■\42 NocrriD-T:. 



oblique red-brown medial line from lower angle of cell to inner 

 margin, closely approximated to the postmedial line, which is red- 

 brown strongly bent outwards below costa, very oblique to vein 4, 

 then incurved, a series of black points beyond it on the veins; 

 subterminal line whitish defined on inner side by red-brown, ex- 

 curved below vein 7 and at middle and minutely dentate at veins 

 7, 6, 4, 3, 2 ; a fine red-brown terminal line ; cilia dark red-brown 

 with a fine pale line at base. Hind wing white tinged with yellow ; 

 the underside with the costal area and terminal area to vein 4 

 suffused with fiery red, a curved postmedial line from costa to 

 vein 4 and fine terminal line. 



Rab. Brazil, Castro Paraiia {J). Jones), 1 c? • Kxjy. 28 millim. 



Genus MICRATHETIS, nov. 



Type, M. triplex. 



Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching vertex of 

 head and moderately scaled, the 3rd moderate ; frons smooth ; eyes large, 

 round ; antennse of male ciliated ; thorax clothed almost entirely with scales 

 and without crests ; build slender ; tibise smoothly scaled ; abdomen without 

 crests. Fore wing with the apex roxmded, the termen very slightly excised 

 below apex and not crenulate ; veins 3 and f> from near angle of cell ; 6 from 

 upper angle ; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole ; 11 from 

 cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell ; 5 obsolescent from middle 

 of discocellulars ; 6, 7 from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with the cell near 

 base only. 



A. Fore wing with tlie postmedial line double, punetiform, ex- 



curved below costa, then slightly oblique. 



a. Fore wing with the cilia whitish tinged with rufous canifimbria. 



h. Fore wing with t lie cilia concolorous triplex. 



B. Fore wing with the postmedial line whitish defined on each 



side by brown and very oblique throughout dasarada. 



4136. Micrathetis canifimbria. (Plate CXXXIII. fig. 26.) 

 CelcBna canifimhria, Wlk. xxxv. 1958 (18G6). 



cJ . Head and thorax cupreous red-brown -, abdomen grey-brown. 

 Fore wing cupreous red-brown, with slight dark irroration, the 

 costal edge fulvous yellow ; traces of a waved antemedial line ; 

 orbicular and reniform hardly defined, with a dark patch between 

 them, the former rounded, the latter constricted at middle ; a slight 

 dark mark on middle of costa ; postmedial line represented by a 

 double series of indistinct black points, bent outwards below costa, 

 excurved to vein 4, then oblique ; the terminal area deeper rufous ; 

 faint traces of a subterminal line excurved at middle ; cilia bright 

 orange-yellow. Hind Aving brown with a greyish tinge ; cilia 

 white mixed with brown ; the underside whitish suifused and 

 irrorated with brown, a slight discoidal striga and indistinct curved 

 postmedial line. 



5 . Darker. 



Hah. Brazil, 2 S fjpe, B-io Janeiro, 1 cJ ? Organ Mts., Tijuca 

 {Wagner), 1 5. Exp. 22 millim. 



