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84. Tephroclystia cupreata spec. nov. 



Forewing : bronzy olive towards base, becoming dark purplish coppery in the 

 outer half; the lines very indistinct, slightly darker tliaa the ground-colour ; a 

 short basal line and curved extra-basal, both plainest on inner margin ; a thick 

 median line, bent in cell beyond the black cell-spot, then oblique inward, followed 

 by a carved and waved line before the thick cloudy outer line, which is plainest 

 on costa; an indistinct jialer band with a darker central line; submarginal line 

 very indistinct, preceded by a broad dark shade distinct on costa, filling up the 

 teeth of the line, which are tipped externally with a pale dot, that between 

 veins 3 and 4 with a pale spot ; a patch of dark rough scales at anal angle ; 

 fringe coppery purplish. 



Hindwing : similar, with all the lines cloudy ; the outer band of central 

 fascia and the basal space darker. 



Underside paler and duller, with all the lines and shades indicated. 



Head, palpi, and shoulders rufons ochreous ; thorax and abdomen like wings; 

 the patagia darker. 



Expanse of wings : 24 mm. * 



2 ? ? from Santo Domingo, Carabaya, S.E. Peru, 6000 ft., January and May 

 1902 (Ockeuden), the latter, caught in the dry season, mnch worn. 



85. Tephroclystia densicauda spec. nov. 



Forewing : white ; the markings olive-grey and the lines black ; all very 

 mnch as in T. casta described above, but the grey shadings darker and forming 

 distinct grey blotches on costa, and the lines more oblique ; the basal line 

 farther from the base, and forming a strong black mark on inner margin ; the 

 dark markings beyond cell larger and more conspicuous ; some grey spots instead 

 of black dashes along margin, which is white ; fringe white mottled with dark 

 grey ; cell-spot obscure. 



Hindwing : with the lines grey ; the outer line not prominently black at 

 inner margin. 



Underside of forewing grey-tinged, of hindwing whiter, the lines thick and 

 fairly distinct, especially on hindwing. 



Head, thorax, and abdomen white ; palpi externally fawn-colour ; dorsal 

 segments tinged with brown and grey, the third and fourth segments with a 

 broad brown and black ring. 



The abdomen is very short, the anal segments thickened, squat, and sharply 

 truncate. 



Expanse of wings : 22 mm. 



1 ? from Caradoc, Marcapata, Peru, 4000 ft., February 1901 (Ockenden). 



Wonderfully like T. casta, but the forewings are longer, with sharper 

 apex and more oblique hindmargin ; the peculiarly shortened and thickened 

 abdomen is also distinctive. 



86. Tephroclystia erectinota spec. nov. 



Forewing : white, with sparse grey speckling ; basal patch edged by a thick 

 black vertical line from inner margin at one-fourth, interrupted and bent on 

 subcostal vein ; central fascia with its edges starting from black costal spots ; 



