 from near angle 

 of cell; 6 from upper angle; i) from ]0 anastomosing with 8 to form the 

 areole ; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell ; 5 obso- 

 lescent from middle of discocellulars ; (J, 7 from upper angle; 8 anastomosing 

 with the cell near base only. 



A. Fore wing with curved white fascia from base through the 



cell to apex arcuata. 



B. Fore wing without curved white fascia punctilinea. 



*4717. Amphilita arcuata. 



Pandemia arcuata, D. Jones, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1908, p. 165. 



2 . Head and thorax bright rufous ; pectus and legs whitish tinged 

 with brown; abdomen red-brown with white bands, the ventral 

 surface whitish irrorated with brown. Fore wing bright rufous 

 irrorated with black-brown, the veins streaked with black-brown ; 



a white fascia from base along median nervure and from lower angle 

 of cell obliquely to apex ; a faint double antemedial line from the 

 white fascia to inner margin ; a slight dark spot in middle of cell 

 and discoidal lunule : postmedial line very indistinct on costal half, 



