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outbent to middle of inner margin ; a dull white line on dis- 

 cocellular, and a small brown spot above it on costal margin ; 

 two small postmedial spots on costa from which fine lines are 

 outbent, angled at base of veins 6 and 7, then downbent to 

 vein 4; the inner line is very faint, lunular from vein 4 to inner 

 margin marked by a small black lunule below vein 2, and is 

 followed from vein 2 to inner margin by a brown shade ; the 

 outer line from veins 7-4 is fine, velvety black, slightly sinuous, 

 followed by a purplish brown shade outwardly marked with 

 three triangular black spots between veins 5 and 8 ; a marginal 

 black line, straight from veins 7-4, then lulunar to tornus, the 

 lunules with black spots on veins at termen ; cilia white with 

 brown spots at veins becoming larger towards apex. Hind 

 wings white, the outer half of costa and termen fuscous, nar- 

 rowing to a point at anal angle. Fore wings below fuscous 

 gray, somewhat whitish on inner margin and terminally on 

 interspaces below vein 4 ; an inbent black postmedial line, 

 angled on costa below a small white spot ; termen below vein 4 

 narrowly white. Hind wings below white, the costa and termen 

 to vein 4 fuscous ; terminal fuscous streaks on veins from veins 

 4-2, and a small fuscous spot at anal angle. 



Expanse, 39 mm. 



Habitat. — Porto Velho, Rio Madeira, Brazil. 



Type.— Csit. No. 23600, U. S. Nat. Mus. 



Near Chadisra arecosa Druce. 



Rifargia stellata, new species. 



Female. — Palpi yellow brown, streaked with black behind. 

 Head mottled brown and ochreous. Collar dark brown shaded 

 with fuscous behind and with a few pale irrorations. Thorax 

 fuscous behind, in front, also the patagia light brown. Abdo- 

 men above brown thickly covered with dark grayish brown 

 hairs and some dorsal spots of cinnamon brown and whitish 

 hairs, the two last segments thickly irrorated with whitish fan- 

 shaped scales. Body below yellow brown. Tibiae and base of 

 tarsi with fuscous hairs irrorated with whitish, the tarsi other- 

 wise outwardly black with white rings. Fore wings dark 



