( 80) 



the inner iuiii'i;iii wliitisli : liiii(l\viiis;' ^vlliti^ll, witli a lirotul olive-green tjonler, and 

 a small jiulcli lielow lower end of cell ; ceil-sjMjts blaek. 



Head, thorax, and alidoiueu jiale yellowish green : the dorsniu sliglitly niariied 

 with reddish. 



Expanse of wings : ;i(i miu. 



1 J from Fonte Boa, Upper Amazons, October I'JiH) (Klages). 



Wings all very smoothly sealed, without daiker speekling. It is referred to 

 Lisisochlora provisionally, in the absence of the male. 



31. Melochloi'a affinis ab. abscondita nov. 



l)ill'ers from tlie type oi' a //ii//.s Warr., from French tJniana, in having no 

 dark markings on the ujiperside, those of the underside remaining the same. The 

 present is prolialily the ordinary form of the species, and the single sjiecimeii 

 from the Maroni River exceptional. 



■..; (JcJ, 1 ? from La Oroya, R. luambari, S.E. rem, 310U ft., November l'J(i4 

 to March 1905, wet season (Ockeuden), type; (i <?c?, 1 ? from Fonte Boa, Upi)er 

 Amazons, May — Augnst I'.iiiC) (Klages) ; and 1 6 from Aroewarwa Creek, Maroewym 

 Valley, Surinam, April lOn.5 (Klages). 



The species may be distinguished by the course of the outer line, which is 

 parallel throughout to the outer margin on the forewing and slightly curved 

 on hindwing ; and the outer margin of the hiudwing is more curved, less elbowed 

 than in other species of the genus. 



32. Melochlora discata spec. uov. 



Forewing : deep green ; the lines aud cell-spot brown ; inner Hue at one- 

 fourth, vertical and waved ; outer straight and obliipie, from costa before apex 

 to two-thirds of inner margin ; cell-sjiot small ; fringe paler green, with a black- 

 brown apical sjiot. 



lUndwiitg : with the line slightly curved and median ; cell-spot large, deep 

 black, covering the discocellular, and edged ou both sides with deep red. 



Underside whitish green, without markings, except in the hindwing, where 

 there is a blackish blotch below discocellnlar from median vein to submedian ibid, 

 the dark centre of the cell-spot also showing through. 



Face and palpi pale green ; shoulders and patagia deep green ; thorax and 

 abdomen ochreous, the base of dorsum greenish ; vertex white; antennae reddish. 



Expanse of wings : 31 mm. 



1 S from La Oroya, R. Inambari, Fern, 31UU ft., Sejitember l'.Jil4, dry season 

 (Ockenden). 



The outer margin of hindwing is visildy but blnntly elbowed at middle, of 

 forewing scarcely bulged. .1/. nei.^ Uruce also has the lines brown, and shows 

 in addition some brown exterior clouds, bnt is without the large red-marked 

 cell-spot of hindwing, which well characterises the present species. 



33. Melochlora tenuis spec. nov. 



ForciciiK/ : bright pale green, semitraus|iarent ; the costal edge with a few 

 black specks ; basal area edged by some black striae below middle of wing ; 

 marginal area with a broad dull black band with dee|ier Idack edges, marginal from 

 anal angle to vein 4, then becommg submarginal, nut reaching above vein (3, except 



