neio Neotropical GeometriJae. 523 



innor marfjin, starting from a nuimtc pale spot at six-scvcnths 

 of costa, obliquely curved inwards to two-tliirds of inner 

 margin, with a slight outward bend above SM^; the iron- 

 prey terminal area with a pale smear l)(>yond postmcdi.in 

 line between H^ and M' ; the lower ferruginous si):ice thickly 

 striated with hiaek, with an ill-delined subterminal line 

 edged witli paler ferruginous ; fringe ferruginous above iV 

 and below M', blackish grey between, cut by ferruginous at 

 the vein-ends. Hind wing dingy luteous grey speckled with 

 dull black as far as the black, yellow-edged postmedian line ; 

 terminal area below M' bright ferruginous with black 

 striation, al)ove M' blurred grey with a purple tinge ; inner 

 margin below SM* bright ferruginous with black strigic ; 

 fringe ferruginous. Underside of fore wing dull dark grcv 

 above M, dull white below ; the veins brown ; costal streak 

 ochrcous striated with grey-brown ; a diffuse black blotch at 

 middle of ternuMi, and two subterminal dots above it ; hind 

 wing (lull ferruginous brown, brighter ferruginous beyond 

 the black ixistmedian line; inner margin yellow ochrcous; 

 the whole covered with black striations, except near cos^.a. 



Torne, Colombia, August 1907; one cT . 



A very richly coloured species, evidently a rather near 

 relative of M. jjericu/osaria, Oh. fit. Ent. vii. p. 27 (Azc'lina), 

 of which I have a typical scries from Tome. It is dis- 

 tinguished, apart from the rich coloration, by the blackisli 

 front of thorax, dark (not white) discal mark of fore wing^ 

 more regular postmedian line of hind wing, &c. 



Nephodia xanthostigma, sp. n. 



? . 40 mm. — Antenna bipeetinate, with moderate, rather 

 slender branches. Otherwise very similar to betula, Druce *, 

 but differing in having the face ami vertex clearer yellow 

 (concolorous with the submarginal spot), and in being some- 

 what darker, the lines of the fore wing less distinct, closer 

 together — first line from costa at 7 mm. to inner margin at 

 6 mm., second from costa at 12 mm. to inner margin at 

 10 mm., somewhat incurved at middle ; the line of hind 

 Ming still more indistinct, and much nearer base than in 

 betala — crossing the n)iddle of the wing, hence cutting the 

 lower arm of cell, whereas in betala it is considerably 

 ])osterior to the cell. The characteristic yellow spot quiie 

 agrees with Druce's species. 



• Theiina betala, Druce, Biol. Ceutr.-Amer., Lep. Ilet. ii. p. oO, tnl). xh . 

 f. 27 = \ijiteria lutcopunctnta, Th.-.Mip<r, Le Nat. xxi\. p. '22'} (imv. 

 «yu.). 



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