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46. Oospila hyalina s]). nov. 



Forcicifxj.s : hyaline gToeii, with t'aiut wavy streaks ol' darker greeu; costa 

 narrowly oc.hreous, dotted with fuscous: an oval Ijrown-black spot with pale centre 

 on the lower arm of the discocellnlar; a brown-black marginal blotcli from vein 7 to 

 4, and another at anal angle, both with whitish scales intermixed, and the latter 

 with a slight whitish centre; marginal line dark brown: fringe whitish, mottled with 

 brown beyond the veins. 



Jlhulwings : with a shallow brown-black apical blotch, a square one oi)i)Osite 

 the cell, and a larger one at anal angle; cell-spot as in forewings: a shining white 

 raised spot at the ujiper end of the discocellnlar; fringe and marginal line as in 

 forewings. 



Underside paler, with the markings reproduced. Face brown above, jjaler 

 below; palpi reddish brown: tarsi, especially the foretarsi, reddish: vertex white; 

 shaft of antennae white, becoming reddish towards the tip; thorax green; abdomen 

 ])inkish white, with scattered brown scales; the three basal segments with raised 

 bosses of metallic brown scales. 



Expanse of wings : 48 mm. 



One ? from Bogota, Colombia. 



Hindmargin of forewings indented below a[)ex, bulged Ijelow middle: of hind- 

 wings excised beyond the cell. 



4T. Oospila margiuata sp. nov. 



Fore (c hit/ s : pale semihyaline green: cell-spot i)ale, with a red-lirown ring: a 

 red-brown marginal line, forking at vein 2, and so cutting off a small i)ale triangular 

 space at anal angle. 



llindtvings : similar, but the marginal line simply thickened at ajiex: the top 

 end of discocellnlar with a raised whitish spot. 



Underside pale green, without markings. Thorax and abdomen concolorons; 

 abdomen with three large and two smaller raised red-brown crests, with metallic 

 lustre; head wanting. 



ExiJause of wings : ii'.i mm. 



One 9 from British Guiana. 



48. Oospila violacea sp. nov. 



Forewinijs : dull sea-green, the costa ochreous; cell-spot large, black, blurred; 

 some black scales on costa a little beyond: a black marginal line, swollen between 

 the veins, and preceded by a white dark-edged lunule between each, followed by a 

 hoary shade, all more or less obliterated by a dnll jturplish sulfusion, which starts 

 from the apex and swells out into a large. blotch beyond the cell and another at the 

 anal angle, obsolete between veins 3 and 4, where the lunule remains white; fringe 

 purple, with white spots at base between the veins. 



JlindwiiKjs: with the whole outer half suffused with dull jiurplish: a white oval 

 cell-spot at top of discocellnlar. 



Underside dull yellowish green; cell-spot of forewings and black marginal 

 dashes shown, with some diffuse dark shading in', places along margin. Face and 

 palpi dark red; vertex and shaft of antennae white; thorax green; abdomen reddish, 

 with deei)er red crests. 



Expanse of wings : 3> mm. 



One y from Rio Uemerara. 



