680 SIR G. F. HAMPSON OK THE [June 1, 



Genus Ctclopalpia, nov. 



Palpi thickly scaled, in male curved inwards and downwards and 

 extending just bej'ond the large frontal tuft, in female curved down- 

 wards and extending about twice the length of head; antennae of male 

 serrated ; n)id and hind tibise moderately fringed with hair. Fore 

 wing with the costa nearly straight ; the apex acute ; the outer 

 margin excurved at middle ; vein '6 from near angle of cell ; 4, 5 

 stalked; 6 from below upper angle; 7, 8, 9, 10 stalked; 11 free. 

 Hind wing with vein 3 from near angle of cell ; 4, 5 stalked ; 6, 

 7 shortly stalked, 7 anastomosing with 8. 



Fig. 57. 



Cyclopalpia violescens, (^ . \, 

 Type. tCxcLOPALPiA violescens, n. sp. 



6 . Head and. thorax purple suffused with grey ; abdomen 

 purplish. Fore wing purple thickly suffused with grey, leaving the 

 basal area and the area on each side of lower part of postmedial 

 line most purple ; an oblique dark-edged pale antemedial line ; a 

 dark discocellular spot ; a dark-edged pale postmedial line slightly 

 bent inwards at vein 4. Hind wing pale suffused with red, especi- 

 ally on apical area. Underside purplish, the inner half of hind 

 wing white ; both wings with discocellular lunule ; the apical area 

 bright chestnut -red, with a white line on its inner edge. 

 Hab. Sao Paulo (Jones). Exp. 40 mm. 



Genus CEctopeeodes. 



CEctoperodes, Eag. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1891, p. 612. 



Palpi rostrifoinn, downcurved, extending about the length of 

 head, the extremity with a tuft of long scales dilated at tips ; f rons 

 smooth ; antennse of male minutely ciliated ; mid and hind tibiae 

 and first tarsal joints with tufts of scales. Fore wing with the 

 costa strongly arched at base, then excised ; the apex acute ; the 

 outer margin oblique towards outer angle ; male with a tympanic 

 vesicle at base of costa; a glandular swelling below fringed with 

 long hair, met by a fringe of hair frou median nervure ; vein 3 

 from near angle of cell ; 4, 5 from angle ; 6, 7 shortly stalked ; 8, 

 9 stalked ; 10, 11 free. Hind wing with the outer margin angled 

 at middle ; the lower angle of cell produced ; veins 3 and 5 weU 

 separated from 4 ; 6, 7 shortly stalked. 



lype, *(EcTOPEEODES fiUFiTiNCTALis, Eag.Aun. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1891, p. 613. 



Brazil. 



