■i-tO Sir G. F. H;im|)soii on new 



of cell and prominent discoidal lunule, the postmrdial line 

 diffused towards costa. 



Hab. Gold Coast {Johnston), 1 ? , Kumasi ( TF//j7e5zWe), 

 2 S type. Exp. 26-28 mm. 



(36 a) Nacoleia lenticurvalis, sp. n. 



? . Head and thorax grey-brown slightly tinged with 

 rufous ; abdomen grey-brown with slight whitish segmental 

 lines; pal|)i fuscous, white at base ; pectus, legs, and ventral 

 surface of abdomen whitish, the fore tibiae fuscous at 

 extremity. Fore wing fuscous brown, the costal area slightly 

 tinged with rufous ; antemedial line fuscous, oblique from 

 costa to submedian fold ; a small black spot in middle of 

 cell and discoidal lunule ; postmedial line l)lackish, straight 

 from costa to vein 3, then oblique ; a terminal series of 

 slight black points; cilia white at tips towards tornus. 

 Hind wing fuscous brown ; a faint discoidal ])oint ; post- 

 medial line fuscous, slightly excurved between veins 5 and 2, 

 then retracted to below angle of cell and again excurved ; a 

 terminal series of slight dark stripe ; cilia white at tips 

 between veins 4 and 1 ; the undei'side tinged with whitish. 

 Hab. Venezuela, Valencia, 1 ? type. Exp. 'ZQ rcwa. 



(36 b) Nacoleia nitida, sp. n. 



^. Head, thorax, and abdomen fuscous with a slight 

 purplish gloss ; palpi at base, pectus, legs, and ventral 

 surface of abdomen whitish. Fore wing cupreous fuscous 

 with a purplish gloss and slightly mixed with whitish to 

 postmedial line, except on costal area ; antemedial line 

 blackish, oblique, from below costa to iuner margin ; a small 

 black discoidal lunule ; postmedial line blackish, excurved 

 from costa to vein 2, then slightly bent inwards and oblique 

 to inner margin ; a fine pale line at base of cilia. Himl 

 wing cui)rcous fuscous with a purplish gloss, the basal half 

 with some whitish mixed ; a small blackish discoidal spot ; 

 an oblique dark medial shade defining the pale areaj a tine 

 pale line at base of cilia which are whitish at tips ; the 

 underside with the basal half whiter, the medial shade 

 excurved between veins 5 and 2. 



Hab. W. Colombia, Jimiuez, 1 J type. E,ip. 26 mm. 



(36 fi^) Nacoleia perstygialis, sp. n. 



? . He.id, thorax, and abdomen black-brown ; palpi below, 

 pectus, and ventral surface of abdomen ochreous white. 



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