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above and below vein 7 and a scries of points beyond tbem ; a 

 terminal series of points, Hind wing creamy white. Underside 

 white, tore wing with the spots showing indistinctly, the lunulate 

 spot iii middle of cell and the postmedial spots above and below 

 vein (J blacker. 



Hah. Peiu\ Carabaya, San Domingo (Ockenden), typef " in 

 Coll. Rothschild. Exp. 1<> millim. 



*] 232 c. Eriostepta pseudamaxia. 



Eriostepta pseudamaxia, Roths. Nov. Zool. xxiv. p. 477 (1917). 



Hind wing of male with veins (i, 7 shortly stalked, the costa 

 strongly lobed near base. then truncate to termen at vein 5, a patch 

 of androeonia in upper end of cell on upperside, coinciding with a 

 large rounded patch on underside of fore wing below the cell and 

 vein 2. 



S- Head yellow mixed with some crimson, the antenna' grey- 

 brown with some crimson at base, the palpi yellow, crimson behind 

 to near extremity of 2nd joint which is grey-brown ; thorax grey- 

 brown, the teguke with the dorsal and outer edges yellow defined 

 by crimson streaks, the patagia yellow with crimson edges, pure 

 white at tips, the nictathorax with crimson streak; abdomen 

 crimson ; pectus, legs, and ventral surface of abdomen white, the 

 fore femora and tibia.' crimson above. Fore wing violaceous grey- 

 brown to costa before middle and to termen above tornus. its outer 

 edge defined by crimson, the rest of wing yellow; some crimson at 



Fijy. 17. — Eriostepta pseudamaxia, ,-<". j 



base of inner margin ; a small elongate yellow spot at middle of 

 submedian fold with small spots above and below its extremity 

 below vein 2 and above vein 1, all defined by crimson; the median 

 nervure except towards base, the bases of veins 1 and 2, the extremity 

 of vein L, and veins S to •"> streaked with crimson; a violaceous 

 brown patch beyond the cell above vein 5, indented above, and small 

 spot below base of vein 1 defined by crimson ; elongate violaceous 

 brown marks above veins ">, (i. 7. the mark above vein (i further 

 from termen, some small spots above them on costa ; small sub- 

 terminal violaceous brown spots above veins 1 and 3, and a terminal 

 series. Hind wing white with a wedge-shaped violaceous brown 

 patch at middle id' termen, then the termen tinged with violaceous 

 brown to tornus. Underside white, the fori' wing tinged with 

 violaceous brown. 



Huh. Fi{. Guiana, St, dean Maroni, type t S in Coll. Rothschild. 

 jfrfrp. 30 millim. 



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