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AKCTIAD^. 



Genus XANTHOLOPHA, nov. 



Tvp^, A', purpiirascens. 



I'Vi-boHcis fuUv devflupcd ; piilpi obliquely iipturncd, not reaching vertex of 

 lic;ul ; iiiileiiiKi'i't' male biiK-cliiiate. witli moderate branches ending in a bristle; 

 tibiie with I ho t^piirs modemte. Fore wing rather narrow ; vein 2 from beyond 

 middle of eel! ; .'J, 4 IVom angle , 5 from just above angle ; (> from just below 

 »ipi)er angle; 7, 8. 51 stalked ; 10,11 free, 11 curved and approximated to 12. 

 Hind wing with vein 2 from beyond middle of cell; 3, -4, it strongly stalked ; 

 (5, 7 stalked ; 8 from before middle of cell. 



750. Xautholopha purpurascens. 



A'avffwfophapiirpurasiCiis, Scluuis, J. N. Y. Ent. Soc. vii. p. 2lG (1899). 



(5 . Head, thorax, and 

 foro "wing black with a 

 ])urplish tinge ; palpi ex- 

 cept at tips, tcgulte, and 

 throat orange ; abdomen 

 and hind wing black ; the 

 base of claspers orange. 



, , , , , IJab. Ehazil, Castro 



Tig. 2Q8.-Aantfwlopha purpurascens,^. }. p^^,^^.^^ ^j^^^^^^^ ^ ^^ 



Exp. 28 millim. Type t in Coll. Schaus. 



Genus PREPIELLA, nov. 



Type, P. hippona. 



Proboscis fnlly developed ; palpi porrect, hardly extending beyond frons or 

 obliquely upturned ; antenute ciliated or pectinated ; tihiiv with the spurs 

 moderate. Fore wing short and broad, the termen obliquely rounded ; ^ein 2 

 from beyond middle of cell ; 3 from before angle ; .5 from above angle ; from 

 below upper angle ; 7, 8, 9 stalked ; 10, 11 free, 11 curved and approximated to 

 12. Hind wing with vein 2 from well before angle of cell ; 3, 4 coincident or 

 stalked ; 5 from above angle ; 6, 7 on a long stalk ; 8 from middle of cell. 



Sect. I. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 coincident ; male with the tornus lobed, 

 the termen dilated from vein 5 to submedian fold. 



A. Abdomen of male with lateral tufts of long hair from 3rd segment. 



751. Piepiella hippona. 



Odo:ann hippona, Druce, Hiol. Centr.-Ain., Het. i. p. 125, pi. 12. f. 15 

 (1885). 



cJ . Head, thorax, and fore wing dark brown, suffused with 



purple and cupreous; abdomen 

 orange-red, the lateral tufts 

 orange, the terminal segment 

 brown. Hind wing scarlet, 

 with dark brown apical patch. 

 Hah. Guatemala, Vera Pasj 

 ( Chatnpion), 2 J type, Godman- 

 Salvin Coll. Kv^. 20 millim. 



Fig. 2G9. — Frepidla hippona, cJ . 



