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68. Omphaletis metaneura, Low. 

 Not uncommon in March and April. 



69. Omphaletis sarcomorpha, Low. 

 A scarce species; two specimens, in ApriL 



70. Omphaletis petrodora, Low. 

 Two specimens, in March. 



7L Omphaletis ( ?) acontoura, n. sp. 



9 , 30 mm. Head, palpi, antennae, and thorax smoky- 

 brown, palpi dull-ochreous beneath, abdomen rather dark- 

 fuscous. Legs fuscous, mixed with whitish. Forewings 

 elongate-triangular, termen gently rounded; smoky-brown, 

 with black markings; a thick streak along submedian fold, 

 from near base to before middle, posteriorly attenuated ; a 

 thick similar streak in middle of cell throughout ; a row of 

 black dots along termen; cilia smoky-brown. Hindwings 

 with termen rounded, faintly waved; light-fuscous; cilia grey, 

 with a fuscous sub-basal line. 



In the absence of the male, the generic location is un- 

 certain. 



One specimen, in October, at light. 



72. Omphaletis spodochroa, n. sp. 



cj" , 9 ^ 24, 28 mm. Head and antennae fuscous, face 

 whitish-ochreous. Palpi ochreous-whitish, second joint infus- 

 cated laterally. Thorax ashy-grey-whitish, anteriorly with a 

 narrow fuscous band, collar rufous. Abdomen greyish- 

 ochreous. Legs greyish-white, tarsi fuscous, banded with 

 ochreous. Forewings elongate-triangular, termen gently 

 rounded ; ashy-grey-whitish ; all lines obsolete ; orbicular 

 small, reddish-ochreous; reniform white, moderate, edged on 

 either side with reddish-ferruginous, and with a small blackish 

 shade on lower lobe; an obscure reddish sub-basal median 

 spot; three equidistant black dots on costa, first close to base, 

 from which emerge faint indications of sub-basal line, second 

 at one-quarter ; third at about middle ; faint indications of a 

 waved fuscous subterminal line; a row of fuscous-ferruginous 

 dots along termen; cilia dark-fuscous; terminal half greyish- 

 ochreous. 



Near sarcomovpha, Low. 



Seven specimens, in March. 



73. Ariathisa coelenoptera, n. sp. 



(S y 9 J 34 mm. Head and thorax blackish, slightly 

 irrorated with whitish. Palpi ochreous-whitish, base of second 



