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4. E. branneasp. nov. J^.— This insect is uniformly throughout dark 

 brown. Tlie secondaries are a trifle darker than the primaries. Expanse 

 23 mm. 



LATOIA Gu6t. 



5. L. nana sp. nov. (f'.— Antennie brown; upperside of thorax green; 

 upperside of abdomen dark brown. Legs and lowerside of body dark 

 brown. Primaries pale brown, traversed by a broad band of paler brown 

 running from the costa below the apex to the inner margin. Secondaries 

 uniformly very pale brownish. The underside of the wings is uniformly 

 of the same color as the upperside of the secondaries with the costcC and 

 outer margin dark brown. The limbal band on the primaries reappears 

 faintly on the underside. Expanse 25 mm. 



6. L. Tlridiiascia sp. nov. (^.—Antennae brown. Front and upperside 

 of thorax pale green; upperside of abdomen pale green, shading into pale 

 brown at the anal extremity; lowerside of thorax and abdomen with the 

 legs and palpi dark brown. Primaries maroon, with the marginal area 

 pale cinereous and the fringes dark brown. The dark area is interrupted 

 about the middle of the wing by a band of pea-green, running from the 

 inner margin parallel to the outer margin as far as the costa, constricted 

 at the origin of the third median. The secondaries are wax-yellow. On 

 the underside the primaries are marked as on the upperside, but with the 

 markings fainter and poorly defined. The neurations are lighter than the 

 ground color of the wings upon the underside. Expanse 27 mm. 



7. L. (?) albipnncta sp. nov. J^. — Front and collar ferruginous. An- 

 tennae brown; upperside of thorax and abdomen dark maroon; lowerside 

 of abdomen reddish. Legs dark brown, with the tarsi pale ferruginous, 

 heavily clothed with hairs. The upperside of the primaries and secon- 

 daries are uniformly dark maroon-like the upperside of the thorax. The 

 discs of both wings are semi-diaphanous; upon the primaries at the mid- 

 dle of the inner margin there is a moderately large, oval, whitish spot. 

 Expanse 21 mm. 



PTILDRA gen. nov. 



S . — Antennae moderately long, pectinated for three-fourths of 

 the distance from the base, terminating in a simple filament. - Palpi 

 porrect, with the second joint longer than the other two, the third 

 short, and all the joints clothed with moderately long hairs. Legs 

 with the femora clothed heavily with hairs upon the inner margin. 

 The tibiae of the last pair are armed with four spurs near the end. 

 At the extremity of the abdomen there are three tufts of plumose 

 scales, two above diverging and directed upwardly, and one below 

 above the anal opening directed downwardly. The primaries are 

 subtriangular, with the costa straight for two-thirds of the dis- 

 tance from the base, then curving regularly to the apex. The 



