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SIR G. F. HA.MPSON ON THE 



[June 1, 



Sect. II. Hind wing with ridge of large erect scales from below 

 middle of cell to outer margin, thickest towards base. 



(2)tCAECHA VIOLALIS, n. sp. 



2 . Chocolate-brown with a purple tinge. Fore wing with the 

 costal and apical areas suifused with pink; a marginal series of 

 silvery blue spots. Hind wing with the outer margin and base of 

 cilia silvery blue ; a marginal series of black striae ; the scales in 

 the ridge with a metallic tinge. Underside of both wings with 

 indistinct curved postmedial line. 



Hah. Espiritu Santo (Jones). Exj). 24 mm. 



Genus Sanguesa. 



Sanguesa, Wlk. xxviii. 440 (1863). 



Palpi upturned, slender, and reaching just above vertex of head, 

 the 3rd joint minute ; frons with a tuft of hair ; antennae of male 

 minutely ciliated ; mid and hind tibiae fringed with long hair, the 

 1st joint of hind tarsus with a large tuft of hair. Fore wing with 

 a tympanic vesicle at base of costa ; the basal half of costa highly 

 ai'ched, then almost straight ; the apex rectangular ; the outer 

 margin rounded ; male with a large tuft of hair from the glandular 

 swelling at base of costa below covering the annular retinaculum ; 

 the frenulum very much thickened and flattened, with a short 

 lower fork ; a thick tut't of hair below median nervure ; vein 3 from 

 before angle of cell ; 4, 5 well separated at origin ; 6 from upper 

 angle; 7, 8, 9 stalked; 10, 11 free. Hind wing with the costa 

 lobed near base ; the outer margin rounded from apex to vein 2, 

 then excised to anal angle ; vein 3 from before angle of cell ; 4, 5 

 well separated at origin ; the discocelluiars highly angled ; 6, 7 

 shortly stalked, 7 anastomosing slightly with 8. 



Kg. 17. 



Sanguesa cosmiana, (J. \. 



Type. (l)tSA5-GTJESA COSMIANA, Wlk. xxviii. 440. 

 (2)tSANGirESA DiLATATANA, Wlk. xxviii. 437. 



Genus Azamoea. 



Azamora, Wlk. xv. 1757 ('1858). 

 Torda,-W\k. xxviii. 436 (1863). 



Brazil. 

 Brazil. 



