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broad anteriorly towards dorsum ; posterior half of wing suffused 

 yellow-ochrcous, more strongly towards dorsum, with a transverse 

 violct-grey-metallic streak from costa before apex to termen above 

 tornua : cilia whitish, base ochreous-yellowish within an indistinct 

 greyish line. Hindwiiigs dark grey ; cilia grey, whitish on outer 

 half round apex and upper part of termen. 

 Peeu, Jurimaguas, March {Parish) ; 3 ex, 



^ Compsistis malacoscia, n. sp. 



(S . 12 mm. Head grey-whitish. Palpi second joint pale 

 silvery-hlue, anteriorly dark grey, terminal joint dark grey, tip 

 whitish. Thorax light violet-grey. Forewings apex obtuse, termen 

 obIi(jiiely rounded ; grey, towards costa anteriorly paler and violet- 

 tinged ; a light ochreous-yellowish median longitudinal line from 

 base nearly to middle, and a whitish submedian line extending to 

 racdiodorsul blotch ; obscure oblique streaks of violet-grey-whitish 

 suffusion from costa at i, -f, and ^, with obscure ochreous streaks 

 between and beyond these ; mediodorsal blotch indicated by two 

 ])arallel curved obli(jue dark grey streaks reaching to above middle 

 of disc but not reaching dorsum, externally edged whitish, space 

 between these somewhat suffused whitish; a grey-whitish curved 

 mark beyond apex of this ; a transverse violet streak at | and one 

 ])efore apex, space between these suffused grey- whitish and sprinkled 

 black ; an indistinct small spot of blackish-grey suffusion beyond 

 prajapical streak: cilia light grey, a blackish subbasal line. Hind- 

 wings dark fuscous, lighter anteriorly ; cilia whitish-fuscous, a 

 dark fuscous suffused subbasal shade. 



I'keu, Iquitos, Jurimaguas, March, May (Parish) ; 2 ex. 



/ Compsistis macrocliorda, n, sp. 



(J. 10 mm. Head, thorax grey, face whitish. Palpi grey, 

 second joint suffused blue. Forewings termen hardly sinuate, 

 rather oblique ; dark grey ; a violet longitudinal streak from base 

 of costa to disc beyond middle, bordered beneath by an ochreous- 

 yellow streak from base to middle, and this by a second violet 

 streak; an ochreous-yellowish mark above first streak near base, 

 edged above pale vi:)let on costa, and an oblique violet streak from 

 costa at ^ running into first streak, whitish on costa; beyond this 

 an obliciue ochreous-yellowish streak from costa, then a shorter 

 violet strigula whitish on costa, then a dark grey strigula, then two 

 wedgeshaped ocbreous-j'ellovv marks, from between which a slightly 

 curved su1)mctallic violet-grey line crosses wing at | ; between this 

 and base six irregular rather oblique incurved whitish-ochreous 

 streaks crossing dorsal half of wing, a dark space representing 

 mediodorsal blotch more strongly convex anteriorly, narrowed and 

 pointed above ; space beyond transverse line finely pale-speckled, 

 edged anteriorly towards dorsuia by a whitish-ochreous mark, and 

 posteriorly by an irregular incomplete whitish-ochreous line 

 preceding a violet-submetallic streak crossing apex obliquely and 



