XE0LITA.— RUYXCUOLITA. 307 



Genus NEOLITA, nov. 



Type, N. perstriata. 



Proboscis aborted, small ; palpi porrect, extending about twioe the length of 

 bead and broadly fringed with hair above and below ; frons smooth with tuft 

 of hair; eyes large, round; antennaB of male ciliated; thorax clothed with 

 hair and scales mixed and without crests ; build slender ; tibia? smoothly 

 scaled ; abdomen without crests. Fore wing narrow, the apex produced, the 

 termen obliquely curved and not crenulate ; vein 3 from well before angle of* 

 cell ; 5 from above angle ; 6 from below upper angle ; 7, 8, 9, 10 stalked ; 11 

 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 stalked; 5 obsolescent from middle of 

 discocellulars ; 6, 7 on a long stalk; 8 anastomosing with the cell to near 

 middle. 



4725. Neolita perstriata, n. sp. 



c? . Head, thorax, and abdomen oehreous white ; palpi tinged 

 with rufous and with slight brown streak at sides ; legs tinged with 

 rufous. Fore wing oehreous white slightly tinged with rufous and 

 irrora ted with brown, the costal edge brownish; a subbasal black 

 point in cell ; traces of a curved anternedial series of black points : 

 a black point in middle of cell and another on discocellulara ; a 



Fig. 129. — Neolita perstriata, J. \. 



diffused red-brown fascia from apex to lower angle of cell ; a post- 

 medial series of slight black points on the veins, strongly beut out- 

 wards below costa, then obliquely curved to inner margin ; a 

 terminal series of black points. Hind wing yellowish white : a 

 terminal series of black points from apex to vein 2 ; the underside 

 with the costal area faintly tinged with rufous. 



Hah. Brazil, Rio Janeiro, 2 J type. Exp. 22 millim. 



Genus RHYNCHOLITA, nov. 



Type, R. atripuncta. 



Proboscis aborted, minute; palpi porrect, the 2nd joint extending about 

 three times length of head and fringed with hair above and below, the 3rd 

 moderate; frons smooth, with tuft of hair; eyes large, round; antennas of 

 male ciliated ; thorax clothed with scales and hair mixed and without crests ; 

 tibia?, slightly fringed with hair ; abdomen without crests. Fore wing narrow, 

 the apex somewhat produced and acute, the termen obliquely curved and not 

 crenulate ; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell ; 6 from below upper angle ; 

 7, 8, 9 stalked ; 10, 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 shortly stalked ; 

 5 obsolescent from middle of discocellulars ; 6, 7 shortly stalked ; 8 anasto- 

 mosing with the cell to near middle. 



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