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118. Turuptiana bricenoi spec. nov. 



Allied to nemophila H.-S. 



S. Differs from nemophila in much paler colour and smaller size, all black 

 markings on forewmgs being smaller, in the two central curved lines being broadly 

 interrnpted, in the tornus of hindwing being produced, and in having on hindwing 

 orih' two dark marks at tornus and a smaller one just above. 



Length of forewing : 19 mm. 



Hab. Merida, Venezuela, 1030 m., 1897 (Briceno). 



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119. Paranerita rosacea si>ec. nov. 



S. Pectus, legs, and palpi buff'; frous scarlet; vertex yellow ; antennae brown, 

 terminal third white ; thorax aud collar brownish crushed strawberry ; abdomen 



dull scarlet, a whitish dot at base, tip yellow and brown. Forewing : l)asal half 



obliquely brownish crushed strawberry, margined with scarlet and with two scarlet 

 streaks on inner margin, outer half yellow with large roundish subapical patch 

 of brownish crushed strawberry edged with scarlet. Hindwing sooty wood-brown. 



Length of forewing : 12 mm. 



Hah. Fonte Boa, Amazonas, May 1906 (S. M. Klages). 



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120. Paranerita rosacea occidentalis subspec. nov. 



?. Simihxr to rosacea rosacea in pattern, but differs at first sight by the much 

 broader crimson, not scarlet, edges to dark areas of forewing, and the semihyaline 

 rose-pink, not brown, hindwings. 



Hab. Chimbo, Ecuador, 1000 m., August 1897 (W. Eosenberg). 



1 ?. 



121. Paranerita irregularis spec. nov. 



S . Pectus, legs, and jialpi whitish yellow ; head yellow ; antennae, basal third 

 pale red, middle brown, apical third white ; thorax manve-grey : abdomen crimson, 



tip yellowish white. Forewing manve-grey, termen, a large median wedge-shaped 



patch running in from costa towards tornus to vein 3, and a smaller patch on 

 outer margin yellow, two yellow spots broadly edged with scarlet on inner margin, 



a subbasal scent-gland and audroconial patch. Hindwing rosy pink, a double 



sooty spot near termen. 



Length of forewing : 11 '5 mm. 



Hab. Aroewarwa Creek, Maroewym Valley, Surinam, May 1905 (S. M. Klages). 



3 SS. 



122. Paranerita polyxenoides sper. nov. 



i. Differs from polyxena Drnce at first sight by the hindwing being 

 yellowish buff with broad sooty border, not sooty brown, with whitish basal area. 



?. Similar to S, but costa, termen, and outer margin joined broadly yellow. 



Hab. Fonte Boa, Amazonas, May 1906 (S. M. Klages) ; British Guiana ; 

 La Union, Rio Huacamayo, Carabaya, 2000 ft., wet season, November 1904, and 

 Rio Huacamayo, Carabaya, 31iM) ft., dry season, June 1904 (G. R. Ockenden). 



4 (?(?,2 ? ?. 



123. Paranerita peruviana spec. nov. 



cj. Pectus, legs, palpi, and head yellow; thorax deep grey ; abdomen above 

 deep grey, tip yellow. Forewing deep grej', termen, an irregular patch running 



