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112. Hammaptera cacuminata >i])oc. nov. 



Foreivinq : wliitish, tinged with olive-grey, the lines in<li;itinct and lilurred, 

 all marked by blaek costal spots ; basal area sufl'used with a deeper green tinge, 

 extending partially along costal portion of central area ; basal patch edged by an 

 olive-green shade, and crossed by one or two darker lines ; the band beyond also 

 snftnsed with olive ; inner edge of central fascia slightly indented at middle, onter 

 oblicine ontwards and forming two projecting teeth between veins 2 and 4, the ends 

 of which stand ont velvety black from the ])ale ochreons green fascia ; cell-spot 

 dark, fbllow'ed by a cross-line which is black at costa ; apical area occupied by 

 a ilnll binrred brownish olive sulu^nadrate blotch, reaching vein 4; the sub- 

 marginal line regularly waved and pale, the space before it i)ale brown in the 

 patch and greenish beyond, greenish white on both sides below vein 4 ; the 

 lunulcs beyond cell edged on both sides with black ; band between central fascia 

 and apical blotch whitish to vein 4 ; marginal black spots in j)airs ; fringe ochreous 

 with dark mottliugs beyond veins; all the lines darker along inner margin. 



lUiulir'nuj : dirty ochreons, paler towards ape.'i ; two indistinct darker lines 

 above anal angle ; marginal spots distinct ; friuge ochreous, tinged with grey 

 towards anal angle. 



Underside pale ochreous, with black markings ; outer half of central fascia 

 black to vein 2 ; a deep black marginal border, interrupted between veins 3 and 4, 

 then fading ont, the extreme apex ochreous ; fringe ochreous, marked with 

 blackish. Hiudwing with black border throughout ; a postmedian line, obli(|ue 

 from middle of costa to below vein 4, thence waved, parallel and close to marginal 

 border to inner margin; the enclosed area black-speckled, with black cell-spot; 

 fringe ochreons. 



Head, thorax, and abdomen greenish ochreous. 



Expanse of wings : 37 mm. 



2 ?¥ from Santo Domingo, Carabaya, S.E. Peru, (iOKO ft., November I'.iol, 

 wet season (Ockenden). 



Delated to //. cocama Schaus, possibly a form of the ? of that species. 



ll;'>. Hammaptera nigi'olineata spec. nov. 



Forcwimj : yellow ochreous, with the lines slightly deeper yellow; the edges 

 of the markings black ; basal patch with an obscure dark edge, sinuous ; inner 

 edge of 'central fascia finely black thronghont and waved, jiarallel to basal line; 

 outer edge obliipie outwards, angled below vein 4, strongly marked above middle, 

 obsolete below, the traversing lines marked by black dots on costa and with black 

 shading on and below submedian vein ; three black lines from costa, not reaching 

 vein (i, before submarginal line, which is whitish and hmulate, the lunnles jireceded 

 by a series of black spots, that between veins 4 and 5 conspicuous, and followed by 

 wedge-shaped black marks reaching hindmargiu ; marginal black spots in i]airs ; 

 fringe ochreous. 



Ilinihcitig : suffused with dirty grey to an indistinct submarginal line, followed 

 by a jialer band: marginal border blackish, extending partially along the fold of 

 inner margin ; marginal dark spots and fringe as in forewing. 



Underside of forewing with black marginal band, broad at costa, wliere it leaves 

 the apex ochreous, narrowing and fading out below vein 4 ; edges of central fascia 



