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llhirlwitig : smoky blackish, the liiiidraargin deep black; an oblong white 

 blotch beyond cell preceding the dark marginal border ; fringe, as on forewing, 

 black. 



Underside the same, bnt the white blotches dnller ; in the hindwing the 

 smoky black of the npperside is smoky white. 



Head, thorax, and abdomen black, abdomen whitish beneath ; basal joint of 

 palpi and front edge of patagia bright orange. 



Expanse of wings : 26 mm. 



2 SS, \ ?, from Marcapata, E. Pern, 10,800 ft. (Ockeuden). 



4H. Scea semifulva spec. nov. 



Forewiiu/ : dull orange in basal half, dusted with very tine narrow dark 

 scales ; costa, inner margin, veins, and outer half of wing purplish grey. 



Tlimlwing : uniform pur])lish-grey ; fringes of both wings concolorous. 



Underside similar, but the veins not dark. 



Head, thorax, abdomen, and legs, all purplish grey. 



Expanse of wings : 39 mm. 



2 ? ¥ from Guaranda, E. Ecuador, May J.sOO (Haensch). 



Nearest to cleonica Drnce, from which it is distinguished by the purplish 

 grey coloration, which reaches to middle of costa and to two-thirds of inner marsrin. 



41. Stenoplastis spumata sjiec. mi v. 



Like S. auranticu Druce, but with an aggregation of white sc.iles beyond 

 cell and along submedian fold, hardly forming a spot or blotch. 



The hindmargin of hindwing from apex to middle straight, and appearing 

 bluntly angled at vein 4. 



1 c? from Chulumaui, Bolivia, 2000 m., January 1001, wet season (Simons). 



This seems to be a form intermediate between aarantica Druce and ciiiguUna 

 Urnce. 



Subfamily GEOMETRINAE. 

 42. Aplodes punctata spec. nov. 



Forewing: pale yellowish green, with the fringe green; the lines marked 

 by white dots on the veins ; first at one-fourth, the second at five-sixths; no 

 cell-spot. 



Hindwing: the same, but with a slightly darker green cell-sjjot. 



Underside pale whitish green, the forewing flushed with jiale yellowish rufous. 



Face and palpi reddish brown; vertex and shaft of antennae white; thorax 

 and abdomen pale green. 



Expanse of wings : 2o mm. 



2 t?c? from U])per Park, Jamaica. 



Hindwing broad, the hindmargin rounded, but with a slight bend, not an 

 angle, in the middle ; frenulum very small and fine. 



The second of these two exarajtles is grey or green, with the lines faintly 

 paler between the dots, and edged conversely with deeper greeu. These insects 

 were labelled ^V. paularia Moeschl., but Moeschler, in his description of his 

 im-ect, says the wings are green without any markings, and the head green. 



