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thirds; iipex of wing beyond darker lirowii, towards the anal anjrle whiter; a 

 small dark spot on the discocellular, underneath the white blotch, and another 

 subcostal near base of cell, as in Hetlyle lieliconiaria (xueii. 



Ilindwiiigs : like forewiugs, with the apical region darkest ; the central lield 

 palest, narrow and nudefined ; fringes grey in both wings. 



Expanse of wings : 40 mm. 



Larger and stonter than //. heliconiarin, which it mimics. 



One ? from Paramaribo, November 1892 (C. W. Ellacombe). Another ? from 

 Ega is in the British ilusciim Collection. 



21. Phellinodes nigrimacula sp. nov. 



Foretvings : whitish grey, suflf'used and striated with fuscous and brown; the 

 costa whiter between the dark strigulae : a dark blotch below costa at one-third : 

 a large irregular blotch on the discocellular, edged with black, preceded by a black 

 speck in the cell ; hindmargiu greyer, with less browu tinge; marginal line dark: 

 fringe grey.. 



lliiKhcings : smoky grey, strongly mottled with blackish below the cell and 

 median vein ; the cell itself hyaline. 



Underside of forewings smoky grey, sutfnsed with brown and mottled witii 

 black above the median, the lower half nnmottled. Hindwings thickly and strongly 

 striated and mottled with blackish, and snfiused with brown along costa. Head, 

 thorax, and abdomen fuscous grey, the thorax downy. 



Expanse of wings : i"J2 mm. 



One 6 from ten miles above Mapiri, Bolivia, IsyS, 2000 feet (8tuart). 



Hindmargin of forewings not excised below apex, merely bent at vein 6. 



Subfamily ORTHOSTIXINAE. 

 22. Zanclopteryx floccosa sj). nov. 



$. Forewings: white, silky, semilransparent; the costal edge finely grey; 

 marginal line grey; fringe white. 



llindicinga : the same. 



Underside white. Head, thorax, and abdomen discoloured, probably all white. 



S. With the basal third of costa fringed with woolly hair ; the basal two- 

 thirds of forewings with rough dingy scaling ; hindwings with a similar sjjace 

 in the disc. 



Expanse of wings : 22 mm. 



One 6, one ?, from Berg-en-Daal, April l.>^02 (C. ^V. Ellacombe). 



The wings of this species are broader and shorter than in the rest of the 

 genns. 



2:5. Zanclopteryx subsimilis sj). nov. 



Forewings: shining white, tlie costal edge narrowly fuscous ; fringe white, 

 with a scarcely perceptibly darker basal line. 



Ilindiciiigs and underside the same. Heail, thorax, and abdomen white. 

 Expanse of wings : 20 mm. 

 One ? from Cucuta, Venezuela. 



