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Of the typical oorticinaria II. S. and the ab. albitumida Warr. I have seen 

 ? ? corresponding exactly with the 6 <S ; a third very distinct form, of the ? only, 

 has the ground-colour warm ochreous, thickly black-speckled, with both lines thick 

 and black at their extremities on costa and inner margin. 



The types of this, which I have named nigromaculata, are from Limbani, 

 Carabaya, Peru. Those of ab. lutea are from Cushi, Huannco, Pern, 1900 m. 

 (Hoffmanns), three examples, also a single example from Oconeque, ( larabaya, 

 Peru, 7000 ft., July 1904, dry season (Ockeuden), differing from the Cushi specimens 

 in having scarcely an elbow at vein 4. 



Of ab. flexilinea the type, a $ , is from La Oroya, R. Inambari, Carabaya, 

 Peru, 3100 ft., September 1904, dry season (Ockenden), the lines ending in brown 

 shades; 2 ef<? from Oconeque, Carabaya, Peru, 7000 ft., July 1904, dry season 

 (Ockenden), have the lines ending in white blotches as in albitumida, while other 

 two, one from Oconeque and one from Cushi, have the lines simple, the Cushi 

 example agreeing with the examples of lutea from the same place in having the 

 elbow at vein 4 much stronger. 



312. Mychonia melanospila spec. nov. 



Forewing : dark fawn-colour, with two dark cross-lines ; first at one-third 

 angled in cell before the black cell-spot, then oblique inwards ; outer line from 

 five-sixths of costa, bluntly angled on vein 7, then oblique to two-thirds of inner 

 margin, brown edged by a pale line ; the middle space tinged with brown ; a diffuse 

 blackish blotch at anal angle reaching vein 4 ; fringe brown. 



Hindwing : with the line central, beyond the black cell-spot. 



Underside paler, dirty whitish, with thick speckling, more or less suffused 

 with pale brown ; cell-spots black ; outer lines marked by black vein-spots ; 

 marginal area purplish grey ; inner margin of forewing white. 



Head, thorax, and abdomen brown. 



Expanse of wings : 28 mm. 



3 SS from La Oroya, R. Inambari, Peru, 3100 ft., September 1904, dry 

 season (Ockenden). 



Near M. exci&a Warr. from Mexico. 



313. Mychonia violacea spec. nov. 



Forewing: greyish flesh-colour; the lines, formed by spots on the veins, 

 dark purplish, edged on costa with white, and ending at inner margin in obscure 

 pale yellowish blotches ; basal half of fringe deep violet-brown, outer half white 

 tipped with grey ; cell-spot fuscous. 



Hindwing : whitish, with an outer row of spots; fringe whitish with purple base. 



Head, thorax, and abdomen like wings. 



Underside paler, speckled with fuscous, with the outer lines marked. 



Expanse of wings : 30 mm. 



A second specimen is olive-grey instead of flesh-colour ; the lines becoming 

 obsolete before inner margin ; the inner line marked by a vertical purplish-brown 

 shade ; the costa strongly dotted white and purple ; fringe at base rust-colour. 



Both examples are <J <j from Cushi, Huannco, Peru, 1900 m. (Hoffmanns). 



In this species the excision below apex of forewing is deeper even than iu 

 typical oorticinaria H.S, 



