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distinct. Vertex, thorax, and abdomen concolorous with wings ; face and fillet pale 

 ochreous. 



Expanse of wings : 41 mm. 



One c? from Castro, Parana, November 1897 (E. D. Jones). 



168. Nipteria foedata sp. nov. 



Forewings : dnll dirty whitish, slightly brown-tinged, especially along costa 

 and hindmargin ; first line at one-fonrth, nearly vertical, slightly waved ; outer Hue 

 at three-fourths, marked by dark dashes on the veins, angled on vein 6, then 

 oblique inward, approaching first line on inner margin; fringe dull brown ; cell-spot 

 black. 



Hindwings : paler, with traces of a postmedian line, more distinct towards 

 inner margin ; fringe pale, becoming brown towards anal angle. 



Underside dull whitish ; both wings with an obscure postmedian line marked 

 by black vein-dots, and not corresponding with the course of the line above ; 

 forewings with black cell-spot. Face and thorax dull greyish ochreous ; abdomen 

 paler. 



Expanse of wings : 35 mm. 



One <S from Popayan, Colombia (Lehmann). 



Placed in Nipteria. provisionally : the apex of forewings is slightly produced ; 

 vein 11 anastomoses with 12, veins 9 and 10 coincident anastomose with 11,0 after- 

 wards anastomosing with 8. 



169. Nipteria faneralis sp. nov. 



Foreivings : smoky brown-black; costa marked with blackish strigae and a few 

 whitish intervals ; costal and apical regions dappled with dark and paler strigae ; a 

 subquadrate white costal blotch before apex, from the inner edge of which an 

 obscure darker line can be traced ; cell-spot black ; fringe concolorous, slightly 

 mottled with paler. 



Hindwings: striated throughout with darker, and deeper coloured towards 

 hindmargin ; cell-spot black ; fringe blackish, unmottled. 



Underside with ground-colour paler, and all the markings more distinct ; the 

 hindwings with ground-colour pale greyish white, with a distinct blotched darker 

 postmedian line. Head, thorax, and abdomen concolorous. 



Expanse of wings : 4.5 mm. 



One c? from La Merced, Chanchamayo, Peru. 



170. Nipteria intervallata sp. nov. 



Forewings : ochreous grey, peppered with darker ; the lines darker, at nearly 

 equal intervals ; first curved at about one-fifth, second straight from middle of costa 

 to middle of inner margin, just in front of the small black cell-spot ; third parallel 

 to second, from two-thirds of costa to two-thirds of inner margin ; traces of a waved 

 submarginal line ; a slight dark marginal line, thickened with spots between the 

 veins ; fringe paler. 



Hindwings: with the inner line absent; both wings are somewhat darker- 

 tinted towards hindmareiu. 



