366 NOCTTTID^. 



legs, and ventral surface of abdomen greyer. Fore wing very dark 

 olive-brown ; some silvery blue scales at base of costa and cell 

 and some on costa near base ; antemedial line formed of silvery 

 blue scales tending to form spots, curved ; two small patches of 

 silvery blue scales on medial area, some scattered scales in cell and 

 between lower angle of cell and inner margin; postmedial line 

 formed of silvery blue scales tending to form spots, incurved below 

 vein 4 ; a subterminal series of spots formed of silvery blue scales ; 

 some silvery blue scales on termen ; cilia greyish above middle and 

 tornus. Hind wing very dark olive-brown ; medial and postmedial 

 waved lines formed of silvery scales and a terminal band of silvery 

 scales ; the underside olive-brown mixed with grey. 



Eab. Brazil, Amazons, Ega {Bates), 1 $ type. Exjp. 14 millim. 



Genus STENOLOBA. 



Type. 



Stenoloha, Staud. Eom. Mem. vi. p. 381 (1892) jancousoi. 



Neothrijpa, Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 382 (1894) punctistigma. 



Proboscis fully deyeloped ; palpi obliquely upturned, the 2nd joint reaching 

 about to vertex of head and moderately scaled, the 3rd moderate ; frons with 

 slight rather pointed conical prominence ; eyes large, round ; antennae of 

 male cihated ; thorax entirely clothed with very large scales, the prothorax 

 with very long oblique flattened crest, the metathorax witli spreading crest ; 

 fore tibise fringed with long hair, the mid and hind tibias moderately fringed 

 with hair ; abdomen with dorsal crest at base only. Fore wing rather narrow, 

 the margins subparallel, the apex rounded, the termen rather obliquely 

 curved and not crenulate ; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell ; 6 from 

 or from just below upper angle ; 7 from areole ; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 

 8 to form the area which is longitudinally narrow and elongate, or abnormally 

 8, 9 separately from the areole ; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 

 from angle of cell ; 5 nearly fully develo)Ded from below middle of disco- 

 cellulars ; 6, 7 from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with tlie cell near base 

 only. 



A. Fore wing with white fascia along median nervure and 



thence obliquely to apex jancousci. 



B. Fore wing v.'ithout white fascia. 



a. Fore wing not tinged with green. 



a}-. Fore wing with rufous centre to orbicular ferrimamda. 



6'. Fore wing without rufous centre to orbicular. 



a^. Fore wing with the orbicular and reniform 



defined by rufous and black scales manleyi, 



h-. Fore wing with the orbicular a black point, the 



reniform a black bar clara. 



b. Fore wing tinged with green. 



a^. Fore wing without points of raised white scales on 

 the lines. 

 a^. Fore wing with the basal and medial costal areas 



tinged with pale green pimctistigma. 



b^. Fore wing with patches of bright yellow-green on 



basal, medial, and terminal areas , viridindcta. 



h^. Fore wing with points of raised white scales on the 



lines glaucesccns. 



