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wliich I have not seen ; but in tliat species the termen of 

 fore wing is bent in the middle, the tornal spot of fore wing 

 rounded^ terminal line interrupted, etc. 



16. Oospila circumsessa, sp. n. 

 (PI. VII. tig. 13.) 



-^. — 21 mm. 



Face reddish. Palpus reddish above^ white beneath. 

 Vertex and base of antenna reddish ; occiput green. Tliorax 

 above green, beneath whitish (abdomen lost). Hind tibia 

 slender. 



Fore wing with termen rather more oblique posteriorly 

 than anteriorly ; DC^ rather deeply inbent, SC^ touching C 

 at a point, K' not stalked, M^ well stalked ; pale green, with 

 costal edge narrowly reddish ; a very minute dark cell-dot ; 

 distal border variegated, light red and more purple-red, the 

 latter shade prevailing proximally, its proximal edge olive- 

 brown, commencing at costa close to apex, forming (except 

 for slight indentations at the veins, that at SC'^ the most 

 noticeable) a fairly regular curve to the middle of M\ running 

 inward for a short distance along M', then approximately 

 vertical (slightly curved) to hind margin ; a daik terminal 

 line, interrupted at the veins ; fringe reddish, with a yellower 

 line at base. 



Hind loing elongate, with strong toothed projection at end 

 of li^ ; DC scarcely angled at origin of R-, M^ rather long- 

 stalked ; concolorous with fore wing, abdominal margin 

 narrowly red nearly to base ; cell-dot minute ; the red border 

 widening at costa and at abdominal margin, the ground-colour 

 forming a strong projection into it between E,'' and M^ ; a 

 very narrow yellow-green patch at distal margin between the 

 radials ; terminal line thickening, with darkening at the tail; 

 frino-e long-est and darkest at tiie tail. 



Underside whitish green, with the borders vaguely reddish 

 proximally, only faintly tinged with reddish distally ; terminal 

 line obsolescent ; fringe ot hind wing dark reddish at the 

 tail. 



Contamama, Rio Ucayali, Peruvian Amazons, November- 

 December 1912 {J. C. iMounsey). 



Near latimargo, Warr. (Nov. Zool. xi. p. 20), but smaller, 

 and with^the border of the fore wing and that of the hind 

 wing posteriorly quite different in shape. 



