( 103) 



basal area the forewiiig is lirowuish to middle, followed by a wiiitisli blotcli at 

 end of cell, with the black cell-spot on its outer ed,i,'e. 



Tiiis descrii)tioM is taken from a c? fi'oiu Fonte Boa, Upiier Ama/.oiis, 

 December lOuG (Klages). 



01. Ischnopteris obfuscata spec, no v. 



Fnir.u'ing : dull olive-fuscous, densely striated, and in ])arts blotched, with 

 darker; the veins spotted black and white; lines black, often indistinct; first 

 from one-fifth of costa to two-fifths of inner margin, outwardly angled on sub- 

 costal vein and on inner margin below vein 1 ; outer line from middle of costa, 

 outcnrved between subcostal vein and submedian fold, then vertical to three- 

 fiftiis of inner margin, followed by a slightly paler line, anil preceded by a 

 diffuse dark shade ; submai-giual line indistinct, dentate, marked on costa by 

 a white bracket-shaped spot, the two teeth below it and in submargiual interval 

 filled in with black and tipped with white, and all followed by short black 

 streaks between the veins towards the black marginal hiuules ; fringe olive- 

 fuscous. 



Ilindwing : dull blackish fuscous ; the fringe jialer. 



Underside reddish, clonded with blurred greyish black ; both wings with 

 curved black postmediun line and broad submarginal cloud ; the forewing with 

 median shade meeting postmedian line on inner margin. 



Head, thorax, and abdomen dull greenish fuscous. 



Expanse of wings : 48 mm. 



5 SS from Fonte Boa, Upjier Amazons, August I'.MXj (Klages). 



Inner margin of hindwing densely fringed with blackish hairs. 



92. Ischnopteris multistrigata spec. nov. 



Forewing: ]iale greyish green, speckled with olive and fuscous, with a faint 

 lilac tint along costa, in the space between first and second lines, and before 

 submargiual line; the veins with dark and light dots; the lines black and fine; 

 first from one-fifth of costa to one-third of inner margin, thrice acutely angled 

 outwards, on the subcostal vein, on the submedian fold, and below vein 1, the 

 last angle reaching to the middle of the wing; outer line from one-half of 

 costa to near beyond inner line on inner margin, angleil bluntly inwards on 

 sulicostal vein ami very acutely outwards on veins 4 and L', tiien running inwanls 

 and nearly touching tiie angle of inner line on submedian fold, and again bluntly 

 angled outwards on vein 1 ; submarginal line of the ground-colour preceded by 

 black dashes between tlie veins, those below costa ti])[)ed with white, the two on 

 each side of submedian fold long and strongly marked, and followed by black 

 dashes reaching the black marginal lunules ; fringe green; cell-spot black; a 

 long black blotch near base below vein 1. 



Iliiiihriiiii : dirty greyish fuscous, with a curvi'd darker postmedian line and 

 marginal shade separated by a jialer space ; area below median vein thickly 

 fringed with long hairs; fringe whitish. 



Underside pale dingy grey, darker speckled, with dark curved line and broad 

 shade, central and submarginal on forewing, postmedian and marginal on hind- 

 wing ; the latter with a short line from costa before middle ; cell-spots dark. 



