( iiO ) 



cloud, the whole wing paler ; fringe pale ochreous with concise reiUlish dashes 

 lieyond veins. 



liead, thonix, and abdomen gre}', mottled wilii reddish, the abdomen paler; 

 a thiek red-browu ring on basal segment, edged with paler ; anal tuft ochreons. 



Expanse of wings : 35 — 40 mm. 



5 <J(? from Santo Domingo, Carabaya, S.E. Pern, 0000 ft., Novemlier T.hiI, 

 Wet season (Ockeudeu). 



;.':V.i. Hymenomima schisticolor spec. nov. 



ForeicliKj : j]ale slat e-coli Mir, withont si]eckling ; the lines and veins dark- 

 slate-colour ; a dark sj)ot at base of cell ; first line at one-sixth, bent in cell, 

 then oblique, touching tlie fovea ; second, anteinediau, at one-third, bent in cell 

 and touching the large triangular cell-spot, then sinuons inwards ; outer line 

 from three-tifths of costa, angled on veins fi and 4, and dentate on the veins, 

 strongly sinuous thronghont, to middle of inner margin, followed by a similar 

 but much liner line ; submargiual line pale, dentate, lietween two dark slate- 

 coloured shades, of which the inner one is the darker and somewhat interrupted ; 

 marginal spots between the veins black ; fringe concolorous. 



llindiruiij : similar, but without first line. 



Underside pale cloudy slate-colour, with dark cell-sjiots ; the marginal borders 

 darker, in the forewiug broad. 



Head, thorax, and abdomen pale slate-colour ; the vertex, thorax, and 

 shoulders whiter ; a pair of dark spots on thorax, one on each of the patagia, 

 and one in centre of face above : palpi externally blackish. 



Expanse of wings : 26 mm. 



1 S from Santo Domingo, L'arabaya, S.E. Peru, November 1901, wet season 

 (Ockenden). 



Vein 5 from a little below 0. 



240. Iridopsis candidata spec. nov. 



Fomciiifi : white, slightly speckled with dark grey or blackish ; basal and 

 marginal areas washed with pale chestnut ; the lines black, starting from black 

 costal sjmts ; first at one-fourth, nearly straight, blacker on the veins; median 

 from before middle of costa to before middle of inner margin, waved and partly 

 interrupted, marked by black dashes on veins, and touching the cell-spot, which 

 is large and oval, black-edged, filled up by semi-erect bluisLi white scales ; above 

 it is a small round black spot above the base of vein 6 ; outer line at two-thirds, 

 marked only by black vein-spots ; submarginal line black, thick, lunate, followed 

 between veins 4 and 7 by a large black blotch touching hindmargiu ; a row 

 of black marginal spots, not quite touching margin ; the brown snti'usiou is 

 very faint between veins 3 and 4, leaving there a square white patch with the 

 fringe white beyond it, the rest of the fringe being brown, chequered with 

 blackish. 



Jlinilwiiu/ : with a dark line at base ; a slight grey interrupted autemedian 

 and jiostmedian line, darker at the veins, and a cloudy blackish submarginal 

 line ; large black marginal spots between the veins not quite touching margin, 

 and smaller spots on the margin at the vein-ends ; the ends of veins 4 and G 

 marked with brown ; fringe white, chequered with blackish. 



Underside glossy white, the costa of forewiug ochreous, with a few dark 



