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300 MB. H. DRUCE OS NEW [Mat. 28, 



Hab. Ecuador, Sarayacu (BncMey, Mus. D.),IjOJa (Coll. Dognin). 

 A small species, allied to N. discoloraria, Herr.-Schaff. 



NiPTEEiA cissoESSA, sp. D. (Plate XX. fig. 11.) 



Male. Primaries and secondaries pale grey, irrorated -nith darker 

 scales along the costal margin and at the apex of the primaries ; 

 the fringe of both wings alternately black and grey. Underside : 

 primaries pale brown, darker on the costal margin near the base 

 and near the apex, the costal margin and the apex irrorated with 

 white scales, a dark brown streak at the end of the cell. Second- 

 aries dark brown, irrorated with white scales ; a dark brown spot 

 at the end of the cell. Antennse black. Head, thorax, and 

 abdomen grs^, each segment of the abdomen edged with dark 

 brown. L^s blackish brown. 



Expanse 1^ inch. 



Hab. Ecuador, Chiguinda, Sarayacu, and Intaj (Buckley, Mtis. 

 D.) ; Loja (Coll. Dognin). 



A distinct species, not allied to any species known to me. 



NlPTEEIA PEEILLA, Sp. n. 



Male. Primaries and secondaries dark silky brown. Primaries 

 crossed from the costal to the inner margin by two darker brown 

 lines, the veins dark brown. Secondaries crossed below the middle 

 from the apex to the inner margin by a narrow brown line, the 

 fringes of both wings brown. Underside similar to the upper- 

 side, but paler in colour. Antennse black ; head, thorax, abdomen, 

 and legs brown. 



Expanse If inch. 



Hah. Ecuador, Intaj (BucMey, Mus. D.) ; E. Peru, Cosnipata 

 Valley ( Whiiely, Mus. D.). 



Allied to N. impunctata, Thierry-Mieg, from which it is at once 

 distinguished by the dark brown hind wings. 



NiPTEEiA PHILOMELA, sp. n. (Plate XX. fig. 16.) 



Male. Primaries white, the costal margin, the apex, outer and 

 inner margins bordered with greyish black, very broadly at the apex ; 

 the costal margin has three white spots, the first and second 

 nearest the base, the third beyond the middle. Secondaries white, 

 the outer margins from the apex to the anal angle broadly bordered 

 with greyish black, the fringe of both wings alternately white and 

 black. Underside : primaries white, the costal margin, apex, and 

 outer margin clouded with brown. Secondaries pale brown, the 

 cell and a spot beyond white. Antennse and palpi black. Head, 

 thorax, abdomen, and legs brown, the underside of the abdomen 

 greyish. 



Expanse 2 inches. 



Hab. Ecuador, Sarayacu (BucMey, Mus.D.), Loja (Coll. Doynin). 



I haA^e four males of this species, which do not show the slightest 

 variation. 



