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Ep i scepsis gnomoides, sp. n. 

 <$. Palpi black, white on first segment. Head black; 

 two white points in front ; two red spots behind. Legs 

 fuscous black ; fore coxge white. Collar and thorax fuscous 

 black; a red spot below tegula. Abdomen blue above with 

 basal subdorsal black tufts ; underneath ventral white spots 

 on first three segments. Fore wings dark violaceous brown, 

 the veins, a streak in cell, and one in submedian interspace 

 black. Hind wings deep black ; a slightly hyaline streak in 

 cell, below it and just beyond it. 



Expanse 31 mm. 



Hah. Sixola River. 



Allied to E. gnoma, Butler, but the veins black instead of 

 being pale. 



Epti'scepsis redunda, sp. n. 



Body fuscous brown; two crimson spots on back of head, 

 and a red spot laterally below tegula; fore coxse crimson. 

 Abdomen brilliant blue dorsally on last segments ; underneath 

 with ventral white patches. Primaries fuscous brown, con- 

 colorous. Secondaries fuscous black, whitish hyaline below 

 cell and slightly within it, also near cell between veins 2 and 

 4; underneath with a broad white streak from base to near 

 outer margin. 



Expanse 33 mm. 



Ilab. Banana liiver, Sixola, Tuis. 



Also in Nat. Mus., Washington, from Trinidad, Peru, 

 French and British Guiana, Aroa, Venezuela, Santa Rosa, 

 Jalapa, Mexico. 



Episcepsis sixola, sp. n. 



Palpi and legs brown-black. Palpi with a white spot on 

 first segment. White spots at base and end of coxa? ; fore 

 coxa? streaked with white in male, with roseate in female. 

 Collar and thorax brown-black, the former with dorsal and 

 lateral red spots. Abdomen dull blue-black, underneath with 

 two rows of white spots. Primaries brown-black, the veins 

 still darker; a vague subterminal broad darker shade. 

 Secondaries black ; a short white streak in cell, and a large 

 white patch at base of inner margin ; some white scales 

 beyond cell between veins 2 and 5. 



Expanse, <$ 31, ? 37 mm. 



Hab. c? j Sixola River ; ? , Juan Vinas. 



Episcepsis capysca, sp. n. 

 $ . Legs and palpi dark grey streaked with white ; fore 



