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•")7. Tachyphyle subaurata spec. iiov. 



Fon'icinci : dull olive-grceii, the costal t'd.i^'e bej'oud middle bluish white: 

 a very obscure darker green curved line from one-fourth of costa to one-third 

 of inner margin : a straight oblique line from three-fourths of inner margin 

 towards apex, outwardlj- edged with bluish ; fringe whitish green, with a dark- 

 dash at apex ; cell-spot small, black. 



llindwing : with the obli(jne line continued across wing a little lievoiid 

 middle ; cell-spot black ; fringe whitish green. 



Underside paler green, the cell and subcostal area bevond deep yellow, the 

 veins beyond cell also yellow : hindwing with a dark Idotch from lower end of 

 cell to vein 1. 



Face, vertex, and palpi white, sides of face aud tips of palpi with reddish 

 scales ; thorax and patagia green ; abdomen yellowish. 



Expanse of wings : 32 mm. 



'I Si from Santo Domingo, Carabaya, S.E. Peru, (iiMlU ft., December I'.iiil, 

 •launary 1902, wet season (Ockendeu). 



Distingnislied from its allies by the markings of the underside. 



Subfamily STERRHINAE. 

 58. Anisodes aurantiata spec. nov. 



Foreicing : deep yellow, with orange-red speckles and striae, becoming con- 

 fluent in places; basal and outer line marked by black dots on veins; the first 

 near base, marked by dots on the folds as well as the veins ; the outer from 

 four-fifths of costa to three-fourths of inner margin, curved i>arallel to hind- 

 margin, the dots on the folds displaced somewhat basewards ; cell-spot minute, 

 snow-white, in a black ring; median shade thick and diffuse, formed of densely 

 aggregated orange-red scales, and traversed by a fine dark grey zigzag line, 

 sinuous, from three-fifths of costa to middle of inner margin ; submargiual line 

 indicated by a deeper sliade of orange-red preceding it, darker, being mixed with 

 blackish scales, beyond cell and between veins 2 aud 3; a row of distinct black 

 marginal spots ; fringe deep yellow, spotted with orange-red. 



lliiulinng: like forewing ; the cell-spot darker, with grey centre. 



Underside yellow, with the speckling and lines dull red. 



Head, tliorax, and abdomen deep yellow varied with orange-red ; abdomen 

 below aud legs yellowish ochreous ; hindtibia with a yellow tuft of hairs from base, 

 and with terminaJl spurs only. 



Exjianse of wings : 31 mm. 



2 c?(?, 2 ? ? from Santo Domingo, Caraijaya, S.E. Peru, OoiM) ft., Novemlier 

 lOiil, wet season (Ockenden). 



A brighter aud gayer insect than usual in the genus. The ¥ shows less 

 of the yellow ground colour, being more thickly striated with orange-red, anil 

 in one case suft'used with Iirown. 



f>'i. Anisodes bipunctata^siiec. nov. 



Closely allied to A. nehaliijin-n JJutler from the Amazons, but without any 



distinct dark cloud ou tbe bindmargin of the wings, the forewing, however, 



being well marked, with the two black spots which in nehiiligera precede the 



marginal cloud ; (he hindwing is likewise devoid of the large grey shade from 



