252 Sir G. F. Ilampson on neio 



wing with some rouo;h scales at base of costal area and a 

 strong fold in submedian interspace. 



cJ . Head, thorax, and abdomen blackish brown mixed 

 with some ochreous white; the tuft of hair on base of shaft 

 of antennae blackish ; the anal tuft with white lateral marks ; 

 pectus, legs, and ventral surface of abdomen Avhitish, the 

 fore tibise banded with fuscous. Fore wing blackish brown 

 with a cupreous gloss ; a curved black antemedial line from 

 costa to submedian fold ; a black discoidal spot; postmedial 

 line black slightly defined on outer side by white, excurved 

 and minutely waved from costa to vein 3, then bent inwards 

 to below end of cell ; cilia with a fine whitish line at base. 

 Hind wing blackish brown with a cupreous gloss ; a subbasal 

 white band ; a black discoidal spot with white spot beyond 

 it ; postmedial line black defined on outer side by white, 

 bent inwards at vein 3 and oblique towards inner margin ; a 

 blackish terminal line defined on inner side by white towards 

 tornus ; cilia blackish at base, white at tips. 



Hnb. Brazil, Amazons, R. Madeira, Statoro (Trail), 1 J 

 type; Brazil, Sao Paulo (D. Jones), 1 J > Paraguay, 

 Sapucay {Foater), 1 ,$ . Ea-p. 20 mm. 



(3 a) Syngamin ecphcea, sp. n. 



Antennae of male with the basal joint dilated with large 

 tuft of scales above, the base of shaft strongly curved, con- 

 taining scale-teeth covered by a fringe of black scales above ; 

 fore wing with some rough scales at base of costal area. 



(^ . Head, thorax, and abdomen fuscous brown mixed with 

 whitish ; pectus, legs, and ventral surface of abdomen 

 whitish, the fore tibise with fuscous band. Fore wing 

 whitish clouded in parts oith fuscous brown, the terminal 

 area black-brown with a whitish subapical patch ; a curved 

 blackish antemedial line ; a blackish discoidal striga; post- 

 medial line blackish, with black spot at costa and detiued on 

 outer side by whitish, curved and minutely waved from costa 

 to vein 3, then bent inwards to below end of cell ; a blackish 

 terminal line and fine whitish line at base of cilia. Hind 

 wing whitish tinged with brown ; a black discoidal point ; a 

 blackish shade beyond the cell and from lower angle to inner 

 margin before the postmedial line, which is blackish, incurved 

 below costa, bent inwards at vein 3, then obliquely curved to 

 inner margin near tornus ; a fuscous subtermiual shade, 

 expanding at apex and bent outwards to tornus ; a blackish 

 terminal line ; cilia whitish with a blackish line through 

 them. 



Hab. W. Colombia, San Antonio {Palmer), 1 J type. 

 Exp. 26 mm. 



