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290. Isochromodes siennata spec. nov. 



Forewing : wood-brown, brighter in the <$, thickly strignlated with fuscous ; 

 the lines dark brown ; first outcnrved above median vein, then straight ; outer 

 sinuous from four-fifths of costa to two-thirds of inner margin ; marginal area with 

 a dull greyish-black blotch between veins 2 and 4 ; cell-spot small ; fringe pale 

 brown with dark chequering beyond veins. 



Hindwing : with outer line only, inbent beyond cell and ontcurved below, 

 followed on inner margin by a bright white spot. 



Underside pale ochreons, slightly dark speckled ; outer line blackish ; marginal 

 area in forewing grey ; the ? is yellower ochreons with denser speckling. 



Head, thorax, and abdomen like wings. 



Expanse of wings : 30 mm. 



1 3, 2 ¥ ? from Oconeqne, Carabaya, Peru, 7000 ft., July 1004, dry season 

 (Ockenden). 



297. Melinodes ignea spec. nov. 



Forewing : yellow, thickly speckled with fulvous orange ; the veins finely 

 brown ; lines black-brown ; first from one-fourth of costa to one-third of inner 

 margin, bent at right angles on subcostal vein ; outer from three-fourths of costa 

 to two-thirds of inner margin, obtusely angled on vein 6, then straight ; the first 

 line is preceded and the outer followed by a brownish-grey shade containing white 

 dashes on veins, the outer broader and running straight to apex ; submarginal 

 line marked by a series of black spots on veins ; cell-spot black ; fringe concolorous, 

 with pale tips. 



Hindwing : with outer line only, slightly curved ; costal area broadly white j 

 cell-spot and submarginal spots as in forewing. 



Underside very pale yellow freckled with greyish ochreons ; the lines marked 

 by thick greyish shades, not reaching in forewing below submedian fold ; outer 

 shade accompanied by a series of black vein-dots ; cell-spots deep black. 



Head, thorax, and dorsum yellow varied with fulvous ; abdomen beneath, 

 pectus, and legs pale yellowish ; palpi externally and forelegs brownish. 



Expanse of wings : 32 — 34 mm. 



3 c? c? from C'ushi, Huannco, Peru, 1900 m. (Hoffmanns). 



298. Melinodes reversa spec. nov. 



Forewing : deep yellow, dappled with olive-grey ; the lines accompanied by 

 irregular tawny-brown shades, and marked by black dashes on veins, those of 

 the inner line white-tipped basew ards, those of the outer externally, that on vein I 

 always expanded into a conspicuous white dash ; the outer line is sinuous, excurved 

 above and incurved below, the tawny shades of the lines becoming confluent below 

 vein 2 ; submarginal line marked by olive-grey blotches on the veins ; the tawny 

 shade of outer line is produced externally on inner margin, between veins 3 and 4, 

 and above vein 0, where it extends to the submarginal costal blotch ; fringe dull 

 yellow, flecked with olive ; cell-spot diffuse, olive-grey. 



Hindwing : with outer line only and the submarginal line of spots ; costa 

 pale yellow. 



Underside paler yellow, with the markings duller. 



Head, thorax, and abdomen yellow, varied with olive-grey. 



