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whiter patch, edged and reticulated with red-brown below 

 the middle of the dorsal margin ; secondaries pale 

 cupreous-brown, greyish towards the abdominal margin, 

 and with whitish fringe ; body golden stramineous ; 

 primaries below redder than above, and indistinctly 

 reticulated with reddish throughout ; secondaries cream- 

 colour, indistinctly reticulated with golden orange to- 

 wards costa, and with greyish towards the abdominal 

 margin ; body pale stramineous ; legs reddish. Expanse 

 of wings, 28 mm. 



No exact locality recorded ; probably Valparaiso. 



Melaneulia, n. g. 



Nearest to Eulia (E. ministrana) in form and general 

 structure, but the antennas distinctly ciliated on both 

 sides throughout, the abdomen more slender ; primaries 

 with the costa distinctly more convex towards the base ; 

 the apex slightly more produced, thus rendering the 

 outer margin more oblique ; secondaries with the outer 

 margin straight below apex, but not at all concave ; 

 clisco-cellulars regularly oblique. 



38. Melaneulia hecate, n. s. 



Smoky black ; primaries above changing in certain 

 lights to purplish ; a reddish cupreous curved marking 

 at the end of the cell ; a few scales of the same colour 

 on the lower half of the dorsal margin, and a few more 

 on the fringe towards apex ; head reddish ; under surface 

 smoky black, without markings ; body below dull whitish. 

 Expanse of wings, 17 mm. 



"Valdivia, in February." — T. E. 



This singular little species unfortunately is only repre- 

 sented by one example, which has suffered somewhat in 

 its capture, the thorax and base of primaries being a 

 good deal rubbed and the palpi destroyed ; enough, how- 

 ever, remains to characterise it. 



Phtheochroa, Stephens. 



The single species in the collection has more than 

 usually small palpi, formed as in P. rugosana, but rather 

 rubbed in the type specimen ; the style of coloration is 

 more like that of Pygoloplia. 



