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SIR G. F. HAMPSON OX THE 



[June. 1, 



Fig. 22. 



Hypocosmia definitalis, (^ . \. 



Type. *Htpocosm:ia definitalis, Eag. Ann, Soc. Ent. Fr. 1891, p. 505, 

 pi. 7. £. 11. Venezuela \ 



Genus Xantippe. 



Xantippe, Eag. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1S90, p. 532. 



Palpi upturned, thickly scaled, and hardly reaching vertex of 

 head ; frons roughly scaled ; antennee somewhat annulate ; mid 

 tibiae and 1st tarsal joint fringed with hair above ; hind tibiae long, 

 fringed with hair above, the tarsal joints with tufts of scales 

 diminishing distally. Fore wing with the costa straight ; the apex 

 rectangular ; the outer margin oblique ; veins 4, 5 stalked ; 6 from 

 upper angle ; 7, 8, 9 stalked; 10 fi'om angle ; 11 becoming coinci- 

 dent with 12. Hind wing with vein 2 from close to angle of cell ; 

 3, 4, 5 stalked ; 6, 7 stalked, 7 anastomosing strongly with 8. 



Fig. 23. 



Xantippe auropurpuralis, S . \. 



Sect. I. Fore wing with vein 3 stalked with 4, 5. 



Type. (1) Xajs'tippe aueopuepuealis, Eag. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1890, 

 p. 533, pi. 5. f. 7. Brazil. 



Sect. II. Fore wing with vein 3 from cell. 



(2)tXAls'TIPPE CKEOilAXIS, n. Sp. 



cS . Greenish yellow. Fore wing with the costa fuscous, with 

 pale specks at the origin of the very indistinct pale medial and 

 postmedial lines ; a marginal blackish line ; the cilia yellowish 

 white, dark at apex. Abdomen and hind wing pale fuscous. 

 Underside fuscous ; the costa of fore wing irrorated ochreous and 

 black, of hind wiug reddish irrorated with black. 



9 with the hind wing whiter. 



Hab. Sao Paulo {Jones). Exp. c? 18, $ 20 mm. 



'Not Ceylon. 



