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Hindwing : with all the margins black, the central yellow area elongate, its 

 lower edge sinuous. 



Underside the same. 



Head, thorax, and abdomen black ; face with yellow cheeks ; patagia with 

 yellow centres ; dorsum with a yellow line ; abdomen with the underneath whitish, 

 and a yellow lateral line. 



Expanse of wings : 30 mm. 



1 6, 1 ? from Rio de Janeiro (E. May). 



The antennae of the S are quite shortly pubescent. 



31. Phaeochlaena pictifrons spec nov. 



Forewing : black, with the veins and folds broadly sulphur-colour ; a round 

 whitish spot on median vein touching the cell-fold above and vein 2 below ; a 

 double spot before apex between veins 7 and 5 ; fringe black. 



Hindwing : whitish, with a broad black marginal border, continued narrowly 

 along costa to base. 



Underside with the veins very finely paler ; a streak of pale scales from base 

 along costal vein ; another broader from base below cell swelling out into a large 

 filmy blotch embracing the end of cell ; the subapical spot larger : hindwing as 

 above, but the costa also white. 



Palpi and base of patagia bright orange ; middle of face, tongue, and antennae 

 black ; sides of face pale sulphur-coloured ; collar, shoulders, and thorax black 

 spotted with pale sulphur; abdomen black with the basal segments whitish; 

 abdomen beneath, pectus, and inside of legs whitish. 



Expanse of wings : 30 mm. 



1 <S from La Oroya, R. Inambari, S.E. Peru, 3100 ft., October 1904, wet season 

 (Ockenden). 



32. Phaeochlaena unimacula spec. nov. 



Forewing : olive-brown, with all the veins and folds paler ; the apex and outer 

 margin dull black ; this dark margin is preceded by a broadly rounded paler space 

 caused by the orange of the underside showing through ; at middle of costa an 

 ontwardly oblique oval yellow blotch reaching lower end of cell; fringe blackish. 



Hindwing : bright orange, with a broad black outer margin, running to a 

 point on inner margin and costa ; extreme base smoky black. 



Underside of forewing with basal half above median vein, the inner margin 

 below submedian 'fold, the outer margin, apex, and costa beyond three-fifths dark 

 olive-brown ; the enclosed area orange, touching costa beyond middle and with a 

 narrow streak from base, which is slightly dusted with brown scales : hindwing as 

 above, but with the margin brown. 



Head yellow ; palpi yellow internally, blackish externally ; thorax brown 

 (patagia and shoulders damaged) ; abdomen with an orange dorsal stripe and broad 

 olive-fuscons lateral stripes ; underneath creamy ochreous, like the legs. 



Expanse of wings : 38 mm. 



1 ? from Cuzco, Peru, January 1901 (Garlepp). 



33. Polypoetes tenebrosa spec. nov. 

 Forewing : deep olive-brown, with all the veins and folds finely deep orange ; 

 fringe black. 



