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Head, thorax, and abdomen blackish fuscous ; collar and shoulders paler. 



Expanse of wings : 23 mm. 



1 d from (Jushi, Huanuco, Peru, 1900 m. (Hoffmanns). 



164. Tephroclystia luteonigra spec. nov. 

 Forewing : buff ; crossed obliquely by the usual lines, which in places 

 are darkened by blackish scales, the costal area above subcostal vein always 

 remaining buff; space between basal patch and central fascia occupied by three 

 oblique black lines ; subcostal space immediately before and above the black 

 cell-spot, the curved outer lines of fascia beyond cell, and the space obliquely 

 beyond to apex are blackish, across which the paler lines show white ; veins 1, 2, 

 3, and 4 dotted black and white ; space between 2 and 4 buff without black 

 speckling; submarginal line interrupted, consisting of white spots, preceded by 

 black shades and joined externally by black dashes with the black marginal lines 

 between veins ; fringe whitish, chequered with dark. 



Hindwing : whiter ; crossed by six curved darker lines, marked black on the 

 veins, the two outermost luuulate-dentate, with a white line between ; the marginal 

 area buff ; cell-spot small, black. 



Underside paler buff, with the lines all marked greyish and black ; cell-spot 

 plain ; the outer edge of central fascia and the praesubmarginal shade are thickest 

 and darkest. 



Head, thorax, and abdomen all buff, slightly mixed with white scales ; the 

 dorsal crests strong ; tip of palpi brown ; legs dark fuscous, with pale joints. 



Expanse of wings : 2G mm. 



2 ? ? from (Jarabaya, Pern, June — August 1904, dry season (Ockenden). 



In one example the metathorax and base of abdomen are coal-black, and the 

 markings of the underside of wings blacker. 



Akin to T. lutulenta and conduplicata Warr. 



165. Tephroclystia lutulenta spec. nov. 



Forewing : dull olive luteous, somewhat thinly scaled ; the outer half of wing 

 from just beyond the large black cell-spot of a darker hue than the basal ; the 

 central fascia with three lines to each edge, those of the outer edge closer together, 

 all broader and darker on costa ; bands on each side clear, without lines ; sub- 

 marginal line fine and waved, paler than ground-colour ; basal line fine and dark, 

 close to base ; marginal line finely black, interrupted at the veins ; fringe olive 

 mottled with darker. 



Hindwing : like forewing, with all the lines plain ; the submargiual preceded 

 by dark scales in the lunules. 



Underside with the ground-colour paler, and the markings darker and plainer. 



Head, thorax, and abdomen concolorons ; the face paler ; palpi yellowish ; 

 antennae subserrate, ciliated. 



Expanse of wings : 22 mm. 



1 3 from Huancabamba, Cerro de Pasco, Peru, 6400 ft. (PiJttger). 



166. Tephroclystia melanograpta spec. nov. 

 Forewing : dingy grey with a slight luteous tinge, crossed by darker grey 

 lines, bent below costa, then oblique; costa marked with five dark blotches, the 

 spaces between them with a darker central line ; the third and fourth give rise 



