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210. Nipteria subustata spec. now 



On the apperside exceedingly like .V. contecta, but darker grey, without any 

 luteins tinge; costa darker at base and marked with black striae rather tlian spots ; 

 a very obscure outer line marked by dark vein-dots from before apex to two-thirds 

 of inner margin; fringe dark grey, hardly spotted beyond veins. 



Hindwing : with cell-spot only; fringe paler, with the spots plainer. 



Underside of forewing pale, except along costa and outer margin; cell-spot, 

 and line plain, the latter with the teeth marked darker on the veins ; marginal area 

 from costa to vein 2 filled in with a fulvous grey cloud; fringe dark grey, with 

 pale tips : hindwing with the line well marked, straight from submedian fold at 

 two-thirds to vein 0, then upcurved to costa, the whole wing darker grey and 

 speckled with blackish ; inner margin narrowly pale. 



Head and thorax dark grey; patagia and abdomen paler, the latter with black 

 segmental rings. 



Expanse of wings : 44 mm. 



1 <S from La Oroya, R. Inambari, 8.E. Peru, 3100 ft., March 1905, wvi season 

 (Ockenden). 



211. Nipteria translineata spec. nov. 



Forewing: white, densely dappled with blackish grey; the veins finely black ; 

 a slight blackish patch at base, followed by an indistinct line; first line at one-third, 

 vertical, blackish, forming two large outward curves above and below the median 

 vein, preceded by a narrow area of pure white; outer line at two-thirds, running 

 obliquely outwards from costa to vein 4, shortly and obscurely toothed on the veins, 

 then boldly dentate-lunulate to inner margin, followed by a pure white space ; 

 cell-spot black, following the course of the discocellular ; abroad irregular white 

 band from apex to anal .angle; marginal area dark from vein to 1, but whitish 

 between 3 and 4 ; a black marginal line ; fringe white, with black chequering 

 beyond veins. 



Hindwing: white, with a blackish lunulate-dentate snbmarginal line; a black 

 cell-spot, and some dark shading towards margin ; marginal line black ; fringe 

 white, with dark mottling. 



Underside like upper; the shadings of forewing duller, those of hindwing 

 clearer. 



Head and thorax dark grey ; abdomen whitish, with dark segmental rings ; 

 legs fuscous ; antennae black. 



Expanse of wings : 52 mm. 



2 ¥ ? from Agualani, Carabaya, Pern, 9000 ft., March 1905, wet season 

 (Ockenden). 



By its markings this insect recalls some species of the North American genns 

 Nepytia Hulst; veins 6 and 7 of hindwing are short-stalked. 



212. Nipteria umbriliuea spec. nov. 



Forewing: testaceous grey, with darker speckling; Ithe costa darker, with 

 slight striae; a dark cell-spot; a dark diffusely scaled outer line, slightly curved 

 from apex to two-thirds of inner margin; apex and outer margin shaded with 

 darker ; fringe coucolorous, with dark spots beyond veins in costal half of wing 

 only; veins slightly darker. 



