448 Sir G. F. Hampson on new 



pectus mostly brown; femora orange above, the tiblje and 

 tarsi streaked with brown ; abdomen orange, with some 

 brown hair at base and dorsal series of black bands, the 

 ventral surface oclireous. Fore wing ochreous white, more 

 ochreous on costal area ; the interspaces from subcostal 

 nervure to submedian fold fuscous black, leaving ochreous 

 streaks on the veins. Hind wing ochreous white, with the 

 interspaces fuscous black except towards base. 

 Hah. Natal, 1 J type. Exp. 44 mm. 



2036 a. Aniai'ctia fidvicollis, sp. n. 



(J . Head and thorax fuscous ; tegulse edged with fulvous, 

 thorax with dorsal fulvous stripe ; pectus fulvous ; legs 

 fulvous and fuscous ; abdomen fulvous, a dorsal stripe and 

 the ventral surface fuscous. Fore wing fuscous, with some 

 ■white hairs and some yellowish hair at base. Hind wing 

 yellowish white, the veins and terminal area slightly suffused 

 with fuscous ; cilia fuscous. 



Hah. Chile, Llanquihoe [Elwes), 1 J" type. Exp. 

 36 mm. 



2037 a. Antarctia phceocera, sp. n. 



^ . Head and thorax dark reddish brown ; basal joint of 

 antennfe and a tuft of hair on shoulders orange ; abdomen 

 orange, the ventral surface brown. Fore wing reddish brown, 

 with some orange hair at base of inner margin. Hind wing 

 orange-yellow, tlie terminal area brown, widely so at costa 

 and narrowing to a point at tornus. 



? . Abdomen with diffused dorsal brown bands ; hind 

 wing with the orange-yellow area more restricted. 



Hah. Paraguay, Sapucay [Foster), 2 (J, 1 ? type. 

 Exp., $ 42, ? 54 mm. 



Genus Geraectia, nov. 



Type, G. poliutis. 



Proboscis fully developed ; palpi short, upturned, the 

 second joint moderately fringed with scales in front ; frons 

 with rounded prominence ; antennas of female with bristles 

 and cilia; ccelli present ; tibise with the inner spurs rather 

 long ; build slender. Fore wing long and narrow ; the cell 

 long ; vein 2 from towards end of cell ; 3 and 5 from near 

 angle; 6 from below angle; 7 from angle; 8, 9 stalked; 

 10, II from cell. Hind wing with vein 2 from towards end 

 of cell ; 3, 4 stalked ; 5 from above angle ; 6, 7 from angle ; 

 8 coincident with cell to middle. 



