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below middle ; a triangular ferrnginons-edged patch on liiiidmargiii from apex to 

 vein 4, its apex connected by a ferrnginons streak with the central fascia on vein 4 ; 

 some faint striae above anal angle ; fringe straw-colour, with sharply marked 

 black-brown dashes at the ends of the veins. 



Hiiuhvimj : straw-colour, slightly rust-culonred along hindmargin, with traces 

 of median and postmedian lines on inner margin ; fringe pale, uumottled. 



Underside with the markings of forewing pale rusty ; costal half of sub- 

 marginal line and oblique line from apex dark brown, as are the marginal line 

 and spots on fringe ; costal edge dotted brown and yellow. Hindwing yellow with 

 rusty striae and indications of two curved lines. 



Head, thorax, and abdomen straw-colour, with faint rust-coloured scales. 



Expanse of wings : 22 mm. 



2 ? ¥ from Santo Domingo, Carabaya, S.E. Peru, (iuQij ft., November, 

 December I'JOl, wet season (Ockenden). 



140. Psaliodes nictitans spec. nov. 



Forewing : straw-colour, the markings fulvous ; the median and its branches 

 fnlvous ; costal vein orange-red ; the costal edge with dark-brown striae ; basal 

 line outwardly oblique, brown, the basal area straw-colour below median, fnlvous 

 above ; central fascia with inner edge concave basewards, the outer concave 

 outwards to vein 6, there acutely angled and sinuous to inner margin, where the 

 fascia is only half as wide as on costa ; it is filled up with deep fnlvous, darker 

 at its edges, except a pale blotch at end of cell containing the distinct black 

 cell-spot, and towards the costa it is striated with paler ; a fulvous oblique streak 

 from apex and a diffuse subapical cloud join the angle of central fascia and appear 

 to form part of it ; marginal area with a double submarginal sinuous line and a 

 marginal shade, all fulvous ; the baud before central fascia is traversed by two 

 curved fulvous streaks ; fringe pale, mottled with black at the vein-ends. 



Himhrnng : pale straw-colour, with a postmedian fulvous line and slight 

 cell-spot. 



Underside of forewing with the subcostal and median veins and sinuous outer 

 line orange fulvous ; the transverse markings on costa and in cell olive brownish. 

 Hindwing with orange-red centnil line. 



Head, thorax, and abdomen straw-colour ; palpi externally brownish. 



Expanse of wings : 22 mm. 



1 ? from Santo Domingo, Carabaya, S.E. Peru, Oi.ioi.i ft., November lliiil, 

 wet season (Ockenden). 



141. Psaliodes ossicolor spec. nov. 



Forewing : bone-colour, the markings olive-brown or olive-i'uscou.s ; the costa 

 fuscous for two-thirds ; an olive-fnscous inwardly oblique line close to base, widened 

 at costa ; an inwardly oblique fuscous fascia from beyond middle of costa to 

 middle of inner margin, its inner edge indented below costa, its outer bulged a 

 middle, more or less interrupted from fold to fold by the pale ground colour ; 

 an indistinct outer line of a few striae ; marginal area with two fuscous blotches ; 

 one triangular from apex to vein 4, the point of the triangle reaching submarginal 

 line on vein 5, the other smaller at anal angle ; fringe bone-colour, with fuscous 

 mottlings. 



HindwitKj : with the apex and hindmargin slightly grey-tinged, 



