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with brown and black scales ; a basal, an oblique inner, and an 

 irregular outer, geminate line, the lines black filled in with yellow 

 scales ; a terminal irregular black line inwardly shaded with yellow, 

 and some yellow scales on the tips of the veins. Secondaries blackish ; 

 yellow at the base. Underneath the primaries are blackish ; the apex 

 outer and inner margins yellowish ; the secondaries yellowish-grey 

 with a broad subterminal black band. 

 Expanse 44 m.m. 



Hab. Rio Janeiro and Coatepec, Mexico. 



This is the species referred to in the Biologia as S. 

 politia, Cr. 



Meragisa sidata. 



Body grey. Primaries thickly irrorated with grey and buff scales, 

 darker than E. politioides, Schs. ; a dark grey inner line, geminate, 

 outwardly oblique from costa to median vein ; a minute discal 

 streak, above which is an oblique costal streak ; outer line fine, 

 dark, dentate, geminate on costa, suffusing below vein 3 with the 

 subterminal which consists of geminate black lunules separated by 

 greenish-buff ; these lunules are oblique from costa before apex to 

 vein 4, and below vein 4 they are closer to the outer margin ; some 

 terminal outwardly curved black lunules, preceded by black marks 

 below each vein ; fringe yellow. Secondaries dull brown ; fringe 

 yellow. Underneath dull brown ; a terminal dark line on primaries. 



Expanse 49 m.m. 



Hah. Mepjda, Venezuela. 



Phastia. 



Phastia, Walk, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond.(3) i, p. 258 (1862). 



Antennae fasciculate. Palpi slender, porrect, slightly hairy ; 

 third joint one-third the length of second. Primaries : costa convex ; 

 outer margin and inner angle rounded, only slightly oblique ; vein 

 5 from above middle of discocellular ; 6 from middle of areole ; 

 7, 8, 10 from end of areole. Secondaries long, not very broad ; the 

 costal margin straight ; veins 6 and 7 stalked ; 8 close to 7 to end 

 of cell. 



Type. Phastia basalis, Walk. 

 Basalis, Walk., 1. c. (1862). 

 Alcimede, Druce (Oedemasia ?), P. Z. S, 1890, p. 510 ; Biol. 



Centr. Amer. Lep. Het, ii, t. xc, f. 2. 

 Duronia. Druce (Oedemasia), 1. c, p. 453, t. xc, f. 3 



(1898). 



