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lilaclne line; a faint pale antemedial streak on costa-; the 

 outer poition of wing light brown strongly tinged with 

 lilaclne, and thinly irrorated with dark scales ; reniform in- 

 distinct, still lighter brown with a dark point anteriorly and 

 posteriorly ; a dark fine dentate shade from reniform to inner 

 margin, and a more clearly marked similar postmedial line 

 from vein 6 ; a large dark reddish-brown space at apex, with 

 pale costal points and inwardly edged by a wavy curved 

 white line ; terminal lilacine shadings, with small dark 

 marginal spots and a fine dark line beyond them ; fringe 

 grey with a darker grey line. Hind wings dark brown ; a 

 small pale spot above anal angle ; a little lilacine shading 

 terminally from veins 2-1. 



Expanse 50 mm. 



Uab. Juan Vinas. 



Ophisma fulvipuncta, sp. n. 



c? . Head and thorax violaceous brown. Collar reddish 

 brown. Fore wings brown strongly tinged with purple, the 

 veins purplish grey; basal and antemedial lines, indistinct, 

 formed by clusters of greenish-grey scales, obsolescent below 

 submedial fold; some medial irrorations on costa ; postmedial 

 clusters of scales from costa to vein 3, divided by an inter- 

 rupted dark line; subterminal clusters of scales above vein 4, 

 chiefly on costa ; orbicular oval, darker greenish grey con- 

 taining a brown streak ; a bright small fulvous spot above 

 submedian postmedially ; fringe olive and ochreous brown 

 tipped with white. Hind wings dark brown ; faint traces of 

 a postn)edial pale line, terminating in lilacine scales and some 

 darker brown above anal angle; fringe whitish, becoming 

 ochreous and then brown at anal angle. Underneath brown, 

 heavily irrorated on hind wings and costal margin of fore 

 wings to postmedial with lilacine; the postmedial brown, 

 finely crenulate on hind wings ; terminal white points. 



Expanse 51 mm. 



Hah. Tuis. 



Ophisma '^ esperanza, sp. n. 



Head and thorax olive -brown tinged with lilacine. 

 Abdomen fuscous, with transverse bands of olive-brown 

 hairs. Fore wings : the basal portion olive-brown limited 

 by a fine darker brown line from costa at a third from base to 

 middle of inner margin ; the space to outer line brown 

 tinged with lilacine; orbicular as a brown point; reniform 

 consisting of a short dark streak on discocellular ; a wavy 



