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51. Racheospila alboseriata sp. nov. 



Forewings : delicate greeu, semi-trausparent ; costa finely white, with a rod 

 streak beneath it near base; inner and outer lines represented by white dashes on 

 the veins ; fringe white with a slight red line at base ; cell-spot red-brown. 



Iliiidicings : the same. 



Underside whitish green ; costal area of forewiugs deeper green ; the costa 

 itself rather broadly reddish at base. Face red-browu, mixed with white below ; 

 paljii red-brown above, whitish underneath ; vertex and shaft of antennae snow- 

 white ; collar red ; shoulders and patagia green ; abdomen ochreous white, tinged 

 with green, especially towards base ; dorsum with three white red-edged blotches. 



Expanse of wings : 30 mm. 



Five examples, including both sexes, from Merida, Venezuela (Briceno). 



A more delicate insect than R. albociliaria H. S. 



52. Racheospila isolata sp. nov. 



Foreu'ings : pale semi-transparent green with a bluish tinge ; costa narrowly 

 white with a red-brown streak at base ; a small red-brown cell-spot, and rod-brown 

 marginal line, running round along costa for a short distance, swelling out into a 

 horseshoe-shaped spot between veins 4 and 5, and into a shallow blotch at anal 

 angle ; fringe white, chequered witli red-brown ; very faint antemedian and post- 

 median denticulated white lines. 



Ilindwings : similar, with a shallow blotch at apex also. 



Underside pale silvery green. Face, palpi, and collar reddish ; vertex and 

 thorax green ; abdomen ochreous dusted with reddish, with red-edged white dorsal 

 spots. 



Expanse of wings : 20 mm. 



Two ? ? from New Grenada. 



The antennae are not pectinated, but serrate. In the forewings the first median 

 rises at four-fifths, the second and tliird are short-stalked : veins T, 8, 9 rise mnch 

 further than usual, S and 9 separating quite close to costa. 



53. Racheospila parvipuncta sp. uov. 



Forewings : very pale green, the costa whitish ; two fine pale lines ; the first 

 before one-third, bent on the median vein ; the second beyond two-thirds, slightly 

 curved outwards in upper half, denticulate on the veins; cell-spot minute, ferruginous; 

 fringe yellowish. 



Ilindwings : the same, without first line. 



Underside pale whitish green. Vertex and thorax pale green ; abdomen 

 whiter with slight red dorsal spots ; face and paljii abuve and externally dull red. 



Expanse of wings : 28 mm. 



Two ? ? from Kio Demerara, East Coast. 



Like R. carbina Druce, from Mexico, but smaller. 



54. Racheospila purpureotincta sp. nov. 



Forewings : semi-transparent delicate green ; the lines marked by violet dashes 

 on the veins, the lines themselves faintly darker green, lunulate ; first at one-third, 

 slightly curved ; second at about two-thirds, excnrved round cell, incurved below 



