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niiddlp. Iliiid \\\u^ palp {rrcvisli I'liscous sli^litlv tingorl 

 with red towards tcnncii and with traces of a curved pale 

 suhtermiiial line between vein •!• and submedian fold ; the 

 underside {jrey, the costal and terminal area down to vein 2 

 su (fused with rufous; an indistinct, pale, curved postincdial 

 line. 



Hub. Jamaica, Newcastle, I (^ type. Ejcp. 20 mm. 



Genus Pvkatgk, nov. 



Pal|)i downcurved, cxtendin*^ about three times length of 

 head, the second joint fringed with hair below towards extre- 

 mity, the third thickly scaled; frous smooth; autenute of 

 male almost simple ; mid tibiae very thickly clothed witii 

 hair and scales. Fore wing with the costa highly ar>hed 

 near base, then slightly excised, the termen nearly straight ; 

 vein 3 from angle of cell ; 1-, 5 stalked ; (5 tVvim upper angle; 

 7, 8 stalked ; 9, 10 absent ; 11 from cell. Hind wing witli 

 vein 3 from angle of cell; 4, 5 stalked; G, 7 from upper 

 angle, 8 anastomosing with 7. 



Pijravge jlummeaUs, sp, n. 



cJ , Head whitish ; palpi with the second joint brownish 

 at extremity, the third bla(.>kish ; teguUe oclireous ; thorax 

 red ; legs whitish, the mid til/ue and tarsi black ; abdomen 

 whitish tinged with fuscous, the ventral surface red-brown, 

 Avhite at extremity. Fore wing tiery red, the basal area 

 deeper red ; an oblique black striga from costa before the 

 excision, which is whitish ; cilia white, with strong, slightly 

 waved, black line through them. Hind wing pale fuscous 

 brown, the terminal area tinged with red-l)rown to vein 2; 

 eilia fuscous, with a fine white line at base. Underside with 

 the basal costal area of both wings suffused with fuscous ; 

 fore wing with postmedial line slightly incurved below costa, 

 then exeurved and ending at vein 2 ; hind wing with blackish 

 band from costa to lower angle of cell and sinuous postmedial 

 line. 



Hah. Bka/.il, Organ Mts., Tijuca [Wagner), 1 (^ type. 

 E.I p. IG mm. 



(1 a.) Xachaba diplaf/ialis, sp. n. 



c? . Black ; frons, hind tarsi, aiul ventral surface of abdo- 

 men greyish. Fore wing with large, triangular, bright 

 golden-yellow patch on basal half, leaving the margin black 

 aiul running out to a point above inner margin bevond 



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