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inwards and becomos obsolete ; from the same costal point another line rnns 

 vertically to vein and there stops, this latter being a line showing tlirongh from 

 beneath ; fringe brown-grey. 



Iliridwing : pale grey, dark-speckled, and towards apex tingod witli darker 

 grey ; a small lilackisii cell-spot, and traces of a transverse line showing throngh 

 from the nnderside, from below middle of inner margin towards apex ; fringe spotted 

 with dark. 



Underside darker, the speckling black, the tint browner ; outer line of forcwing 

 black and distinct to vein 4, and marked by dots on veins 3 and 2, followed by a 

 pale fulvous subapical tint : hindwing with a lunulate-dentate line from the 

 submedian fold straight to vein 0, then upturned to costa before a2iex. 



Head, thorax, and abdomen dingy grey. 



Expanse of wings : 40 mm. 



1 (? from River Inambari, Caraba3-a, S.E. Peru, 6000 ft., November lOill, wet 

 season (Ockenden). 



121. Nipteria pallida spec. nov. 



Forewing : cream-colour, with slight brownish speckling ; two blackish lines ; 

 the first curved, from one-fourth of costa to one-third of inner margin ; the outer 

 nearly straight, from six-sevenths of costa to three-fifths of inner margin ; the latter 

 is followed by a line of blackish spots on the veins, which becomes obsolescent 

 below middle ; cell-spot blackish ; the apex and hindmargin tinged with bronzy 

 grey ; fringe bronzy grey. 



Hindwing: with dark cell-spot, curved, thin, and sliglitly wavy postmedian 

 line, and obscure row of spots on veins ; fringe pale with dark spots at veins. 



Underside very similar, but all the markings and speckling much darker. 



Palpi externally and antennae blackish ; head, thorax, and abdomen cream- 

 colour ; shoulders laterally and base of patagia brownish. 



Expanse of wings : 38 mm. 



1 i, 1 ? from Santo Domingo, Carabaya, S.E. Peru, OOUO ft., March— April 

 1902, wet season (Ockenden). 



Distinguished at once by the coloration. 



122. Nipteria partita spec. nov. 



Forewing : pale biscuit-colour along costa, hindmargin, and broadly at apex ; 

 the costal area above subcostal vein thickly striated with olive-fuscous, and with 

 a fuscous streak at base ; the striations beyond cell reaching vein 0, the marginal- 

 area merely speckled ; the rest of the wing blurred ochreous without speckling; 

 cell-spot fuscous ; at one-sixth of costa an obliqne fuscous streak, bent in cell, 

 then oblique, but obsolete below median, represents the inner line ; at five-sixths 

 an oblique fuscous line from costa towards middle of inner margin is visible as 

 far as vein 4, then becomes almost obsolete and curves outwards ; fringe olive- 

 fuscous throughout, spotted with dark. 



Hindwing : wholly ochreous ; freckled with fuscous along hindmargin ; a 

 fuscous cell-spot, and straight dark line from three-fourths of inner margin to 

 three-fourths of costa; fringe dappled, ochreous and fuscous. 



Underside deeper ochreous, thickly speckled and tinged with olive-fuscous, 

 except the inner marginal half of forewing, which is quite pale ochreous without 



