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black, with a broad transverse ochreous band across middle ; costal 

 edge for some distance from base yellow. Hind wing wholly brownish 

 black. Under side of fore wing as on upper side. Under side of 

 hind wing pale yellow, with a broad marginal black band, and some 

 blackish streaks in and about the cell ; the marginal band near anal 

 angle is broken with a wedge of pale yellowish. Expanse, 33 mm. 

 Ilah. Bartica, British Guiana, April 7th, 1910 (W. J. Kaye). 



Saurita melanifera. 



Head, abdomen, thorax, antennae, fore wing and hind wing, both 

 above and below, completely sooty black. Expanse, 27 mm. 



Hah. Guaruja, Santos, South Brazil, March 2nd, 1910 (W. J. 

 Kaye). 



Saurita mediorubra, n. sp. 



Head, thorax, and abdomen black. Large crimson spot at base 

 of patagia, and another large crimson spot in the centre of the first 

 segment. Fore wing semihyaline, the apex broadly black ; some 

 dark scaling at tornus, and at base and along inner margin for a short 

 distance. Hind wing semihyahne ; the apex and inner margin %<'ith 

 some dark scaling. Legs entirely black, and under side of abdomen 

 entirely black. Expanse, 34 mm. 



Hab. Guaruja, Santos, South Brazil, May 9th, 1910 (E. D. 

 Jones). 



Trichura grandis, n. sp. 



Frons metallic-green. Head, thorax, and abdomen black, the 

 latter with a few lateral shot-green spots ; at base of first segment a 

 metallic-green central spot. Fore wing ochreous hyaline ; costa 

 margined narrowly on outward half with blackish ; outer margin 

 narrowly black, slightly extending inwards near tornus ; inner margin 

 very narrowly blackish. Hind wing hyaline, almost devoid of colour ; 

 the apex and inner margin broadly black ; outer margin very lightly 

 margined black. On under side pairs of subdorsal white patches on 

 third and fifth segments. Legs black, shot with dark green. Ex- 

 panse, 50 mm. 



Hab. Guaruja, Santos, South Brazil, February 27th, 1910 

 (W. J. Kaye, E. D. Jones). 



Leucotmemis bella, n. sp. 



Frons white. Two metallic-blue spots behind the eyes. Collar 

 orange. Thorax and patagia orange. Abdomen orange, with a 

 slender dorsal line of metallic-blue spots ; last four segments black, 

 with patches of metallic-blue scales. Fore wing yellowish, trans- 

 parent, the basal two-thirds of costa and basal half of inner margin 

 orange ; apex broadly black, and outer margin narrowly black, very « 

 slightly extended inwards at vein two. Hind wing hyaline, with 

 inner margin and apex broadly black. Legs with coxa and femur 

 orange, tibia blackish, tarsus whitish. Under side of abdomen 

 orange, the last four segments black. Expanse, 27 mm. 



Hab. Alto da Serra, Santos, Brazil, March 6th, 1910 (W. J. 

 Kaye). 



