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dull lilacine-slate colour ; the oblique fascia faintly tinged 

 with brown ; the black shade at base below cell smaller ; 

 orbicular and reniform small, black; the postmedial line and 

 oblique shade suffusing with ground-colour ; the termen 

 narrowly light brown, on wiiich the terminal line is distinct. 

 "VViiigs below fuscous brown, the spots and outer line very 

 indistinct. 



Expanse, ^ 31, ? 32 mm. 



Hah. La Florida, Sixola. 



The female possibly belongs to another species. 



Artiloxis, gen. nov. 



Female. — Palpi porrect, twice the length of head ; second 

 joint with short fringe below ; third joint short, smooth, 

 slightly upbent, Antennre simple. Fore wings : vein 3 

 betbre lower angle ; -1 and 5 from lower angle, apart ; 6 from 

 upper angle; areole small; 1, 8, 10 from end of areole, 

 8 and 9 on long stalk; 11 free. Hind wings: cell short; 

 veins 3 and 4 stalked; 5 well above lower angle; 6 and 7 

 very shortly stalked. 



Type of genus, Artiloxis vitiosa, Schs. 



Artiloxis vitiosa, sp. n. 



(^ . Palpi, head, collar, thorax, and base of abdomen 

 whitish buffirrorated with dark brown; abdomen otlierwise 

 grey, more thickly irrorated with brown. Fore wings pale 

 buff thinly irrorated with brown ; the base and outer third 

 tinged with yellow-brown; some black scales at base of 

 costa and cell; some small subbasal spots ; an antemedial 

 fuscoup-brown line, thickest on costa, and not reaching below 

 submcdian fold ; a small fuscous-brown orbicular spot, and 

 a similar point on discocellular ; postmedial wavv, outcurved 

 beyond cell, fine, brown, originating from a fuscous spot on 

 costa above discocellular ; subterminal defined by fuscous 

 shades preceding it, and others following it to termen except 

 at apex ; these outer shades mottled with buff-brown from 

 vein 4 to tornus ; a terminal lunular black line ; cilia with 

 fuscous spots. Hind wings fuscous brown. Fore wings 

 below fuscous, the costa buff. Hind wings below buff 

 irrorated with brown : a dark discal spot, very fine medial 

 line, and more heavily marked postmedial line ; a faint 

 subterminal shade, and interrupted dark brown terminal 

 line. 



Expanse 24 mm. 



Hah. Sixola. 



