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a larger oval subdorsal spot beneath this; two very elongate whitish 
blotches above and below middle beyond these; a suffused orange 
apical spot (cilia injured). Hindwings narrow, 3 and 4 connate, 
5 nearly approximated ; grey ; a subhyaline elongate spot beneath 
cell before 2 ; cilia light grey. 
Brazil, Sta. Pita, Parangua, May (Pentlwr) ; 1 ex. (Vienna 
Mus.). Allied to preceding, but quite distinct. 
Machimia oxybela, n. sp. 
(S . 14 mm. Head whitish. Palpi white, second joint dark 
grey except apex, terminal joint suffused dark grey anteriorly 
except towards base. Thorax lilac-grey, shoulders white. Fore¬ 
wings rather elongate, posteriorly dilated, costa gently arched, apex 
rounded-obtuse, termen rounded, little oblique ; rather light lilac- 
grey ; a white costal streak, attenuated throughout, costal edge 
dark fuscous towards base : cilia grey-whitish. Hindwings and 
cilia pale grey. 
Brazil, Pio Preto, between Boquerao and Sta. Pita ( Penther ) ; 
1 ex. (Vienna Mus.). 
Machimia aethostola, n. sp. 
$ . 17-18 mm. Head, palpi, thorax dark fuscous, tip of palpi 
whitish. Forewings moderate, costa gentl}'' arched, apex obtuse, 
termen somewhat obliquely rounded; dark fuscous; markings 
very obscure, blackish-fuscous ; stigmata moderate, plical rather 
obliquely beyond first discal; an excurved cloudy line from | of 
costa to dorsum before tornus, somewhat sinuate near costa : cilia 
dark fuscous. Hindwings dark grey ; cilia grey, a darker subbasal 
shade. 
Brazil, Sao Paulo (Sjpitz); 2 ex. (type Vienna Mus.). 
Machimia pyrrhoxantha, n. sp. 
3 . 21 mm. Head, thorax brownish-ochreous. Palpi orange- 
ochreous, slightly sprinkled dark fuscous. Forewings elongate- 
oblong, slightly dilated, costa gently arched, apex obtuse, termen 
nearly straight, hardly oblique; ochreous-orange, a very few 
scattered dark fuscous specks; a small black dot on base of costa ; 
stigmata small, dark fuscous, plical very obliquely beyond first 
discal; a faint fine fuscous transverse line at J, excurved in disc, 
slightly sinuate on costal third, indented on fold: cilia pale 
purplish-rosy, a grey subbasal line on termen. Hindwings yellow, 
lighter towards base ; cilia pale rosy, becoming pale yellow round 
tornus and dorsum. 
French Guiana, Cayenne; 2 ex. (type U.S. National Museum). 
Near fiava, but certainly distinct by different form of fore wings 
and deep orange colour. 
