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ochreous spotted with fuscous at base. Hindwings in £ light grey, cilia whitish, in 

 $ grey, cilia grey. 



Silhouette, forest above Mare aux Cochons; Felicite; in September and December, 

 seven specimens. 



Chanystis, n. gen. 



Head with loosely appressed scales; ocelli absent; tongue developed. Antennae #, 

 in $ shortly ciliated, basal joint elongate, without pecten. Labial palpi very long, 

 recurved, second joint clothed with dense scales, roughly projecting above and angularly 

 at apex beneath, terminal joint as long as second, moderate, sometimes loosely scaled 

 posteriorly, acute. Maxillary palpi rudimentary. Posterior tibias clothed with rough 

 scales above. Forewings with 2 from near angle, 7 absent, 11 from middle. Hind- 

 wings 1, elongate-ovate, cilia f; 3 and 4 connate, transverse vein obsolete, 5 and 6 absent. 



Type C syrtopa. Only differs essentially from Metachanda in the scaling of the 

 palpi. 



43. Chanystis syrtopa, n. sp. 



$%. 15 — 16 mm. Head and thorax whitish -ochi-eous, patagia with a fuscous stripe. 

 Palpi ochreous-whitish, second joint sprinkled with dark fuscous except at apex, terminal 

 joint with some dark fuscous scales towards middle. Abdomen whitish-ochreous irrorated 

 with grey. Forewings elongate, rather narrow, costa gently arched, apex obtuse, termen 

 obliquely rounded; whitish-ochreous; some irregular purplish-fuscous markings, viz., a 

 rather broad subdorsal streak from near base to f , another from base of costa above 

 fold to tornus, a third from ^ of costa to disc beyond middle, and a fourth rather down- 

 curved from near costa beyond this to apex, marked with a patch of blackish irroration 

 beyond its middle; some scattered black scales along costa; a black scaletuft beneath 

 costa near base ; stigmata represented by black scaletufts, first discal large, plical beneath 

 first discal, below fold, second discal reduced to a few scales, an additional black tuft 

 beneath and rather beyond this; an oblique interrupted series of scattered black scales 

 from costa at f- , reaching ^ across wing: cilia whitish-ochreous, with a median series of 

 black spots. Hindwings whitish-ochreous suffused with pale grey ; cilia whitish-ochreous. 



Silhouette, south side of Mont Pot-a-eau, 1500 feet, in August; two specimens. 



44. Chanystis botanodes, n. sp. 



$$. 15 — 18 mm. Head whitish-ochreous. Palpi whitish-ochreous, second joint 

 sprinkled with dark fuscous except towards apex, terminal joint loosely scaled posteriorly, 

 sprinkled with dark fuscous towards middle. Thorax whitish-ochreous, tinged with 

 brownish and irrorated with dark fuscous on shoulders and sometimes also in middle. 

 Abdomen whitish-ochreous, variably irrorated with dark fuscous. Forewings elongate, 

 rather narrow, costa gently arched, apex obtuse, termen obliquely rounded; whitish- 

 ochreous or pale yellow-ochreous, with some scattered dark fuscous scales; a suffused 

 dark fuscous spot on costa towards base, terminated beneath by a large tuft of yellow- 

 ochreous scales mixed with dark fuscous ; stigmata forming tufts of blackish and yellow- 

 ochreous scales, first discal very large, placed with plical on a fascia of dark fuscous 



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