( 350 ) 



Ilindiring : dark velvety brown. 



UiidtTsidt' Niluiliir, Imt the red move oranj;p, the basal black area reduced in 

 extent ; hiuJwing paler brown, uniform in coloration. 



Head, thorax, and abdomen black-brown : abdomen beneath and legs grey- 

 brown. 



Expanse of wings : ;^0 mm. 



2 (} S from C'uzco, Pern, April 1901 (Garlepp). 



Subfamily NEPHODIINAE. 

 102. Leucula meganira, ab. astigma hov. 



In the shape and position of the lines this form agrees well with the type nt' 

 w^(/rt?!//-a Drnce ; but the discocellnlars are unmarked in both wings, and there is 

 no trace whatever of the round blackish spot that distinguishes the type. 



Expanse of wings : 44 mm. 



1 S from Chauchamayo, Peru (Schunke). 



lii:i Nipteria excavata spec. nov. 



Forewing : blurred grey, semihyaline, clouded with brownish grey in the upper 

 marginal area ; costal area pale grey dajipled with fuscous and black ; a small dark 

 cell-spot, followed by an oblicpie line starting from a black costal mark, and below 

 marked only by black dashes on veins ; a fine dark marginal line ; fringe dark 

 fuscous, below middle marked with white between the veins. 



Ilimlu'iiHi : wholly blurred grey, darker along hindmargin ; fringe mottled 

 black and white. 



Underside of forewing with the ground-colour whiter ; the markings as above ; 

 hindwing grey, thickly mottled with darker, with small cell-spot and curved 

 postmedian line marked only by black vein-dashes ; abdominal margin and fringe 

 white. 



Face and vertex dnll white ; thorax and abdomen grey ; antennae, pal|>i, and 

 legs dark fuscous. 



Expanse of wings : :36 mm. 



1 S from Santo Domingo, Carabaya, S.E. Peru, 6500 ft., November 1902, 

 wet season (Ockenden). 



Hindmargin of forewing clearly elliowed at vein 4, thence to anal angle concave ; 

 hindwing with hindmargin creunlate. Most nearly allied to perimede Drnce and 

 pieria Drace. 



104. Nipteria flavipectiis sjwc. nov. 



Forewing : pale mouse-grey without speckling, the costal edge somewhat paler, 

 more broadly towards apex ; three fine transverse lines slightly darker, starting 

 from oblirjne fuscous streaks ; the first simply curved at one-third ; the second at 

 three-fifths, roundly Vient beyond the dark ccll-sjiot; the third at three-fourths, l.ient 

 nearly at right angles at vein 0, then oldiipie to inner margin close beyond middle 

 line ; faint traces of a dark snbmarginal shade ; fringe concolorous ; all the veins 

 slightly darker. 



Hindwing: with cell-sjiot, outer and subniarKinal carved lines, all very 

 indistinct. 



