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(?. ForewiiHjs : whitish, fuscons-speckled ; markings blackish fuscous, tinged 

 with olive ; a short costal mark near base ; first line curved, from one-third of costa 

 to oue-fourth of inner margin, bent in cell and again on submedian vein ; outer line 

 from costa at two-thirds to three-fifths of inner margin, oblique outwards at first 

 and forming a blunt projection beyond cell, then sinuous inwards, thickened at the 

 veins ; cell-spot large and round ; the whole area between the lines filled up with 

 dark fuscous-olive, excejit a slight sjiacc on inner margin beyoud first line and 

 a larger space on costa before second line, which below the middle is preceded by 

 a smaller spot ; submarginal line white and waved, distinct only from costa to 

 vein 4, being there jireceded by a dentate-edged blotch of olive-fuscous strigae and 

 followed by a less marked fuscous cloud, which is also slightly reproduced above 

 anal angle ; the whole of the anal area below middle and beyond second line is 

 whitish ; marginal spots deep black, connected by a black line ; fringe whitish 

 tinged with olive and grey. 



Hindidiig& : whitish, S23eckled with olive-fuscous, especially towards hind and 

 inner margin ; on the inner margin are traces of the commencement of three blotched 

 lines, the two outer being again slightly marked beyond cell. 



Underside duller white, with the markings indistinct. Head and thorax olive- 

 fuscous ; abdomen whitish, basal segment with two large olive-fuscous blotches, 

 the remaining segments with a pair of smaller spots ; legs whitish ; foretarsi 

 chequered fuscous and whitish. 



Expanse of wings : 28 mm. 



Six {J (? from Parana, Entre Rios, Argentina. 



188. Hymenomima camerata sp. nov. 



Foretcings : dull whitish, faintly grey-speckled, more thickly along the costa 

 and hindmargia ; the veins and lines dark grey ; the lines below vein G all parallel 

 to hindmargin ; first curved, close to base ; second a little before the middle, pro- 

 jecting roundly in cell and on submedian fold, the bend in cell touching the discal 

 spot ; outer line dentate, from two-thirds of costa to middle of inner margin, 

 excurved beyond cell ; submarginal pale, zigzag, between two thick dark grey 

 shades, formed of wedge-shaped confluent marks ; a row of blackish marginal spots 

 between the veins, produced to touch the outer dark shade ; fringe grey. 



Hindwinys : without first line ; the cell-mark crescentic and free. 



Underside dull whitish, with difi"use dark grey marginal border ; cell-spots and 

 outer lines dark grey. Head, thorax, and abdomen whitish, speckled with blackish; 

 palpi and antennae darker. 



Expanse of wings : 3U mm. 



One ? from Paramba, Ecuador, January to May 1897. 



189. Lepiodes exilis sp. nov. 



Forewings : pale grey, dusted with darker ; the lines fine, blackish ; the first 

 three curved, the submarginal alone dentate-lunulate ; the three lines from black 

 costal marks at one-fifth, two-fifths, and three-fifths respectively, obliijuely curved 

 outwards to median vein, then vertical, the outer incurved to vein 2 ; median line 

 somewhat nearer outer than inner, jjreccding the black cell-spot ; the first line is 

 preceded and the outer followed by a rufous shade ; ^submarginal preceded by a 

 fascia of confluent blackish-edged Innules ; a fine black marginal line : fringe grey. 



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