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darker and lighter sbade niniiiLig (ilili(|iiely t'niiu the outer line at vein 4 to 

 liindniargiu at vein 2 ; cell-spot dark and large ; fringe dull grey with white 

 mottling between the veins. 



Jlindtcing : paler, more distinctly striated, the onter half dark ; fringe as in 

 I'orewing. 



Underside whitish, with distinct dark greenish fuscous speckling and striation ; 

 inner marginal half of forewing dull whitish ; costa spotted with dark ; cell-spot 

 and outer line from costa to vein 4 dark. Hindwing with dark cell-spot and an 

 interrupted central line, formed of a blotch at costa and another between the 

 median and vein 2 ; the inner margin white. 



Face and collar pale grey ; palpi, vertex, and thorax dark ; abdomen paler with 

 dark segmental rings. 



Expanse of wings : -36 mm. 



1 c? from Santo Domingo, Carabaya, S.E. Peru, 61M.1O ft., December 1901, wet 

 season (Ockenden). 



A dull-looking species, but with strongly white-mottled fringes. 



224. Nipteria oblitaria spec. nov. 



Foreiring : dark grey in S , paler, more brownish grey in ? ; the whole wing 

 surface, excejit the costal area, appearing blurred, as if rubbed ; the darker costal 

 space slightly striated ; the only markings are a round dull black cell-spot, and an 

 onter oblique line from costa at five-sixths, bent on vein .5, below which it is very 

 indistinct ; fringe dark grey. 



Hindwinr/ : with cell-spot and the line curved. 



Underside smoky browaish fnscous, thickly speckled and striated with 

 blackish ; cell-spots and outer line black and distinct ; in the ? the inner half 

 of forewing is slightly blurred, but in the S the blurred space is as extensive as on 

 the upperside and quite pale, greyish ochreous. 



Head, thorax, and abdomen dark grey in the t?, brownish grey in the ? , agreeing 

 with the wings. 



Expanse of wings : 44 mm. 



A pair from Santo Domingo, Carabaya, S.E. Peru, 611O11 ft., May 1902, dry 

 season (Ockenden). 



Tliis species is probably near iV. tappoiiia Th. Mg., which I have not seen. 



225. Nipteria satyrata Warr., ^^ov. Zool. vii. p. 190, ? (lOon). 



The c? of this species differs from the ? , in that the upper surface of the 

 wings is wholly dull sericeous grey without darker markings, except the cell-spots, 

 and three vein dashes representing the costal portion of exterior line on forewing. 

 Beneath like the ? , but the dark markings and band of hindwing less striking. 



The i from which this description is made is from Chimate, Bolivia, and is of 

 the same size as the ¥ , 52 mm. 



226. Nipteria subocellata spec. nov. 

 Foretmng : dull smoky grey, semitransparent ; the hindmargin, the entire 

 apical area beyond the cell, and the costal area above subcostal vein smoky 

 blackish ; cell-sjiot black, preceded by a small blotch slightly paler than the 

 ground colour ; fringe blackish, veins slightly brownish. 



