( lo-l ) 



Hindidnq : dull smoky grey, rather darker towards liindmargiii ; cell-simt 

 obscnre. 



Underside of forewing like ujipor but not so dark, the small blotch before 

 cell-spot whitish and conspicuous. Hindwing dark smoky grey, with small cell-spot ; 

 inner margin jialer. 



Head, thorax, and abdomen dingy dark grey ; antennae blackish. 



Expanse of wings : .32 mm. 



1 S from Charaplaya, Bolivia, 1300 m., June ISMil (Simons). 



Distinguished by the pale blotch before cell-spot. 



227. Nipteria transducta spec. nov. 



Fori'icitig : dark ashy grey, semitransparent, faintly daj)pled with darker; 

 the lines fuscous ; the first slender, from one-fourth of costa, running outwards 

 and bent below costa, then vertical to one-third of inner margin ; second line 

 from apex, thick and straight, to two-thirds of inner margin, the area immediately 

 beyond it whitish, becoming again dappled dark grey at hindmargin ; all the 

 veins, the marginal line, and discocellnlar finely fuscous, the discocellular with 

 a dark spot at middle ; fringe paler grey. 



Hiiulwinij : with the outer line of forewing continued straight across to two- 

 thirds of inner margin, nearly touching the cell-spot. 



Underside the same, but paler in all respects; the hindwing with a curved 

 submarginal line, joining outer line on inner margin, which is faintly visible above 

 also. 



Face, thorax, and abdomen grey : vertex bright yellow. 



Expanse of wings : 40 mm. 



1 ? from Santo Domingo, Carabaya, S.E. Pern, fiOOO feet, December 1901, wet 

 season (Ockeudenj. 



The hindmargin of hindwing bears a small blunt tooth at vein 4. 



228. Nipteria turpis spec. nov. 



Foiririi/// : dull dark grey, thickly striated with darker; the inner and outer 

 lines finely blackish and marked by spots on the veins ; first from costa at one- 

 fourth to inner margin at one-third, bent outwards to the median, vein, then vertical 

 or slightly oblique inwards; outer line froiu three-fourths of costa, vertical to vein 5, 

 then obli(iue and straight to three-fourths of inner margin ; cell-spot blackish ; 

 fringe dark grey. 



Jliudicimj : similar, but less striated and jialer towards base, darker along 

 inner and hindmargins ; outer line alone visible, more or less obsolete above middle ; 

 cell-spot obscure. 



Underside like upper; the outer line only marked in both wings. 



Head, thorax, and abdomen all concolorous. 



Expanse of wings : c?, 3.5 mm. ; ? , 38 mm. 



2 <?(?,! ?, from Santo Domingo, Carabaya, S.E.Peru, 60u0 ft., November, 

 December 1901, wet season (Ockenden). 



229. Perigramma nigricosta spec nov. 

 Forewing : white, the veins brownish ; the costa thickly black from near base 

 to just before apex ; fringe white. 



Hindwing : white, without markings. 



