290 Mr. W. Schaus's 



7, 8, 9 stalked ; 10 from end of areole ; 3 and 4 from a point. 

 Secondaries : veins 6 and 7 stalked ; 3 and 4 from a point ; 8 close 

 to 7 to near the end of cell. 



Type. B. aroata, Schs. 

 Aroata, Schs.,sp. nov., t. xi, f. 6. 



Betola aroata, sp. nov. 



Head and thorax brown, mottled with green and violaceous scales. 

 Primaries violaceous -brown ; a long olive-green spot above the sub- 

 median at a third from the base ; a large olive green space from 

 below and beyond the cell to the outer margin, this space divided 

 by the outer line which is irregular, wavy, pale fawn-colour ; a broad 

 white dash on the outer margin between veins 4 and 6 ; some black 

 scales at the base of the inner margin, a large cluster in the cell, and 

 two small clusters between veins 2 and 3 on the outer margin. The 

 shadings are rather mottled and streaky. Secondaries white ; the 

 margins narrowly brown ; the fringe white. 



Expanse 45 m.m. 



Hal). Aroa, Venezuela. 



LlRIMIRIS. 



Lirimiris, Walk., Cat. Lep. Het., B. M. xxxii, p. 468 



(1865). 



Antennas pectinated, but not to tips. Palpi not extending beyond 

 frons. Primaries long and narrow ; above vein 4, outer margin 

 rounded or truncated, below 4 very oblique ; 6 from end of areole ; 

 7 and 8 stalked. Secondaries : veins 3 and 4 apart ; 6 and 7 

 stalked. 



Type of Genus. L. lignitccta, Walk. 



Lignitecta, Walk, 1. c., p. 469 (1&§5) = Argentifera, Druce, 

 (Tif'ama), Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. (6) iv, p. 92 

 (1889), Biol. Centr. Amer. Lep. Het., ii,t. xci, f. 20. 



Truncata, H. S. (Notodonta), Ausser.-Europ. Schmett.. i, f. 

 494 (1856). 



GOPHA. 



Gopha, Walk, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. (3) i, p. 81 (1862). 



Antennae shortly pectinate in the male on basal two-thirds, serrate- 

 fasciculate in the female. Palpi extending beyond the frons ; 

 second joint long, third short. Primaries broad ; the apex acute ; 



