Pyralidee of the Subfamily Chrysaugine. 351 
terminal areas yellowish tinged with purplish pink, a black point 
at middle of costa, the postmedial line rather diffused yellowish 
defined on inner side by black towards costa; hind wing white, 
the costal area yellowish thickly irrorated with purple-red, a slight 
waved subterminal line from costa to vein 2. 
2. Head, thorax, and fore wing more strongly suffused with 
purple-red. 
Hab. Cotompta, Minca (H. H. Sinith), 2 3, Sierra del Libane 
(A. H. Smith), 1 3,12 type. Exp. 14-22 mm. 
(4a) Caphys pheogrammalis, sp. n. 
3. Head, thorax, and abdomen dull purplish red; tarsi ringed 
with whitish. Fore wing pale dull purplish red; indistinct, 
slightly sinuous, dark, erect, ante- and postmedial lines, the latter 
faintly defined on each side by whitish to discal fold; a terminal 
series of dark points; cilia purplish pink. Hind wing brown 
tinged with purplish red, the cilia with a whitish line at base. 
Underside of fore wing dull purplish red, ‘the costa whitish on 
postmedial area, the postmedial line ochreous defined on each side 
by brown and with some brown irroration beyond it; hind wing 
whitish tinged with brown, the costal area purplish red irrorated 
with brown except towards base, the termen purplish red except 
towards tornus, a brown subterminal line defined on outer side by 
ochreous from costa to vein 5, a dark brown terminal line. 
Hab. Br. Guiana, Bartica (Parish), 1g type. Exp. 14 mm. 
Genus MEGACAPHYS, nov. 
Type, Caphys titana, Schaus. 
Proboscis fully developed; palpi downcurved, extending about 
twice the length of head and thickly scaled; frons smoothly 
scaled; antenne of female minutely ciliated; tibie slightly 
fringed with hair. Fore wing with the costa and termen evenly 
curved ; vein 3 from angle of cell; 4, 5 strongly stalked ; 6 from 
upper angle ; igo Sy O10 stalked ; 11 from cell. Hind wing with 
vein 2 from close to angle of cell ; 3 and 5 from angle, 4 absent ; 
6, 7 from upper angle; 8 anastomosing with 7. 
In key differs from Adenopteryx in the fore wing having 
veins 7, 8, 9, 10 stalked; hind wing with vein 4 absent. 
(la) Tetraschistis dentilinealis, sp. n. 
3. Head and thorax whitish slightly tinged with purplish red ; 
abdomen whitish tinged with brownish ochreous except at base ; 
palpi brownish at tips; legs reddish brown; pectus and ventral 
surface of abdomen rufous. Fore wing w hitish suffused with pale 
purplish red; antemedial line slight, F blackish: oblique to above 
vein 1, then erect; a black discoidal point and a point above it 
on costa; postmedial line blackish, oblique towards costa, then 
dentate, inwardly oblique below vein 4. Hind wing white, the 
termen faintly tinged with brown. Underside of fore wing 
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