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Sir G. Y. Ilanipaon on 



brownish grey irrorated vitli large black scales ; a black 

 discoidal point ; the postnicdial line near tcrmen whitish, 

 somcwliat oblique and slightly bent out\^ards below vein 2, 

 the area beyond it clioeolate-brown ; cilia black at base, 

 MJiite at tips. Hind wing brownish grey irrorated with 

 large black scales; indistinct, slightly curved, pale ante- and 

 post medial lines; cilia black at base, white at tips. 



Hab. Panama, La Chorrera {Do/by -Tyler), 1 J; Brazil, 

 Organ !Mts., Tijuca {fVagner), 1 cJ, 1 ? type. Ea^p. 

 lG-18 mm. 



{3 b.) Tegidifera epipyralis, sp. u. 



? . Head, thorax, and abdomen bright red-brown ; palpi, 

 pectus, legs, and ventral surface of abdomen fuscous, the 

 mid tarsi and hind tibiae and tarsi pale. Fore wing bright 

 red-brown with slight dark irroration ; antemedial line 

 nearly straight, fuscous, defined by whitish on inner side; 

 the medial area with series of slight pale points on costa; a 

 small blackish discoidal spot; postmedial line fuscous defined 

 by whitish on outer side, very slightly incurved ; a terminal 

 series of slight black points ; cilia tinged with fuscous, with 

 fine pale line at base. Hind wing bright red-brown, with 

 slight dark irroration; ante- and postmedial lines oblique, 

 nearly straight, fuscous defined by whitish, the former on 

 inner side, the latter on outer ; cilia tinged with fuscous and 

 with fine pale line at base. 



Hab. AsiiANTi, Kumassi {Whiteside), 1 2 type. Exp. 

 24 mm. 



(4 a.) Tegidifera vinoiinctalis, sj^. u. 



(J . Vertex of head with upturned tufts of hair ; head, 

 thorax, and abdomen olive-ochrcous, thorax tinged with red ; 

 abdomen irrorated with black. Fore wing with the basal 

 and outer areas deep purplish pink bounded by ochreous 

 lines, the basal area with its edge concave, the outer oblique 

 and sinuous; the medial area olive-ochreous, with black 

 discoidal spot and series of red specks on costa. Hind wing 

 fuscous, with two ochieous medial lines converging towards 

 anal angle ; cilia purplish pink, with fine ochreous line at 

 base. 



Hab. S. Leone {Clements) , 4 J type. E.ip, 20 mm. 



(6 a.) Tegulifera holothermalis, sp. n. 



^ . Head, thorax, and abdomen bright rufous, 

 bright rufous \i\ih. slight dark irroration ; an indistinct erect 

 antemedial lice defined by yellowish on inner side; a small 



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