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a diffuse dark snbmargiual shade; marginal Hue black, lunular; fringe olive- 

 yellow. 



Underside exactly like that of the ?. 



Head, thorax, and abdomen dark green, on basal half of abdomen mixed with 

 reddish grey; beneath, the basal half is pale yellow-ochreous, the anal half dark 

 fuscons ; antennae ferruginous, green at base. 



Expanse of wings : 52 mm. 



1 cf from Limbani, Carabaya, Peru, 9500 feet, April 1904, dry season 

 (Ockeuden). 



252. Ischnopteris inconspicua spec. nov. 



Forewing : dull grey-green, dusted with darker; markings darker, but all very 

 obscure ; first line oblique outwards from one-fifth of costa to one-third of inner 

 margin, angled sharply outwards on subcostal vein and snbmediau fold ; median 

 line at one-third and outer just beyond and before middle, both oblique outwards 

 and crenulate to middle of wing, then oblique inwards, but their lower course is 

 very much obscured ; snbmarginal line whitish, waved, with a darker green shade 

 preceding it, and forming a white spot on costa ; friuge worn, grey-green. 



Hindwing : dull smoky grey, with dark cell-spot and dark curved postmediau 

 and snbmarginal shade. 



Underside pale luteous, dusted with grey-green, with grey submarginal shade 

 and cell-spot. 



Head, thorax, and abdomen grey-green ; dorsal tufts blackish ; forelegs dark 

 fuscons, with the joints ochreous. 



Expanse of wings : 40 mm. 



2 iJ(J from Sapncay, Paraguay, October 1904 (Foster). 



Intermediate between I. xylinata Guen. and /. zurra Dogn., agreeing witli 

 the former iu markings of forewing, and with the latter in the coloration of 

 hindwing. 



253. Ischnopteris ornata spec nov. 



Forewing: moss-green at base, moss-green mixed with pink in marginal half; 

 a broad fascia before middle olive-fuscous ; its inner edge oblique outwards from 

 one-fourth of costa to one-third of inner margin, angled below median ; outer edge 

 from middle of costa to middle of inner margin, indented in cell, and projecting 

 iu middle, edged by a pale green line, and on costa by a white spot ; cell-spot 

 black ; snbmarginal line whitish, diffuse, indented from 5 to 3, preceded by 

 darker blotches at costa, beyond cell, and above inner margin; the pink coloration 

 is mainly disposed along the two folds and immediately beyond the snbmarginal 

 line; large dark marginal spots between veins; fringe olive flecked with pink; 

 in the outer half of the dark fascia there is visible a still darker thick median 

 shade. 



Hindwing : yellow ; inner margin below median vein dark olive, ending in a 

 large blackish green anal blotch reaching vein 6, containing traces of a dark 

 postmediau line, marked in one case on costa as well ; fringe yellow in upper half 

 of wing, fuscous in lower. 



Underside yellow; forewing with costa and apex dull reddish; an oblique 

 median and broader subapical blackish band ; a small yellowish marginal blotch 

 below apex ; inner margin lustrous grey : hindwing black-speckled, with cell-spot 

 and diffuse narrow submarginal band. 



