166 Sir G. F. Hatnpson on new 



fuscous, rather diffused, oblique from costa to vein 3, then 



angled inwards, excurved again at vein 1 and bent inwards 



to above inner margin ; termen fuscous brown ; cilia white. 



Hub. Perry's Group, Bonin Is., 2 ^ typ^- Exp. 22 mm. 



(7 a) Massepha syngamiodes, sp. n. 



S . Head, thorax, and abdomen yellow-brown mixed with 

 some white ; palpi white with some brown on first joint and - 

 a brown point near extremity of second joint ; frons white 

 at sides and above ; pectus, legs, and ventral surface of 

 abdomen white, the fore femora and tibiffi tinged with brown. 

 Fore wing yellow-brown ; antemedial line fuscous with a 

 Avhite band on its inner side, excurved, slightly bent outwards 

 to inner margin ; a quadrate white patch in end of cell with 

 oblique black striga from subcostal nervure near its inner 

 edge and the blackish discoidal bar on its outer edge ; some 

 whitish on costa before the postmedial line which is blackish 

 with a white band on its outer side, slightly incurved from 

 below costa to vein 5 where it is bent outwards, at vein 2 

 retracted to below end of cell, then slightly excurved ; a 

 blackish terminal line ; cilia whitish with a slight dark line 

 near base. Hind wing yellow-brown irroratcd with whitish ; 

 a blackish discoidal spot defined by white; postmedial line 

 blackish defined on outer side by white, slightly incurved 

 from below costa to vein 5 where it is bent outwards, at 

 vein 2 retracted to below end of cell and almost obsolete, 

 then oblique to inner margin near toruus ; a black terminal 

 line with some white before it towards apex and in submediau 

 interspace; cilia brownish at base, white at tips. 



Hab. Argentina, Tucuman, Los Vasquez {Dinelli/), 1 c? 

 type. Earp. 22 mm. 



(7 b) Massepha cuprescens, sp. n. 



^ . Head, thorax, and abdomen red-brown with a cupreous 

 gloss, the pectus and ventral surface of abdomen paler. Fore 

 wing red-brown with a cupreous gloss ; the first line almost 

 medial, blackish defined on inner side by whitish with a 

 darker brown shade before it, erect, minutely waved ; a dif- 

 fused dark discoidal spot ; postmedial line blackish defined 

 on outer side by whitish, obliquely excurved and minutely 

 dentate to vein 4, then bent inwards to lower angle of cell 

 and again strongly excurved above vein 1 ; a fine whitish 

 line at base of cilia. Hind wing white tinged with cupreous 

 brown ; a dnrk minutely waved postmedial line ; cilia with a 

 brown line near base. 



