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The female is paler on the primaries, and the secondaries are greyish with darker 

 margins. 



Expanse 28 millim. 



Hob. llio Janeiro, Brazil. 



Theages vestalis. (Tab. I. fig. 23.) 



Theages vestalis, Sehaus, Proc. Zcol. Soc. Lond. 1892, p. 278. 



White ; wings semihyaline, slightly iridescent. 

 Expanse 22 millim. 



Hab. Peru. 



Ameles byblis. (Tab. II. fig. 2.) 



Ameles byblis, Sehaus, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1892, p. 279. 



Primaries above dark brown, a space at the base, and a large subapical space on the 

 outer margin, testaceous, with two rows of paler spots. About the middle of the 

 costal margin are two nearly contiguous testaceous spots, and likewise two about the 

 middle of the inner margin. Secondaries above blackish, a yellow basal spot on the 

 costa. Underneath dull brown, orange at the base of the four wings, and orange 

 shades along the basal half of the costal and inner margins of the primaries. The 

 subapical patch on the outer margin as on the upperside. Head and thorax yellow, 

 with two broad brown bands. Abdomen dorsally dark brown, laterally yellow, with 

 two rows of black spots ; underneath whitish. 



Expanse 37 millim. 



Hab. Corcovaclo, Kio Janeiro. 



Sychesia hartmanni. (Tab. III. fig. 10.) 



Sychesia hartmanni, Sehaus, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1892, p. 280. 



Primaries dark brown, an indistinct wavy submarginal shade. Secondaries black- 

 brown, faintly hyaline in the disk. Head and thorax above brown, an orange spot 

 at the base of the antennse ; thorax underneath orange. Abdomen dorsally black, 

 laterally orange, underneath brown. 



Expanse 40 millim. 



Hah. Petropolis, Brazil. 



Sychesia janeira. (Tab. III. fig. 14.) 



Sychesia janeir a, Sehaus, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1892, p. 280. 



Male. Primaries above light brown, with numerous transverse pale streaks, all the 

 veins orange-brown ; secondaries yellowish white, black on the margins. Head and 

 thorax brown, the collar edged with dull orange. Abdomen dorsally orange, the first 



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