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111). Certima nummifera sp. nov. 



Foreioiiif/s : deej) oruiige, but this ground-colour is all but hidden by a dull 

 purplish suffnsion containing numerous deeper purple striae ; a round orange patch 

 at end of cell, and a larger one beyond it ; a third patch, like that in cell, underneath 

 it between the median and submedian veins ; the course of the inner and outer lines 

 is marked by white dashes on the veins, the upper part of the outer line intersecting 

 the larger orange blotch as a wavy line : submarginal line denoted by a small 

 orange spot at costa and a less conspicuous one at aual angle ; cell-spot linear, 

 black ; fringe purple, with slight traces of orange chequering. 



Hindicimis : like forcwings, but with no third orange spot between tlie median 

 and submedian veins ; and tlie submarginal line with a spot beyond cell and not 

 on costa. 



Underside duller red, with the cell-s])ots black ; the I'orewings with orange 

 blotches in and beyond cell. Head, thorax, and abdomen purple ; abdomen at sides 

 and beneath cinereous. 



Exjianse of wings : 30 mm. 



One ? from Paramba, Ecuador, November and December 1898. 



VM. Cyclomia fidoniata sp. nov. 



Forewings : greyish ochreous, the pale ground-colour being almost wholly lost 

 in the dark fuscous brown striae by which the wing is covered ; diffuse darker browu 

 lines at one-third and two-thirds, to the first of which an obscure orange cell-spot 

 is contiguous ; the outer line is sinuous inwards in midwiug, and is preceded by 

 an obscure rufous orange tint ; marginal area beyond this line deeper ; fringe 

 concolorous ; marginal sjjots purplish brown. 



Himltoings : similar. 



Underside with the yellow ground-colour much less obscured ; the outer dark 

 shade broad and distinct, the inner less obvious, and only visible towards inner 

 margin ; both wings with dark cell-spots. 



Head, thorax, and abdomen dark purplish brown ; lower part of face and palpi 

 beneath yellowish. 



Expanse of wings : 27 mm. 



Three cJt? from ChanchamaN'o, Peru. 



Related to C. einosa Dognin, from which it is distinguished by its larger size 

 and much darker colour. 



121. EUopia distincta sp. nov. 



Forewings : ochreous, thickly speckled with brown ; the lines dark red-brown ; 

 first from one-fourth of costa to one-third of inner margin, outcurved and obscurely 

 angled on the median ; outer line from two-thirds of costa to two-thirds of inner 

 margin, outcurved beyond cell and subdentate on the veins ; marginal line brown ; 

 cell-siiot large, brown ; fringe ochreous, with dark marks beyond the veins. 



Hindwings : with a single slightly curved line from two-thirds of costa to inner 

 margin just above anal angle ; cell-spot faint. 



Underside like upper, but the outer line double. Head, thora.x, and abdomen 

 like wings. 



Expanse of wings : 32 mm. 



One ¥ from Chiriqui, Panama. 



Both wings have a slight angle in middle of hindmargin. 



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