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MELANCHROIA SUBVITTATA. 
Mas et fem. Nigro-fusca; abdomen apice luteum; ale albo 
subpunctate antice subferruginee, macula oblonga obliqua 
discali alba ; postice macula discali alba basim versus attenu- 
ata, vittisque subtus duabus posterioribus albis. | 
Male and female. Blackish brown. Proboscis testaceous.. 
Palpi and antenne black. Abdomen luteous at the tip. . Wings 
with white ciliz at the tips, slightly and very minutely flecked with 
white. Fore wings with a slight ferruginous tinge, and with an 
oblong oblique white discal spot. Hind wings with an oblong white 
spot, which is almost parallel to the length, and is attenuated 
towards the base, and especially so on the under side, where it is 
accompanied by two posterior white stripes. Length of the body 
5—6 lines; of the wings 16—18 lines. 
Brazil. In Mr. Saunders’ collection. 
New genus? ERNESTINA. 
Cyanescens ; ale nigra, plagis quatuor transversis albis lineaque 
extertore cyanescente. 
Phalena Geometra Ernestina, Cram. Pap. Exot. iv. 155, pl. 369, 
2. 
Melanchroia Ernestina, Hubn. Verz. Schmett. 173, 1791. 
Amboina. 
Genus ARINA. 
Mas. Corpus gracile. Proboscis longiuscula. Palpi longi, 
arcuati, reflexi, verticem attingentes. Antenne mediocriter pecti- 
nate, apice serrate, corporis dimidio longiores. Abdomen alas pos- 
-ticas non superans. Pedes graciles; tibie postice calcaribus qua- 
tuor mediocriter longis, Ale latiuscule; antice apud costam 
subrecte:, apice rotundate margine exteriore subobliquo. 
Closely resembles the genera Melanchrota and Nyctemera, but 
is much more allied than them to the Pyralites. Male.—Body 
slender. Proboscis elongate. Palpi long, curved, ascending to the 
vertex. Antenne more than half the length of the body, mode- 
rately pectinated for full three-fourths of the length from the base, 
