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below cell beyond, iipbent to middle of discocellular and again 

 slightly curved and upbent toward costa divides the color of the 

 wmgs; the space above the line whitish buff, partly irrorated with 

 fuscous gray; the base below cell and incurve beyond tinged with 

 lUacine brown; a small black spot at base of cell; the orbicular and 

 a spot on discocellular in front, round, fuscous brown circled with 

 white; a small dark postmedial spot on costa; the space below the 

 line velvety-brown black, becoming paler and of a browner tinge 

 toward the dark subterminal line, with which it partly suffuses; 

 outer margin whitish gray; terminal fuscous spots. Hmd wings 

 gray brown. Hind wings below yellowish white; a fuscous discal 

 spot. 



Expanse. — 32 mm. 



Habitat. — Geldersland, Surinam River. 



Type.— C&i. No. 16651, U.S.N.M. 



BANIANA PHRUXUS, new species. 



Male. — Palpi, head, and collar cinnamon brown. Thorax, abdo- 

 men, and fore wings lilacine gray; the abdomen thickly irrorated 

 with fuscous brown, the fore wings with only a few UTorations. 

 Fore wings: A dark line across base of cell; a fine antemedial line, 

 outcurved across submedian; a medial oblique fuscous spot on costa; 

 two dark brown points on discocellular; an outer dark-brown vertical 

 line, sharply outbent on costa, outwardly shaded with cmnamon 

 brown and then with fuscous scalings; a fine, mdistinct, fuscous sub- 

 ternunal line ; terminal black spots. Hind wings fuscous gray. Fore 

 wings below fuscous gray, the costal margin yellowish irrorated with 

 brown; a dark shade on discocellular; a postmedial hne on costa. 

 Hind wings below yellowish white irrorated with brown; a dark line 

 on discocellular; a fine subterminal line; terminal fuscous spots 

 almost forming a line. 



Expanse. — 21 mm. 



Habitat. — St. Jean, Maroni River. 



The female differs in having the outer line obsolete except on costa. 



Near B. helicon Druce. 



Type.-O&t. No. 16652, U.S.N.M. 



BANIANA NEPHELE, new species. 



FeTnale. — Head, collar, thorax, and fore wings pale-lUacme buff; 

 front of thorax dark brown. Fore wings: A dark-brown basal, 

 antemedial and medial spot on costa; traces of a fine antemedial 

 line; a dark-brown point in cell and two on discocellular; a dark- 

 brown vertical postmedial line from vein 8 to inner margin, thickest 

 opposite ceD, followed by a broad paler brown shade, extending to 

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