GADIETHA. 345 



from tertnen below apex. JTind wing greyish tinged with fuscous 

 brown, the costal and terminal areas suffused with fuscous ; a 

 blackish point at lower angle of cell ; the termen with some whitish 

 suffusion ; cilia whitish mixed with brown; the underside whitish, 

 the costal and terminal areas suff'used with brown, a slight diffused 

 discoidal lunule. 



Hah. Be. jSTew Guinea, Ekeikei {Pratt), type t $ in Coll. 

 Bethune-Eaker. Exj). 44 millim. 



6653. Gadirtha candezei. 



Gadirtha candezei, Driice, Biol. Ceiitr.-Ara., Het. ii, p. 508, pi. 96, f. 17 

 (1898). 



5 . Head grey with some ochreous on vertex and basal joint of 

 antennae ; palpi ochreous white, the 2nd joint black at sides towards 

 base and with the fringes of hair above grey, some grey towards 

 extremity of Brd joint ; thorax ochreous irrorated with black, the 

 patagia grey ; fore and mid legs grey, the fore tibisB with some 

 ochreous, pectus and hind legs white, the tarsi ringed with black ; 

 abdomen grey, whitish at base and with the large crests on basal 

 segments rufous, the ventral surface white. Fore wing grey suffused 

 with fuscous, the costal area red-brown irrorated with black from 

 the automedial line, where it extends to below the cell, narrowing 

 to termon below apex ; the costa with blackish striae and points, 

 the medial part of inner margin with blackish and ochreous striop ; 

 antemedial line indistinct, inwardly oblique, minutely waved ; 

 small tufts of raised scales at middle of cell and on discocellulars ; 

 postmedial line very indistinct, hardly traceable on costal area, bent 

 outwards below costa, oblique and dentate below vein 4 ; 

 subterminal line pale with patches of red-brown before and 

 beyond ifc at middle and beyond it at tornus, waved, excurved 

 at middle and bent inwards at vein 2 ; a terminal series of 

 slight dark lunules. Hind wing semihyaline white slightly tinged 

 with ochreous, the veins and costal and terminal areas suffused 

 with fuscous brown ; cilia white, brownish at base ; the underside 

 white, the costal and terminal areas suffused with brown. 



Hab. Guatemala ; Costa IIica, Juan Vinas (Schaus), 1 $ , Ex2}, 

 "-68 miilim. 



6654. Gadirtha inexacta. 



Gadirtha inexacta, Wlk. xiii. 1102 (1857); Hmpsn, Moths Ind. ii. p. 367. 

 Gadirtha impingevs, Wlk. xiii. 1103 (1867). 

 Scolopocneme htifonia, Feld. Wien. Ent. Men. vi. p. 38 (1862). 

 Checnpa tinctoides, Snell. Tijd. v. Ent. xx. p. 71, pi. t. f. 6 (1877). 



Head and thorax grey mixed with brown ; palpi with the 2nd 

 joint dark brown at sides except at extremity ; fore tibiaj and 

 tarsi with series of small black-brown spots in front; abdomen 



