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postmedial line indistinct, black-brown, bent outwards below 

 eosta, then slightly waved, incurved below vein 4; sub- 

 terminal line formed by diffused dentate black-brown marks, 

 angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle ; a 

 terminal series of minute black-brown lunules. Hind wing 

 whitish suffused with pale red-brown ; the cilia whiter; the 

 underside with small brown discoid al spot. 



Hab. N. Zealand, "Wellington (Hamilton), 1 <$ , 1 ? type. 

 Exp. 44 mm. 



1536 a. Hyssia sminthistis, sp. n. 



cj . Head and thorax fuscous brown mixed with grey ; 

 ] alpi black-brown ; tarsi dark brown with slight pale rings; 

 abdomen dark grey-brown with some whitish at base of 

 sides. Fore wing glossy fuscous brown tinged with grey 

 and irrorated with a few white scales ; a blackish subbasal 

 striga from costa : autemedial liue blackish, oblique to 

 submedian fold and angled inwards on vein 1 ; small spots 

 formed by elongate white scales beyond the angles of cell ; 

 postmedial liue black, slightly bent outwards below costa, 

 then dentate, oblique below vein 4, some pale points beyond 

 it on costa; a subtermiual series of small white spots formed 

 of elongate scales and slightly defined on inner side by 

 black ; a fine ochreous line at base of cilia. Hind wing 

 dark brown, the interspaces of basal half whitish; cilia with 

 an ochreous line at base ; the underside white thickly 

 irrorated with brown, the terminal area suffused with brown, 

 a black discoidal spot and diffused sinuous postmedial line. 



Hab. Peru, Acopampa (Watkins), 1 $ type. Exp. 

 44 mm. 



1538 a. Hyssia griseata, sp. n. 



? . Head and thorax purplish grey mixed with brown ; 

 antennas brown, the shaft white above towards base; palpi 

 and sides of frons dark red-brown; abdomen dark greyish 

 brown, the anal tuft tinged with rufous. Fore wing purplish 

 grey irrorated with dark brown ; autemedial line indistinct, 

 black-brown, oblique to submediau fold and angled inwards 

 at vein 1 ; claviform defined by a few blackish scales at 

 extremity ; orbicular defined by slight oblique blackish 

 striae at sides; reniform small and faintly defined at sides 

 by blackish ; postmedial line indistinct, blackish, excurved 

 below costa, then forming slight lunules, oblique below 

 vein 4; subtermiual line represented by a series of slight 

 dark brown spots in the interspaces except towards costa, 

 somewhat wedge-shaped between veins 7 and 1 ; a terminal 



