158 LORD WALSINGHA.M ON [.Tail. 19, 



" In repose the moth holds the end of the wings curved up- 

 wards " (Hedemann). 



This species, which belongs to the group of symmaclia, Meyr., 

 most resembles Comodica acoiitistes, Meyr., but is not so strongly 

 marked, and does not possess the notch in the antennae. 



250. Erettnetis lanceolata, sp. n. 



Antenna' cinereous. Pcd^n moderately long, drooping ; greyish 

 fuscous. Head above whitish cinereous, face greyish fuscous. 

 Thorax pale cinereous. Fore ivinr/s dirty whitish, with a slight 

 yellowish tinge, strongly marked with brownish cupreous in three 

 costal blotches — the first at the base extending to about one-fourth, 

 the second about the middle diffused obliquely outwards to the 

 end of the cell, the third beyond the middle, containing an oblique 

 line and an anteapical triangle of the pale ground-colour, extends 

 very obliquely to a cupreous spot in the apical cilia ; the acuminate 

 apex of the wing is defined by a cupreous line along the base of 

 the costal and dorsal cilia, which are of the pale ground-colour. 

 Rrp. al. 8-10 mm. Hind wings as broad as the fore wings, 

 lanceolate acuminate ; shining pale grey ; cilia the same. Abdomen 

 greyish. Legs : hind tibiae hairy ; yellowish white, tibiae banded 

 with fuscous. 



TgjJe, cJ Mus. Wlsm. 



Hab. West Indies— Jamaica (Mandeville, 1950 ft., X.— 

 Cockerell); 8t. Thomas, 7-30 IV. (Gudmann, Hedemann): four 

 specimens. Brazil — Para (Amazons), IV., 20 VII., 1 IX.-15 XII. 

 (Schulz) : several specimens. 



This species belongs to the group of symmacha, Meyr. 



251. Ereunetis ^neoalbida, sp. n. 



Antennce pale yellowish. Palpi dependent ; white. Head and 

 face rough ; Avhite, the crest brassy-yellow. Thorax shining white, 

 touched with brassy-yellow behind. Fore tuings shining, snow- 

 white, with two transverse fasciae, three costal streaks, and one 

 dorsal streak, all brassy-yellow— the first fascia close to the base, 

 the second at |, the three costal streaks all very oblique from the 

 middle to the apex, divided from au oblique medio-dorsal streak 

 by a slender black longitudinal line ; the second costal streak, 

 which is more slender than the other two, has a fine black line 

 along its inner edge ; the dorsal streak is also dark-margined 

 internally ; cilia snow-\^liite, with a cuneiform brassy dash along 

 their base from the anal angle, the outer costal streak also running 

 through them at the apex. Ex2y. al. 7-9 mm. Hind luings pale 

 greyish, with a slight brassy sheen ; cilia very pale grey. Abdomen 

 shining pale brownish ochreous. Legs : hind tibiae hairy above ; 

 whitish. 



Ttjpe, 6 2 Mus. Wlsm. 



Hah. West Indies— St. Thomas, 6 UI.-12 IV. {Gudmann, 

 Hedemann). Four specimens. 



