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specimens. Two other examples ((^$) from La Crumbre, 

 6000 feet, Colombia, I consider also identical; the (^ has 

 the white markings towards apex tinged with rosy. 

 Another (^ specimen from Alausi, 9450 feet, Ecuador, may 

 probably be the same species, but is in poor condition. 



Aristotelia radicata, n. sp. 



(J ?. 9-10 mm. Head pale ochreous, more or less sprinkled with 

 fuscous. Palpi whitish, second joint with three, terminal joint 

 with four dark fuscous rings, terminal joint longer than second. 

 Thorax pale ochreous irrorated with dark grey, shoulders with a dark 

 fuscous spot. Abdomen grey, aj^ex pale greyish-ochreous. Fore- 

 wings elongate-lanceolate ; 6 closely approximated to 7 ; grey irro- 

 rated with dark fuscous and sometimes with whitish; a suffused 

 yellow-ochreous gradually attenuated streak along dorsum to near 

 apex ; oblique dark fuscous bars from costa at -| and |, terminated 

 by blackish marks on fold ; a small cloudy whitish mark on middle 

 of costa ; discal stigmata blackish, second elongate, edged beneath 

 by an elongate yellow-ochreous spot ; a whitish spot on costa at f , 

 formed of two subconfluent inwardly oblique strigulae, continued by 

 an oblique white line to posterior extremity of preceding ochreous. 

 spot ; some white marginal dots or scales round apex : cilia whitish- 

 grey, round apex white with two dark grey lines, base sprinkled 

 with blackish. Hindwings grey ; cilia pale greyish. 



Colombia, Caldas, 4400 feet, in May {Parish) ; eight 

 specimens. 



Aristotelia oribatis, n. sp. 



$. 14 mm. Head whitish. Palpi white, second joint with base 

 and two bands brownish-ochreous, terminal joint with base and 

 three bands dark fuscous. Thorax ochreous-whitish, shoulders dark 

 fuscous. Abdomen grey. Forewings elongate-lanceolate; 6 sepa- 

 rate ; blackish-fuscous ; a suffused brownish-ochreous streak along 

 dorsum from base to apex, occupying about ^ of wing, partially 

 confluent with a brownish-ochreous longitucUnal streak above it from 

 before middle to f , which is partially edged with white above ; an 

 obUque white bar from costa at 1- almost reaching dorsal streak, and 

 a similar inwardly oblique white bar from costa at | ; a white apical 

 dot: cilia pale greyish, round apex with four dark grey lines, at 

 base sprinkled with blackish, above tornus with an indistmct whitish 

 bar. Hindwings light violet-grey ; cilia joale grey. 



Peru, Oroya, 12,200 feet, in July (Parish) ; one specimen. 



