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Underside browucr ochrcons ; the outer lines tliicker. 



Head, thorax, and ubdomon like wings ; jialpi externally and upper half efface 

 brownish. 



Expanse of wings : 4i> mm. 



1 (f from Charaplaya, Bolivia, 1300 m., June I'Jol (Simons), type; 1 S 

 f'hnlnmani, Bolivia, 2000 m., December, wet season (Simons). In the latter 

 specimen, which is mnch worn, the outer line is thin and inconspicaous. 



The insect is something like Loxapicia parallelaria Warr. (Eusarca). 



283. Asestra ustularia spec. nov. 



Forewiny : dull ochraceons, speckled with blackish, deeper-tinted towards base 

 and aj)ex ; costa dotted with black ; the lines black at costa, below marked by 

 black spots on veins ; first at one-third, bent on subcostal vein, then vertical ; outer 

 at five-sixths, anirled at vein 0, and more bluntly at vein 4, the black dots tijiped 

 with pale ; cell-sj)ot black ; fringe concolorons. 



llindiriiiy : dirty white, grey-speckled, and flushed with oclireons towards 

 hindmargin ; a dark cell-spot and sulimargiual line of dark dots. 



Underside similar, but jialer. 



Head and thorax like forewing ; abdomen paler. 



Expanse of wings : 3ii mm. 



1 S from Chnlumaui, Bolivia, ^uni.i m., January I'JUl, wet season (Simons). 



Very much like A. albitumida Warr. liom Loja, but without the white terminal 

 blotches of that species. 



284. Azelina nigra spec. nov. 



ForewitKj : rufous grey striated with darker grey or brownish ; this ground 

 colour, however, appears only in the outer third of the wing, being entirely sntFused 

 elsewhere with dull dark leaden purple, wliicli becomes velvety purple-black within 

 the edges of the central fascia ; first line from one-fourth of costa to one-third of 

 inner margin, forming three somewhat angled projections, of which the middle one 

 below the median vein is more acute than the other two; the line is edged at costa 

 by whitish scales, and preceded on inner margin below submedian vein by a jjatch 

 of flesh-coloured scales ; outer line from three-fourths of costa to three-fourths of 

 inner margin, forming three acute small teeth below costa and three blnntly rounded 

 projections above inner margin, with a large deep sinus between veins 2 and 5 ; 

 on the costa it is followed by a distinct white spot ; ajjical region purple-black, 

 concisely edged inwardly by an oblic^ue line from the white costal spot to the angle 

 at vein 3 ; the paler marginal space is irregularly blackened at anal angle, and the 

 brown-grey striae tend to form two irregular clouds ; snbmarginal spots black and 

 white, showing wholly white in the dark spaces; cell-spot slightly elongate, white; 

 costa varied with slight oblique pale dashes, and the whole wing sparsely dusted 

 with j)ale scales. 



Ilindwiny : wholly dull blackish ; an outer waved paler lino from a little 

 before apex to above anal angle, where it is edged outwardly with a blotch of flesh- 

 coloured ochreous ; snbmarginal spot below vein 7, and that at anal angle white, the 

 rest black with white edges; fringe of both wings blackish, exce2)t on lower half of 

 forewing. 



Underside dull dirty blackish with a brown tinge; cell-spots of both wings and 



