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55. Racheospila molliculata s])cc. iiov. 



Forewiiig : semi-tianspareiit, pale dull green, wiih all markings dark or 

 liright red — viz., the costa, cell-spot, two cross-lines, and the marginal line; the 

 lines marked by vein-spots, being the teeth of the denticnlate lines; cell-s]Mit 

 large; iVinge whitish. 



lliniltcing : the same. 



Underside glossy pale green; cell-spot, outer and marginal lines, and base of 

 costa ferruginons. 



Face and paljii reddish above, paler beneath ; vertex white ; collar reddish ; 

 thorax green; abdojuen with the dorsum reddish, a large white spot on the 

 second and fourth segments ; antennae reddish-tinged. 



Expanse of wings : 26 mm. 



'66 from Santo Domingo, Carabaya, S.E. Pern, (iiioil ft., January 11HI2, 

 wet season (Ockenden). 



Nearest to R. jnirpiu-eoviridis Warr., but the wings are still more transparent, 

 and the markings rust-eoloured instead of violet. 



50. Racheospila promontoria spec. nov. 



ForeiL'i iiq : bright green: the marginal blotches flesh-colnnr, edgeil with red- 

 brown ; a large semicircular a]iical blotch nearly reaching vein 4, containing 

 some brown dashes and speckles ; a large irregular blotch at anal angle, narrow 

 from vein 3 to 2, reaching along inner margin to middle and truncated on median 

 vein between veins 2 and 3, contiguous to a large oval grey-brown discal spot ; 

 on the inner margin the centre of this blotch is separated from the outside 

 portions by brown curved shades, the inner being the termination of the second line ; 

 inner line close to base and outer line at two-thirds, darker green, dentate-luunlate, 

 indistinct, but each marked below costa by some red-brown scales ; costa 2*le 

 yellowish, the edge white ; marginal line red-brown, subcrenulate ; fringe 

 tlesh-colour. 



llimliring : with the apical blotch sinuous, reaching from middle of costa 

 nearly to vein 4 ; the anal blotch tlatter above, being limited by vein 2, not 

 touching the discal spot, which is smaller, and continued as a narrow dark- 

 brown shade along inner margin to base, where there is a brown spot ; fringe 

 and marginal line as in forewing. 



Underside whitish green, with only the ajiical blotches marked, tliat of the 

 ffirewing distinct, broadly red-brown, whitish towards a[iex only, that of the hind- 

 wing in<listinet ; cell-spot of ftiruwing brown ; costa yellowish. 



Face, palpi, and front of forelegs dark brown; vertex and shaft of antennae 

 white ; collar and shoulders yellowish ; patagia green ; thorax and abdomen flesh- 

 colour; the latter with white jiatihes on second and fourth segments, and smaller 

 jiale marks on third and fifth ; abdomen beneath, legs, and pectus whitish. 



Expanse of wings : 35 mm. 



4 c?cJ from Santo Domingo, Carabaya, 8.E. Pern. <iiiii() ft., December litol, 

 wet season (Ockenden). 



The paljii are somewhat abnormal, being roughly and thickly scaled, and 

 short, the basal segment white beneath, the tlurd hidden in the hairy scales of the 

 second, which arc red-brown. 



