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8iiiiAMir,Y PEILINIIXAE. 



l:5t;. Bapta argentea sp. uov. 



Forewings : silvery wliite ; the costa more densely wljite, with the extreme 

 edge ochreons ; a marginal and narrower snbmarginal slightly grey hand, formed 

 by very fine dark scales, which also line the inner margin : a marginal line of 

 minnte dark scales ; fringe white ; cell-spot black, rainnte. 



I/intl/n'nt/n : the same. 



Underside all white. Face, palpi, forelegs, and antennae brown ; thorax and 

 base of abdomen silvery white ; rest of abdomen ochreons. 



E.xpanse of wings : 30 mm. 



Two ? ? from Newcastle, Jamaica. 



137. Bapta hebetior sp. uov. 



Foreuings : dull white, not glossy, finely dnsted with dark grey atoms ; the 

 lines diffuse and obscure, greyish fuscous, parallel to hindmargin ; first at one-third, 

 obsolete towards costa ; second at two-thirds, reaching costa, fiiintly crenulate : 

 cell-spot black, distinct ; fringe white, with black marginal sjjots at base between 

 the veins. 



Ilindwiiigs : with a single slightly postmedian line, not reaching costa, }>re- 

 ceded by a black cell-spot; costal half of wing white, without any dark freckles ; 

 hindmargin without black dots. 



Underside more thickly speckled, with cell-spots and marginal dots of fore- 

 wings, but without lines ; inner-marginal area of forewings white. Face and palpi 

 dark brown : thorax and abdomen like wings. 



Expanse of wings : 32 mm. 



One <S from Castro, Parana. 



Very much resembling Bapta micantaria Snell. from Bogota, but that sj)ecie8 

 is said to have vein 1 1 stalked with 7, 8, 9, 10 : hchcfiov is a true Bapta ; 7, 8, 9, 10, 

 stalked ; 11 anastomosing with 12, and 10 with II. 



138. Bapta nubimargo sp. no v. 



Forewings : silvery white, sparsely dnsted with black scales ; costa bright 

 ochraceous, broadening towards apex ; forewings with a vertical grey shade just 

 before middle ; an irregularly waved postmedian and less distinct snbmarginal 

 line ; hindmargin with a dull sooty blotch from just below apex to below middle, in 

 one example reaching anal angle : fringe dark glossy grey, with fine Mack margiiuil 

 line, white at apex and anal angle ; cell-spot distinct, black. 



Ilindwings : without first line and marginal blotch. 



Underside ])ure white : forewings tinged with yellowish towards costa, and with 

 the marginal blotch smaller, but quite black. Face brown ; jialpi and forelegs 

 ferruginous ; vertex, thorax, and abdomen white. 



Expanse of wings : 33 mm. 



A pair from Bolivia, between H. Songo and R. Snapi, March to June 1896 

 (Garlepp). 



130. Deilinia sericea sp. nov. 



Forewings and kindwings pure satiny white, semitransparent. 



Underside the same, the base of costa of forewings blackish ; thorax and 



