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it is yellow ; the outer liue preceded by a brown shade ; snbmarginal dots black 

 and white: hindwing also much darker; the white hyaline cell-spot large and 

 conspicuous, followed by a small dull yellow patch ; the liue more strongly 

 dentate. 



Underside grey uniformly striated with darker, without any tinge of brown ; 

 the marginal and snbmarginal blotches blacker. 



Expanse of wings : 40 mm. 



1 g from Sapucay, Paraguay, November 1904 (Foster). 



The smaller size and deeper ground-colour distinguish the species at ouce. 



323. Pero inferna spec. nov. 



Forewing : deep purple-black, except the marginal area beyond outer line below 

 the apical black patch, which is dull grey-brown, thickly striated with dark brown ; 

 the two lines, shaped nearly as in xi/lonaria, are edged, the first outwardly, and the 

 second inwardly, with deep velvety black ; cell-spot small, formed of pale yellow 

 scales ; a purplish black apical shade from costal end of outer liue to end of vein 3 ; 

 fringe purplish black, below 3 brownish. 



Hindwing : black; the outer line visible, and marked above anal angle by au 

 angled streak of tawny scales, some of which spread along margin aud basewards 

 along vein 1 ; a yellow snbmarginal dot above vein 6. 



Underside dull purple black; cell-spots white, small in forewing, larger, with 

 black centre, in hindwing ; outer line traceable in both wings, on costa of forewing 

 marked by a small pale spot ; a whitish snbmarginal cloud between veins 2 aud 3 ; 

 a white snbmarginal dot in hindwing above vein 6. 



Head, thorax, and abdomen all black ; tibiae and tarsi ochreous, those of the 

 forelegs only mottled with dark. 



Expanse of wings : 52 mm. 



1 t? from Limbani, Carabaya, Peru, 9500 ft., April 1904, dry season 

 (Ockenden). 



324. Pero lactelineata spec. nov. 



Forewing : pale grey, tinged with fulvous in basal area, paler, more pinkish 

 grey in the marginal, the central field dark brown ; first line from one-fourth of 

 costa to one-third of inner margin, shortly oblique outwards and rounded at end in 

 cell, then vertical with two faint curves ; outer line from three-fourths of costa to 

 three-fifths of inner margin, incurved from vein 4 to 2, and ontcurved on submediau 

 fold ; costal portion of iuner line followed by a dull yellow costal patch bounded 

 outwardly by an oval white cell-spot ; in the sinus of outer line a dark grey cloud ; 

 apex marked with a brown and grey triangle ; a slight fulvous cloud before anal 

 angle, edged on each side with paler ; fringe grey below vein 6, brown above it ; 

 a black white-tipped dot before margin on each side of 0. 



Hindwing : dark grey, the costal area whitish ; a straight white line beyond 

 middle inwardly dark-edged : a dull blackish cell-spot ; anal area fulvous; a black 

 submarginal dot on each side of vein 2, aud a black-and-white one above 6. 



Underside pale grey, washed with fulvous and speckled with black ; iuner 

 margin of forewing glossy white ; cell-spot aud outer line, which is straight, white ; 

 costa black-speckled; apex blackish; hindwing with a broad irregularly waved 

 whits line, inwardly dark-edged, expanding into a white blotch ou inner margin ; 

 cell -spot black ; snbmarginal black-and-white dots ou both wings. 



