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Underside jjaler, mottlod with darker, esjiecially in hiiidwiug ; veios all 

 darker; outer line distinct in both wings; median and submarginal shades obscure. 



Thorax, abdomen, legs, and antennae grey like the wings; head, shoulders, 

 lateral base of patagia, a rim round the eyes, the pectus and coxae, all deep yellow. 



Expanse of wings : 32 mm. 



2 ¥ ? from Santo Domingo de los Colorados, West Ecuador, October 1898 

 (Goodfellow). 



Wings shorter and broader, the build stouter than usual in the group. 



lo5. Nipteria infirma spec, no v. 



Foj-ewing : dull pale grey, more densely s(^aled along costa aad round apex and 

 hindmargin ; the apical area with some ftiint darker transverse striae ; a slight 

 dark cell-sjiot, and a scarcely perceptible wavetl outer line from three-fourths of 

 costa parallel to hindmargin ; fringe grey. 



Hindwinff : paler, with cell-spot, but no visible line. 



Underside of forewing paler, with costa and outer margin pale brownish grey ; 

 cell-spot visible ; outer line marked only towards costa ; hindwing wholly brownish 

 grey, with the curved outer line distinct. 



Head, thorax, and abdomen grey, like the costal streak, the iiead parts with a 

 slight Inteous tinge. 



Exjjanse of wings : .34 mm. 



~ S S from Chanchamayo, Peru (Schunke). 



A very insignificant-looking species, most resembling mhcomom Warr. 



106. Nipteria pieridaria spec, no v. 



Forewing: white, the veins towards hindmargin dark; costal area above 

 subcostal vein and an oblong subijuadrate apical blotch reaching to vein 4 brownish 

 grey ; a dark grey vertical cell-mark ; a thick dark grey marginal line ; fringe worn, 

 probably pale. 



Hindwing : with veins and marginal line as in forewing ; cell-spot obscure. 



Underside with all the veins brownish ; forewing with costal edge, cell-spot, 

 a quadrate patch on margin between veins 4 and 6, and the commencement on costa 

 of a submarginal line brownish; hindwing with costal blotch near base, cell-spot, 

 a submarginal curved line forming blotches on costa and towards inner margin, and 

 a slight blotch at hindmargin between 4 and brownish ; marginal line dark grey. 



Head, thorax, and abdomen dull whitish ; terminal segment of palpi blackish ; 

 legs fuscous. 



Expanse of wings : 45 mm. 



1 ¥ from La Palma, Cundinamarca, Colombia, August 19U3 (de Mathan). 



In both wings the hindmargin is visibly indented beyond c^dl. 



lot. Nipteria subsordida sjiec nov. 



Forewing : dull whitish, semihyaline ; the marginal area broadly dull grey ; 

 its edge starts from middle of costa, running sinuously outwards along discocellulur 

 to inner margin before anal angle ; in the dark area are traces of two pale bands 

 showing through from beneath ; costa from base to near middle grey, then blurred 

 whitish ; IViugi' dull whitish ; the veins across the paler ground-colour grey. 



Hindwing : dirty whitish, becoming diflfusely grey along hindmargin ; fringe grey. 



