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line and traversed hy two or three fiuer lines; central I'ascia with the inner edge 

 waved and nearly vertical to inner margin at two-fifths ; outer edge denticulated 

 and irregular, with two more prominent teeth between veins 2 and 4, to inner 

 margin at four-fifths ; traversed by six blackish denticulated lines, three inner and 

 three outer, sometimes leaving a paler space in middle containing the black cell-spot; 

 the whole of the fascia filled up with smoky black, which in a less degree sometimes 

 extends over the preceding pale fascia to the base ; between the pale fascia that 

 follows tlie central dark area and the jiale waved snbmarginal line is an olive- 

 fuscous fascia, always interrupted below middle and often obliterated by the olive- 

 ochreous ground-colour, except at costa and above anal angle and beyond cell ; the 

 marginal space always with two wedge-shaped marks beyond cell ; marginal line 

 l)lack, interrujited at the veins ; fringe ochreous, chequered with fuscous. 



Jliwhriiii/.s : dark smoky fuscous, the fringe paler, with dark line at base. 



Underside black, witli a broad whitish postmedian fascia, interrupted below 

 the middle ; a white apical patcji and another at middle of hindmargin on the 

 forewings ; the cell-spots black. Head, thorax, and abdomen ochreous, the 

 abdomen varied with fuscous. 



Expanse of wings : 34 — 42 mm. 



Four cJ(?, two from R. Dagua, Colombia (Lehmann), and two from Costa Rica 

 (Underwood). 



A variable species : in the Colombian insects the paler areas arc more ochreous, 

 iu the Costa Rica sj)ecimens more olive ; the central fascia is sometimes edged 

 externally by a distinct white line ; the hindwings often show a slightly paler space, 

 corresponding to the white fascia of the underside. 



118. Hammaptera subolivescens sp. uov. 



Forewings : olive-green ; markings fuscous : a dark fascia near base, followed 

 by a broad paler fascia of ground-colour, which, however, sometimes contains another 

 similar dark fascia ; central fascia of moderate widtli ; its inner edge slightly curved 

 inwards ; its outer with a strong inangulation beyond cell and another on submedian 

 fold, with a broad triangular projection between : containing four waved dark lines, 

 sometimes meeting on the veins and forming annuli ; the whole filled up with 

 fuscous ; a jiale fascia follows, with a dark tliread down the niiiUUe ; then three 

 waved dark lines, becoming coalescent below ; submarginal line j)alt!, lunulate, 

 preceded and followed below costa, opposite cell, and above anal angle by blackish 

 wedge-shaped markings : fringe olive-green or yellow, chequered with black, and 

 with pairs of black spots at end of each vein ; cell-spot black, linear. 



Uiiidwiuys : dull smoky fuscous ; fringe pale yellow, with black dots at base. 



Underside with basal two-thirds, including the large black cell-spot, olive- 

 fuscous, separated by a bent pale fascia from the smoky black marginal area, which 

 contains a pale spot at apex and in middle; hindwings similar, but the marginal 

 dark area obscure. 



Head, thorax, and abdomen olive-green or yellowish ; abdomen marked with 

 grey rings. 



Expanse of wings : 40 — 42 mm. 



Two JcJ, one ?, from Paraguay and Costa Rica. 



In the ? the margin of hindwings is narrowly yellowish, that colour running up 

 also a short wav along the veins. 



