278 Mr. W. Schaus's 



Lepasta. 



Zepasta, Moschl., Verh. Zool.-bot. Ges. Wien, xxv ii, p. 694 

 (1877). 

 Antennae fasciculate. Palpi long ; second joint extending beyond 

 frons ; third joint almost as long as second. Head with raised tuft. 

 Primaries : vein 5 from centre of discocellular ; 6 from upper angle 

 of cell ; 7, 8, 10 from end of areole. Secondaries : veins 3 and 4 

 from a point ; 6 and 7 stalked. 



Type of genus. Z. bractea, Feld. 



Bractea, Feld. (Nystalea), Reise Nov., t. xcvii, f. 3 (1874). 



Grammodes, Feld. (Nystalea), 1. c, f. 1. 



Conspicua, Butl., Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond., 1878, p. 71. 



Mixta, Moschl., 1. c, xxxii, p. 349, t. 18, f. 37 (1883). 



Lignistriata, Schs., sp. no v. 



Calophasioides, Kaye (Nystalea), Trans. Ent. Soc. 1901, p. 

 137, pi. v. f. 2. In this species vein 6 is from areole 

 near angle of cell; it may be the same as Mixta, 

 Moschl. 



Lepasta lignistriata, sp. nov. 



Head and thorax dark brown. Abdomen light brown. Primaries 

 greyish speckled with brown, especially along the costa, making it 

 much darker ; numerous darker streaks between the veins ; a terminal 

 row of black points ; a black and grey spot on costa near base ; 4 

 small white spots on costa towards apex. Secondaries reddish-brown, 

 paler towards base. 



Expanse 33 m.m. 



Hob. Rio Janeiro. 



Taclmda, gen. nov. 



Antennae fasciculate. Palpi hairy upturned, third joint small. 

 Legs hairy, the spines on hind tibia rather prominent. Primaries 

 long, narrow, almost as broad at base as at outer margin, the latter 

 margin slightly convex ; the inner margin hairy at the base ; veins 

 3 and 4 well apart; 6 from just beyond upper angle; a short 

 accessory cell, with 7, 8, 10 from its extremity, 9 stalked with 8. 

 Secondaries with 3 and 4 from a point ; 6 and 7 on short stalk. 



Type. T. albosigma, Druce. 

 Albosigma, Druce (Lochmaeus), Biol. Centr. Amer. Lep. 

 Het., i, p. 236 (1887) ; ii, T. 90, f. 17. 



