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is partly paler mottled, its outer edge incurved and followed in places 

 by bluish white scaling; medially the costa is fuscous brown; the 

 cell space, between veins 2 and 3 to postmedial and inner margin, 

 lilacine gray crossed by fine darker lines of scales, paler on inner 

 margin than in cell; a purple gray line on discocellular, inwardly 

 edged by a straight fuscous line, outwardly by a similar inangled 

 line, which is followed by a dark purple brown shade; postmedial 

 outcurved, whitish and buff on costa, lilacine from vein 6 to subme- 

 dian, lilacine white on inner margin, edged throughout with dark 

 bro^vn ; this line is somewhat broken between vein 2 and submedian ; 

 veins 2, 3, 4, and all the veins beyond postmedial buff wliite; outer 

 space shaded with dark gray on interspaces; an outbent pale line 

 from costa close to postmedial, finer, and incurved from vein 3, 

 partly preceded by small fuscous spots, and a larger dark brown spot 

 on inner margin; two inbent lines from costa towards apex, and a 

 straight subterminal pale line from vem 6 to tornus; terminal dark 

 spots. Hind wings: Costa whitish; base lilacine with coarse brown 

 irrorations below cell ; three postmedial reddish brown lines, divided 

 by paler lines, all slightly upbent at vein 2, the last line followed by 

 a broad brown shade, lunited by a grayish wMte subterminal line; 

 outer margin buff white irrorated with fuscous gray, thickly towards 

 anal angle; a terminal interrupted brown line, expanding towards 

 apex. Wings below whitish. Fore wings: The inner margin fus- 

 cous, upbent subterminally ; dark terminal spots. Hind wings: A 

 dark streak on discocellular; a faint geminate postmedial line; a 

 broad fuscous marginal shade. 



Expanse. — 32 mm. 



Habitat. — Feldersland, Surinam River. 



Type.— Cat. No. 16594, U.S.N.M. 



ORTHOGRAMMA MODESTA, new species. 



Male. — Body and wdngs above brownish gray, slightly paler 

 beyond line. Fore wings: Antemedial white points on vems; orbic- 

 ular and reniform faintly indicated by slightly paler shadings; outer 

 line brown, fine, outangled just above vein 7, followed by a broader 

 dark bro\\Ti line which diverges to apex at vein 7 ; on hind wings this 

 line is straight to inner margin beyond middle, and is preceded by a 

 broad yellow brown shade; subterminal black points, and a faint 

 paler marginal line on both wings. Wings below duller, paler, the 

 hind wuigs almost white on basal half; darker lines on discocellu- 

 lars; a fine postmedial line; an antemedial line on hind wings. 



Expanse. — 40 mm. 



Habitat. — Geldersland, Surinam River. 



Type.— Cat. No. 16595, U.S.N.M. 



