18 Sir G. F. Hampson on neio 



patch extending to vein 4 and a spot below vein 2 ; a fine 

 terminal line ; cilia white, chequered with black towards 

 apex. 



Hab. Br. Guiana, Potaro R. [Kaye), 1 ^ type. Exp. 

 30 mm. 



(109 a) Sylepta achromalis, sp. n. 



5 . Pale brownish ochreous ; palpi fuscous above ; thorax 

 tino;ed with fulvous ; fore tibiae fuscous at extremities ; pectus, 

 mid and hind lejjs, and ventral surface of abdomen white ; 

 wings uniform glossy ochreous ; fore wing with faint dark 

 point in middle of cell and discoidal lunule. 



Hah. S. Leo\e {Clements), 1 ? type ; Nigeria, Sapele 

 {Sampson), 1 ? ; Cameroons (>Syo5/efZ/), 1 ? . Exp. 24 mm. 



(Ill fi) Sylepta disticta, sp. n. 



(J . Head, thorax, and abdomen fuscous brown with a 

 slight purplish-grey gloss ; palpi with the basal joint white ; 

 pectus and ventral surface of abdomen except at extremity 

 whitish. Fore wing fuscous brown with a purplish-grey 

 gloss ; small white postmedial spots above and below vein 7 ; 

 a punctiform white line at base of cilia. Hind wing fuscous 

 brown with a cupreous gloss ; a fine white line at base of 

 cilia. 



Hab. Dutch N. Guinea, Fak-fak (Pratt), 1 J type. 

 E.vp. 32 mm. 



Genus Syngropia, nov. 



Tj'pe, S. stidica. 



Palpi upturned, the second joint reaching to middle of 

 frons and moderately scaled, the third short, naked ; frons 

 rounded ; antennae of male ciliated. Fore wing with veins 3 

 and 5 from near angle of cell ; 6 from below upper angle -, 

 7 from angle, straight and well separated from 8, 9, which 

 are stalked ; 10 approximated to 8, 9 towards base. Hind 

 wing Avith vein 3 from angle of cell ; 4, 5 strongly stalked ; 

 6, 7 from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with 7. 



Syngropia stictica, sp, n. 



Notarchn ccchmisalis, Dnice, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. ii. p. 248 (nee 

 Wlk.). 



Head and thorax yellowish white ; fore tibiae with blackish 

 band at extremity ; abdomen yellowish white suffused with 

 fulvous except at base and extremity and with subdorsal 

 black spots on second segment. Fore wing yellowish white; 



