MICRISCADIA. 377 



with whitish, waved, incurved in submedian interspace ; a black 

 discoidal bar ; postmedial line black defined on outer side by whitish, 

 minutely dentate, excurved from costa to vein 4, then incurved 

 and beut ontwards to inner margin, a dark patch beyond it on 

 costal area ; subterminal line indistinct, whitish defined on inner 

 side by dark brown, excurved below vein 7 and at middle, a 

 terminal series of black points. Hind wing grey-brown. 



Hah. Ecuador, Paramba {Rosenberg), 1 $ type. ^.i^j.30 millim. 



Gonus MICRISCADIA, nov. 



Type, M. metachryseis. 



Proboscis fully developed ; palpi porrect, the 2iid joint extending about the 

 length of head and slenderly sealed, the 3rd long and somewhat dilated at 

 extremity; frons rounded: antenniB of female minutely ciliated; thorax 

 clothed with scales and hair mixed and without crests ; fore tibias fringed witii 

 long hair, the mid tibite slightly fringed with hair, the hind tibite smoothly 

 scaled ; abdomen without crests. Fore wing with the apex rounded, thetermen 

 evenly curved and not crenulate ; vein 3 from before angle of cell ; 5 from just 

 above angle ; 6 from upper angle ; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form a long 

 narrow areole ; 11 from cell. Hind wing with vein 3 from before angle of cell ; 

 4, 5 from angle ; 6, 7 from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with the cell near 

 base only. 



6699, Micriscadia metacliryseis, n. sp. 



2 . Head and thorax whitish mixed with ochreous brown and 

 some blackish; tegulse with diffused blackish medial band; abdomen 

 whitish tinged with ochreous, the medial segments suffused with 

 blackish, lateral series of black points, tbe ventral surface ochreous 

 white, Fore wing grey suffused with brick-red and irrorated with 

 blackish ; subbasal line represented by double black points below 

 costa and at vein 1 ; a blackish shade on antemedial area except 

 towards costa; antemedial line blackish, waved; reniform very 

 large, elliptical, defined by black and with whitish spot irrorated 



Fig. 143. — Micriscadia metachryseis, $ . \. 



with black in centre ; postmedial line black, strongly bent outwards 

 below costa, then dentate, excurved to vein 4, then strongly 

 incurved ; some short blackish streaks on terminal part of costa; 

 subterminal line whitish irrorated with black and with small black 

 spots on its outer edge except at discal fold, excurved from vein 7 

 to vein 3, then incurved. Hind wing golden yellow with broad 

 terminal black band narrowing to a point at vein 1 ; cilia brown, 

 whitish at tips and yellow towards tornus. 



Hah. Br. Gcjiina, Demerara (Rodwaij), 1 $ , Rockstone (Kaije), 

 I § type. Exp. 26-28 millim. 



