642 SIB 6. F. HAMPSOiT ON THE June 1, 



Sect. II. Hind wing with veins 4, 5 from a point. 



(2)tABjEEA METALLICA, n. Sp. 



cS . Dark brown ; palpi ochreous on inner side ; hind legs 

 whitish. Fore wing with antemedial whitish line slightly angled 

 below costa and with silvery purple on its inner edge ; a post- 

 medial whitish line with silvery purple beyond it, broadest at 

 middle, very much excurved from costa to vein 4, then incurved ; 

 an ochreous fascia on apical part of costa ; a marginal series of 

 white striae. Hind wing with submarginal whitish striga, with a 

 small patch of silvery purple on its outer edge above anal angle ; 

 a marginal white line. 



Hab. Ega, Brazil {Bates). Exp. 28 mm. 



(3)tAB^EA EUBIGINEA, n. Sp. 



5 . Dark red-brown ; abdomen fuscous. Fore wing with 

 indistinct antemedial line bent inwards to costa ; an indistinct 

 medial line whitish at costa, oblique to vein 6, where it is angled, 

 then sinuous ; a prominent postmedial white spot on tlie costa ; 

 traces of a sinuous submarginal series of pale specks ; cilia pink, 

 ochreous at tips ; costa straight, the outer margin strongly excurved 

 at middle. Hind wing fuscous ; the cilia pink. 



Hah. Dominica {W. H. Elliot). E.vp. 22 mm. 



(4)tAB.'EEA CHAICEA, n. Sp. 



2 . Brassy yellow. Fore wing with rufous antemedial line . 

 angled below costa ; the medial area suffused \\ ith pale violet ; a 

 postmedial rufous lin,e very obliquely curved from costa to vein 2, 

 then bent outwards to outer angle ; outer area suffused with 

 rufous. Hind wing pale fuscous ; cilia of both \\ings pale violet. 



Hab. Sta. Martha, Brazil (BoucJiard). Exp. 22 mm. 



Genus Magna. 



Mama, Wlk. xvi. 78 (1855). 



Khahana, Wlk. xxxiv. 1517 (1865). 



Goossensia, Eag. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1891, p. 97. 



Palpi of male upturned to above vertex of head and angled with 

 very long hair in front, of female porrect, straight, extending two 

 to four times length of head, the 2nd joint fringed with hair 

 above and below, the 3rd joint fringed below ; frons witli a tuft of 

 hair ; antennae of male ciliated ; tibiae and tarsi fringed with long 

 hair. Fore wing with the costa arched ; the apex produced to a 

 point ; the outer margin excised from apex to vein 4, where it is 

 angled ; vein 3 from before angle of cell ; 4, 5 from angle ; 6 from 

 upper angle ; 7, 8, 9 stalked ; 11 free. Hind wing with the outer 

 margin very slightly angled at vein 2 ; the anal angle truncate ; 

 vein 3 from close to angle of cell ; 4, 5 shortly stalked ; 6, 7 stalked, 

 7 anastomosing slightly with 8. Male with a glandular swelling 

 at base of costa of fore wing below, with a thick oblique tuft of 

 hair from it ; the basal half of costa fringed M'ith hair. 



