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brown, the lines brown-black. Fore wings incurved below 

 apex, then outcurved ; base of costa finely black; a basal 

 and an antemedial line, the latter slightly inbent below cell j 

 a iiyaline spot at end of cell, edged, except along median, 

 with fuscous brown, more broadly outwardly and with two 

 white spots ; postmedial line fine, sinuous, outcurved beyond 

 cell ; a fine terminal brown line. Hind wings : a large 

 hyaline spot at end of cell, also dark edged and followed by 

 fuscous irroiations, and a small white spot at lower angle of 

 cell ; postmedial line sinuous ; outer margin more darkly 

 irrorated ; apex produced, termen incurved below it ; a fine 

 terminal line. Wings below bone-white; the postmedial 

 line punctiform, with a large spot above submediau on fore 

 wing, and more distinct spots on costa and between veins 

 5 and 6. 



Expanse 38 mm. 



Ilab. Juan Vinas. 



LoxMAiONiA, gen. nov. 



Palpi porrect, short, thickly scaled ; antennae with short 

 ciliated pectinations, diminishing and not reaching tips ; 

 legs hairy ; abdomen i-obust. Fore wings long, rather 

 narrow ; vein 2 before end of cell ; 3, -4, 5 approximated at 

 their base ; 6 from upper angle of cell ; 7 from cell approxi- 

 mated to 8 for a fourth of its length ; 8 and 9 on long stalk; 

 10 and 11 from cell. Hind wings : vein 2 from before lower 

 angle of cell; 3, 4,5 from lower angle; 6 and 7 on short 

 stalk ; 8 approximating 7 for a short distance beyond its 

 stalk with 6. 



Type of genus, Loxmaionia megale, Schs. 



Loxmaionia megale, sp. n. 



(^ . Palpi white, shaded with brownish grey at base. 

 Frons white with two greyish spots ; vertex and collar 

 yellowish white, the latter with a transverse greyish shade ; 

 thorax mottled dark grey and whitish, yellowish white 

 behind ; abdomen dark greyish brown, with dorsal and sub- 

 dorsal interrupted whitish lines, and segmental yellowish- 

 white lines on two basal segments. Fore wings dark greyish 

 brown ; interrupted basal and antemedial whitish lines ; a 

 small white spot in cell medially, and a similar short streak 

 below cell ; an oblique whitish line on discocellular, and 

 interrupted line below it to inner margin ; interspaces from 

 veins 2-5 and 6-7 thinly scaled postmedially showing a 

 whitish ground-colour, also the terminal spaces between 



