190 Sir G. F. Hampson on 



Stenopaschia erythralis, sp. n. 



Head and thorax rufous ; sides of pali)i and frons hlack ; 

 patagia blackish at extremity; tarsi banded Avith fuscous; 

 abdomen pale rufous. Fore ^ving rufous, the costal area 

 tinged with fuscous ; a fine median line oblique from costa 

 to median nervure, defined by ochreous on inner side with a 

 diffused fuscous band before it from cell to inner margin ; 

 the terminal half of wing more ochreous except costal area; 

 an obliquely curved black discoidal bar ; a dark postmedial 

 line slightly incurved from below costa to vein 5, where it is 

 angled outwards, then again slightly incurved ; a terminal 

 series of black points. Hind wing grey tinged with fuscous. 



Hab. Brazil, Sao Paulo, 1 c? type; type ? in Coll. Schaus. 

 Exp., S 16, ? 18 mm. 



Genus Rhynchopaschia, nov. 



Proboscis slight ; palpi extending about three times length 

 of head, downcurved, beak-like, and rather smoothly scaled; 

 maxillary palpi tufted with hair; antennae of female nearly 

 simple. Fore wing with vein 3 from well before angle of 

 cell ; 4, 5 stalked ; 6 from below upper angle ; 7, 8, 9 stalked, 

 7 from beyond 9 ; 10, 11 from cell ; a fan of scales in middle 

 of cell and a tuft of scales on inner margin before middle. 

 Hind wing with vein 3 from well before angle of cell ; 4, 5 

 stalked j 6, 7 from upper angle, 8 anastomosing with 7. 



Rhynchopaschia melanolopha, sp. n. 



? . Head, thorax, and abdomen fuscous brown mixed with 

 grey; patagia Avith tuft of large black and metallic scales at 

 extremity; palpi at sides and abdomen below blackish. Fore 

 wing grey irrorated with brown, the costal area suffused with 

 brown to median nervure ; the fan of scales in cell and tuft 

 on inner margin black glossed with metallic colours ; a very 

 ill-defined, oblique, diffused, antemedial brown band; post- 

 medial line brown, diffused, excurved from below costa to 

 vein 3, then oblique, with another ill-defined line beyond it 

 on costal half; an ill-defined terminal brown band. Hind 

 wing pale fuscous brown. 



Hub. Mashoxalaxd [Dobbie), 1 ? type. Exp. 24 mm. 



Genus Omphalepia, nov. 



Palpi porrect, thickly scaled, not reaching beyond the 

 maxillary palpi, which are dilated with scales or the short 



