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122. Tephroclystia dentosa sp. nov. 



Forewings: dull dark greenish, covered with dense iron-grey suffusion and 

 crossed bj- nnmerous strongly dentated blackish lines, finely edged with paler scales ; 

 a blackish snbmargiual band between the outer and submargiual lines, interrupted 

 above by a paler obliijuo space from the apex ; a small pale spot on margin at anal 

 angle ; marginal line black and thick, interrupted by pale spots at the vein ends ; 

 fringe pale greenish cherpiered with dark grey. 



Ilindwings : similar ; the inner marginal half of wing paler. 



Underside paler, more yellowish, with all the markings blackish and distinct. 

 Head, thorax, and abdomen yellowish green, mottled with blackish. 



Expanse of wings : 2.5 mm. 



One ? from Paramba, Ecuador. 



The palpi are long and porrect, with the terminal joint short. In the single 

 specimen the thorax and base of forewings are ochreous yellow, but this colour is 

 almost certainly due to the effects of moisture. 



123. Tephroclystia fumimixta sp. nov. 



Forewings : dull olive-green, suffused, except towards bindmargin, with smoky 

 olive-fuscous, which almost obliterates the markings ; submargiual line pale, 

 lunulate, the lunules partially filled up with darker ; marginal line obscurely dark, 

 interrupted by a small pale dot at the ends of the veins ; fringe concoloroi;s. 



Ilindwings : with traces of several transverse slightly waved darker lines, one 

 postmedian being broader than the rest and mure conspicuous. 



Underside dull greenish cinereous, with traces of darker shades, which are 

 most distinct at costa of forewings. Head, thorax, and abdomen olive-green, mixed 

 with fuscous. 



Expanse of wings : 24 mm. 



One ? from Azalar de Carthago, Costa Rica, 5000 to 6oOO ft. (Underwood). 



124. Tephroclystia praelongata sp. nov. 



Forewings ; pale ashy grey, dusted with darker ; the lines very faint and fine ; 

 the inner at one-third, the median, the exterior at two-thirds, and the submarginal, 

 all bent in beyond the cell and then parallel to bindmargin ; cell-spot and marginal 

 spots black, distinct ; fringe pale grey. 



Hindwings : more whitish in the costal half ; speckled with grey along inner 

 margin, where there are traces of the commencement of four dark lines. 



Underside of forewings grey, of hindwings whitish, without markings. Head, 

 tliorax, and abdomen grey. 



Expanse of wings : IS mm. 



One ? from Chili. 



Forewings very narrow ; bindmargin very obliipie, as long as inner margin ; 

 hindwings elongate, almond-shaped. 



125. Tephroclystia purpureoviridis sp. nov. 

 Forewings : pale green ; the markings dark jjnrplish ; a tine curved dark line 

 close to base ; a broad curved central fascia formed of four slightly creuulate diffuse 

 purplish lines separated by whitish green scales, the band nearest base considerably 



