208 Sir G. F. Hampson on neio 



(71<7) Syleptet albicupralis, sp. n. 



Head white with some pale red-brown on frons and behind the 

 antennae which are brown, the palpi with the 2nd joint suffused 

 with red-brown ; thorax white, the tegulae with red-brown patches 

 at base, the patagia with their outer halves red-brown, the dorsum 

 with some red-brown suffusion ; abdomen white with red-brown 

 dorsal and subdorsal patches except at base and towards extremity ; 

 pectus, legs, and ventral surface of abdomen white, the fore femora 

 and all the tibiae striped with red-brown above. Fore wing red- 

 brown with a cupreous gloss ; a small white mark at base ; sub- 

 basal white spots on costa and in the cell and an elongate white 

 patch on basal part of inner margin ; an indistinct brown ante- 

 medial line, arising below the costa and defined on inner side by 

 Avhite spots below the cell and at inner margin ; the medial part of 

 costal area white ; white spots in and beyond end of cell ; post- 

 medial line brown slightly defined on outer side by white, dentate, 

 incurved below vein 4 ; a terminal series of minute triangular white 

 spots. Hind wing white, the veins slightly striated with brown ; 

 some reddish brown suffusion beyond lower angle of cell and on 

 inner margin before the almost straight reddish brown postmedial 

 line ; the terminal area pale reddish brown with a cupreous gloss, 

 broadly at costa, narrowing to inner margin ; a terminal series of 

 white bars ; cilia reddish brown, whitish at tips, 



Hetb. Peeu, E. Pacaya, 2 <5 , 2 2 type, Yahuarmayo (Wet-thins), 

 1 2 type. Exp., 6 22-26, $ 30 mm. 



(73 a) Sylepta fidviceps, sp. n. 



d . Head, tegulae, and basal half of patagia fulvous, the rest of 

 thorax and abdomen grej'-brown ; antennae brown except towards 

 base ; pectus, legs, and ventral surface of abdomen white, the fore 

 femora above, tibiae, and tarsi pale grey-brown, the mid femora 

 striped with grey-brown, the mid and hind tibiae and basal joints of 

 tarsi grey-brown. Fore wing pale grey-brown with a slight 

 purplish gloss, the cilia grey-white. Hind wing pale grey-brown 

 with a slight purplish gloss, the cell semihyaline opalescent white, 

 the termen narrowly and cilia grey-white ; the underside with the 

 costal area white to beyond middle, the cell and disk glossed with 

 silvery blue. 



Hub.. Colombia (interior) (Cetrder), 1 6 type. Exp. 30mm. 



(75 a) Sylepta ocJiritinctaHs, sp. n. 



3 . Head and thorax white mixed with some brownish ochreous ; 

 abdomen white tinged with brownish ochreous, the medial segment 

 more suffused with ochreous, leaving whitish dorsal spots ; palpi 

 brownish ochreous, Avhite at base and at base of 2nd joint ; pectus, 

 legs, and ventral surface of abdomen white tinged with ochreous, 



