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SIR G. P. HAMPSON ON THE 



[June 1, 



Fig. 28. 



Protrichia vinacea, cJ . t- 

 TyiiC. tPfiOTRICHIA YINACEA, n. Sp. 



(S . Head purplish red ; thorax and abdomen pale grey-brown. 

 Fore wing with the base of costa purplish red ; the basal area 

 grey-brown bounded by an oblique whitish line ; the costal area 

 grey-brown ; the rest of the wing purplish red, with a slightly 

 sinuous whitish postmedial line. Hind wing pale ; the outer area 

 suffused with purplish red ; a pale submarginal line angled 

 outwards to the margin at vein 2. 



2 with only a slight vinous tinge on medial area of fore wing ; 

 the submarginal line more curved and the area beyond it dark 

 purplish red. 



Hah. Sao Paulo (Jones). Exp. 24 mm. 



Genus Schistokedea. 



Schistoneura, Eag. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1890, p. 527. 



Palpi upturned, slender, and reaching vertex of head ; frons 

 with a tut't of hair ; antennae of male minutely ciliated ; tibiae 

 thickly scaled. Fore wing of male with the membrane contorted 

 beyond middle below the costa and with tufts of scales on 

 upperside ; a large costal fold below, with oblique tuft of hair at 

 its extremity met by a fringe from median nervure ; vein 3 from 

 near angle of cell ; 4, 5 from angle ; 7, 8, 9 stalked in female, 10 

 free and 11 anastomosing with 12 ; in male 7 and 8 from upper 

 angle of cell, 9, 10, 11 free and bent up to the costa. Hind wing 

 with the outer margin angled at vein 2 ; veins 3, 4, 5 from angle 

 of cell ; the discocellulars obliquely curved ; 6, 7 from upper 

 angle, 7 anastomosing with 8. 



Fig. 29. 



Schistoneura helicalis, cJ ■ 



Type. tScHiSTONEUEA HELLiCALis, "Wlk. xviii. 630 : Eag. Ann. Soc. Ent. 



Ft. 1891, pi. 16. f. 2. Brazil. 



„ fiavitindalis, Eag. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1890, p. 527. 



