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vein 5, where it is very acutely angled, then retracted to 

 upper angle of cell, oblique to origin of vein 2, on which 

 it is angled outwards, then oblique to inner margin; sub- 

 terminal line black defined by white on outer side, very 

 acutely angled outwards below apex, then stronglj incurved 

 to vein 5, and prominently defined by white on each side, 

 forming a lunulate mark, oblique between veins 5 and 2, 

 then retracted with an outward curve to the angle of post- 

 medial line and running as a fine streak to lower angle of 

 cell, a black patch beyond it below apex; a white line just 

 before termen, incurved below apex, excurved at middle, 

 then incurved; cilia black at base, white at tips. Hind 

 wing yellowish suffused with brown, the costal area and 

 terminal area to vein 2 red-brown; the inner margin 

 suffused with black towards tornus; a brown discoidal spot 

 conjoined to the costal area ; an oblique slightly sinuous 

 black postmedial line from vein 4 to submedian fold, with 

 black striga before it below vein 2 ; a slightly sinuous white 

 subterminal line; cilia black at base, white at tips. 



Hab. Brazil, Sao Paulo (Jones), 1 $ type, Rio Janeiro, 

 Tijuca (Wagner), 1 <J, 1 ? . Exp. 21 mm. 



(8) Lineodes tipuloides, Wlsm. P. Z. S. 1891, p. 493. 

 Hab. Trinidad. 



(9) Lineodes hamulahs, sp. n. 



$ . Head and thorax pale grey-brown ; palpi blackish ; 

 frons with black lateral streaks ; abdomen pale grev-brown 

 tinged with rufous except at base, some black irroration at 

 sides. Fore wing pale grey-brown suffused in parts with 

 rufous ; an oblique whitish antemedial line from cell to inner 

 margin, slightly defined at sides by blackish scales ; an ill- 

 defined whitish triangular patch in end of cell, an oblique 

 whitish band from its inner extremity to inner margin, with 

 a slight blackish line near its outer edge ; an oblique wedge- 

 shaped discoidal mark, defined by black except above ; some 

 small black spots on apical part of costa ; subterminal line 

 black, defined on each side by whitish to discal fold, then on 

 outer side only, acutely angled outwards below apex, then 

 incurved, excurved at middle, then oblique, at submedian 

 fold forming a hook and retracted upwards to the discoidal 

 mark, some black suffusion beyond it at discal fold before 

 the whitish line before termen which is excurved at middle, 

 incurved above and below middle, and with black points 

 bevond it at discal fold and tornus. Hind wing whitish 



