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203. Nipteria contecta spec. nov. 



Forewing : blurred lnteons grey, more lnteons along costa and towards apex ; 

 costa blackish at base and spotted with black thronghonl ; a small black cell-spot ; 

 no lines marked, bnt the outer Hue visible by transparence; fringe concolorons, 



with minute black dots at the vein-ends. 



Hindwing : with the line more visible; cell-spot and marginal spots as in 

 forewing. 



Dnderside of forewing black-speckled along costa and outer margin ; the line 

 very obscurely grey, slightly sinuous, from costa just before apex to middle of inner 

 margin, passing through a fulvous cloud before outer margin, the space immediately 

 beyond the line being pale yellow; some black scales at apex : hindwing speckled 

 all over, with a faint fulvous tinge ; the line thick, straight across wing from below 

 middle of inner margin to vein 6, then npcurved to before apex. 



Head, thorax, and abdomen concolorons ; legs and antennae fuscous grey. 



Expanse of wings : 44 — 40 mm. 



1 <?, 2 ¥ ? from Oconeque, Carabaya, S.E. Peru, 7000 ft., July 1904, dry 

 season (Ockenden). 



204. Nipteria curtistriga spec. nov. 



Forewing : dull white, with a few dark speckles along costa; the outer margin 

 with a greyish brown tinge ; costa marked by three dark spots : first before one- 

 third, the second before two-thirds, oblique outwards ; the third at three-fourths, 

 oblique inwards ; a dark cell-spot ; fringe white, distinctly chequered with 

 black. 



Hindwing : with black cell-spot and curved dark-grey postmedian line. 



Underside of forewing olive-tinged and fuscous speckled along costal and apical 

 regions ouly, of hindwing speckled throughout ; of the costal marks of forewing 

 the outermost is strongly marked and the second faintly j in hindwing there is a 

 dark spot in and below cell near base. 



Head, thorax, and abdomen grey ; shoulders brown ; antennae black. 



Expanse of wings : 40 mm. 



1 <? from Cnshi, Huanuco, Peru, 1900 m. (Hoffmanns), type; 1 S, 1 ? from 

 Oconeqne, Carabaya, Pern, 7000 ft., July 1904, dry season (Ockenden). 



Apparently related to N. brevistriga Warr. and laevipenms Warr. 



205. Nipteria flebilis Warr. ab. subpallida nov. 



This form is very much paler than the typical ; the lower half of forewing, 

 the linear space beyond the outer line, and the whole of the hindwing being whitish 

 grey ; underneath both wings are whitish, with the darker tints of the typical form 

 much reduced or absent ; on the other hand the costal half of outer line of 

 forewing and the two parts of the central line of hindwing, above and below the 

 cell, are black and thick. 



Expanse of wings : 40 mm. 



1 J from R. Colorado, Pern, 2500 ft., August and September 1002 (Watkius). 



;206. Nipteria fumilinea spec nov. 



Forewing : shining white : the veins grey ; the costal edge narrowly grey to 

 middle; a grey vertical line, slightly outcurved, at one-third; a grey outer line 



