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Iioints ; palpi rosy above, pale green undcrueath ; vertex and shaft of antennae 

 white ; collar narrowly red ; shonlders yellnwish green ; jiatagia green ; thorax and 

 abdomen dark red-brown ; the three middle segments of abdomen tipped with 

 white ; anal tuft and abdomen underneath white. 



Expanse of wings : 18 mm. 



One S from Chimbo, Ecuador, August 1.807, lUOO ft. (Rosenberg). 



I was at first inclined to consider this a dwarf example of R. astraea, Druce ; 

 but a careful comparison of his description and figure induced me to describe it as 

 new. 



37. Racheospila bidentifera sp. nov. 



Forewings: pale yellowish green, semi-transparent ; costal s])ace broadly dull 

 purple-brown, emitting two teeth of the same colour, the first reaching nearly to the 

 lower end of the discocellular, the second smaller, running above vein 6 towards 

 hindmargin ; the costal edge from near base to beyond middle finely snow-white ; 

 marginal line purple-brown, preceded by a lilac space increasing gradually in 

 breadth to the anal angle, and itself preceded by a purple-brown band similarly 

 increasing in breadth towards inner margin, which it meets at three-fourths ; the 

 inner edge of this band is Innulate between the veins, and sends out purple-brown 

 teeth along the nervules across the lilac band ; fringe whitish, tinged towards base 

 with purple-brown scales. 



Hindwings : with marginal bands and fringe as in forewings, but the bands are 

 broadest near costa ; inner margin purjile-brown, the streak narrowing from anal 

 angle to one-third from base, where it ceases ; a minute brown cell-spot. 



In both wings faint traces of a pale waved inner and outer line can be seen. 

 Underside very pale green, with the purple marks of the upperside all showing 

 through. Face and palpi reddish above, greenish below ; fillet and antennal shaft 

 snow-white ; collar, thorax, and abdomen purple-brown, the last with a white dorsal 

 streak, the anal segment and underside also being white ; jiatagia green. 



Expanse of wings : 23 mm. 



One cJ from Colombia. 



A very distinct species. 



38. Racheospila decorata sp. nov. 



Forewings : yellowish green, semi-transparent ; the costa pale, edged below 

 with reddish, and marked wholly with reddish at the base ; two fine strongl}' 

 dentate pale lines, antemedian and postmedian ; a large brick-red cell-spot, a series 

 of brick-red marginal lunules, edged inwardly with yellowish ; the two beyond the 

 cell much elongated, those at anal angle forming a large elongated blotch ; fringe 

 damaged, apparently green with brick-red mottlings. 



Hindwings : with both the pale lines present ; the cell-spot still larger, its 

 centre with metallic scales ; the lunules at apex and anal angle large, a brick-red 

 streak on inner margin between the two lines. 



Underside pale green, with the red markings showing through. 



Head worn ; thorax green ; abdomen reddish above, with small white spots, 

 edged with deeper red on middle segments. 



Expanse of wings : 18 mm. 



One c? from Chimbo, Ecuador, July 1897, lUOO ft. (Rosenberg). 



