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loiigli-liaivccl above, straight beneath ; tcrniiiial joint small, 

 smooth, rounded ; maxillary jjalpi erect, small ; antenuaj 

 laminated, short, curved, with serrate joints, slightly pubes- 

 cent beneath in male ; tongue slight ; ocelli present. Female 

 larger and paler than male ; male with a distinct anal tuft. 

 JMarkings, two transverse lines and two stigmata, the latter 

 separated by a pale diseal spot ; the renit'orm also tblloweJ 

 by a large subcostal pale blotch. 

 Type M. oUvalis, Warr. 



Mimudea oUvalis^ sp. n. 



Fore wing (female) olive-yellowish, suffused with olive- 

 fuscous ; costa, the two transverse lines and the two stigmata 

 darker fuscous ; first line slight, curved, second broader, 

 esj)ecially in its lower half, where it becomes a broad shade 

 and unites with the reniform stigma; a small straw-yellow 

 spot before and a larger one beyond the reniform stigma. 

 Hind wing olive-fuscous, paler at base, with a dull central band 

 and row of dark marginal dots. 



J\lale smaller, fuscous grey, without any yellowish tinge, 

 and the pale spots whitish ; the central space between the 

 two lines wholly dark fuscous. 



Expanse of wings, ? 16, c? 14 millim. 



Two females, two males, from S. Paolo. 



Mimudea flavinotata J sp. n. 



Male. — Fore wing cinereous fuscous, the two lines only 

 faintly discernible, the second preceded on costa by a large 

 straw-coloured spot ; a smaller round one standing on the 

 disk between the two stigmata, which are scarcely otherwise 

 discernible. Hind wing dull ochreous, with darker hind 

 margin and faint central line. 



Female yellowish, very similar to the female of M. oUvulis, 

 but without the fuscous- olive suffusion, and larger. 



Expanse of wings 18 millim. 



One female, one male, from Rio Janeiro. 



Mimudea subrosea, sp. n. 



Fore wings dull rosy grey ; first line fuscous, at one third, 

 nearly vertical ; second line from two thirds of the costa, 

 Avhere it is preceded by a large irregularly triangular yellow 

 spot, ending as a vertical line near the centre of the inner 

 margin, approximate and parallel to the first line j a 

 pale yellow spot between the stigmata, which are scarcely 



