ADELIDiE, 
571 
lower angle obsolete, second lobe slightly broader, termen slightly 
rounded, extremely oblique ; light greyish-ochreous almost concealed 
by suffused grey and white irroration except towards dorsum, with 
irregularly scattered black scales, an indistinct streak of darker 
grey suffusion along costa from base to cleft; a minute black dot 
in disc before and one less distinct before cleft; a small dark 
fuscous spot on costa beyond cleft, and two towards apex : cilia 
on costa white except on these spots, elsewhere pale greyish, with¬ 
out dots. Hindwings grey ; cilia light grey, base whitish-tinged. 
TExas, Fort Davis, 5000 feet, November ; New Mexico, Mesca- 
lero, 7000 feet, October ; 14 ex. 
ADELIBrE. 
Nemotois pliotodoxa, n. sp. 
d. 12-13 mm. Hairs of crown pale ochreous, eyes almost 
touching, face brilliant pale brassy-blue. Palpi yellow, rough- 
scaled. Antennae whitish, basal half ringed fuscous. Thorax 
yellowish, two broad silvery-blue-metallic stripes. Forewings 
rather short-triangular, costa posteriorly moderately arched, termen 
slightly rounded, rather strongly oblique; coppery-golden-metallic; 
an orange basal patch occupying | of wing, margin nearly straight, 
inwards-oblique from costa, finely black-edged, enclosing pale blue- 
metallic subcostal and median streaks from base to |; a rather 
inwards-oblique orange black-edged fasciate blotch from costa 
beyond middle reaching half across wing, with a black mark in 
middle of lower edge, and sometimes a small orange spot adjacent 
beneath ; two longitudinal strigulae of black irroration before middle 
of termen : cilia coppery-golden. Hindwings and cilia grey. 
New Guinea, St. Aignan I. (Meek) ; 4 ex. (Coll. Paravicini). 
Yery near profusella Walk., but in that species the antennae are 
not ringed, the forewings are more elongate, and the postmedian 
fascia from costa is connected with dorsum by a black streak. 
Nemotois cyanochrysa, n. sp. 
(y . 11 mm. Hairs of crown pale greyish-ochreous, eyes actually 
touching over more than half their middle, face pale silvery-blue- 
metallic. Palpi whitish-ochreous, rough-haired. Antennae white, 
basal third ringed fuscous. Thorax brassy-metallic, shoulders 
bright bluish-silvery. Forewings rather short-triangular, costa 
posteriorly moderately arched, termen slightly rounded, rather 
strongly oblique; purple-coppery-metallic ; an orange basal patch 
occupying of wing, margin black-edged, nearly straight, slightly 
inwards-oblique from costa, enclosing pale blue-metallic subcostal 
and median streaks from base to |; a black-edged orange fasciate 
blotch from costa beyond middle reaching half across wing, much 
widened beneath, with a lobe from anterior portion reaching fold, 
edged posteriorly by a black streak extended to dorsum: cilia 
bright coppery-gold. Hindwings and cilia grey. 
