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above cinnamon brown the last two segments white irrorated with 

 cinnamon brown; underneath white with pale ecru drab segmental 

 lines. Fore wing dark buckthorn brown with an olivaceous 

 tinge, possibly vivid green when fresh; a large triangular white space 

 from base to middle of costa, narrowing to vein 1 before middle of 

 inner margin; traces of a double antemedial ochraceous tawny fine 

 line; a similar double medial line, inbent on costa, interrupted in cell, 

 lunular and vertical from median to vein 1 ; a fuscous spot at end of 

 cell; an outcurved cinnamon brown line around end of cell; some 

 fuscous scaling between veins 2 and fold from medial to postmedial 

 line, this latter double, somewhat lunular, inbent from costa; white 

 spots on termen from above vein 4 to vein 2, partly cut by some 

 marginal buckthorn brown scales, the white extending on ciUa, which 

 are otherwise only tipped with white. Hind wing white, thinly scaled 

 on interspaces below vein 7; some brownish scaling on inner margin; 

 costa opaque white with a double postmedial buckthorn brown line, 

 and small spots at apex. 



Expanse 46 mm. 



Habitat. — Hyutanahan, Rio Purus, Brazil. 



Type. — In Carnegie Museum, Pittsburgh. 



Paratype.— Cat. No. 33333, U.S.N.M. 



A very distinct species. 



DISPHRAGIS DRUONA, new speciea 



Male. — Palpi black, the fringe buffy white. Head, collar, and 

 thorax mottled light yellowish olive and buffy brown. Abdomen 

 above drab, underneath light buff. Fore wing light yellowish olive; 

 double basal, antemedial and medial fine fuscous lunules on costa; 

 cell and base to antemedial thickly irrorated with black; a black, 

 diffuse fascia from lower angle of cell, oblique, expanding to mar- 

 ginal line from vein 3 to vein 1 ; a fuscous line on discoceliular ; post- 

 medial line lunular dentate, outbent on costa, followed on veins by 

 white and black points, the veins beyond black irrorated with white ; 

 a diffuse benzo brown subterminal shade, expanding somewhat 

 between veins 4 and 6; a marginal lunular black line from vein 7 to 

 inner margin; a terminal darker green line with a few black scales; 

 cilia tipped with white, and w4th black spots at veins. Hind wing 

 hair brown, the costal margin broadly dull green, crossed by a double, 

 wavy, fuscous, postmedial line, and a dusky subterminal shade; cilia 

 green tipped with white and with dark points at veins. 



Expanse 37 mm. 



Habitat. — French Guiana. 



Type.— C&t. No. 33334, U.S.N.M. 



Two males in the Dognin collection. 



