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on outer ; a postmedial blackish mark defined by whitish suffusion 

 on costa ; postmedial line very indistinct, blackish, minutely 

 dentate, at vein 4 bent inwards to below the reniform, then obliqvie ; 

 subterminal line defined on inner side by black-brown suftusion, 

 slightly angled outwards below veins 7, 6, 4, 3, incurved at discal 

 fold and below vein 3 ; a series of black stria? before tennen with 

 minute streaks from them to termen ; a waved dark terminal line 

 and line jmle line at base of cilia. Hind wing deep chocolate- 

 brown, the terminal area greyish suffused with red-brown ; post- 

 medial line very indistinct, dark, sinuous ; subterminal line black- 

 brown, slightly angled inwards at vein 7 and outwards at discal 

 fold, excurved at submedian fold ; a series of blackish stride before 

 termen slightly defined on inner side by whitish and with minute 

 streaks from them to the fine waved dark terminal line ; cilia with 

 a fine pale line at base ; the underside bluish grey suffused with 

 brown, an indistinct postmedial line excurved below costa, then 

 oblique to tornus, and a subterminal shade. 



Mab. Costa Ricx, Guapiles {Schaus), type f 6 in U.S. Nat 

 Mus. Exp. 46 millim. 



7990. Safia therm ochroa, n. sp. (Plate CCXXVIII. fig. 6.) 



$ . Head, thorax, and abdomen red-brown slightly mixed with 

 greyish ; palpi and legs dark brown irro rated with greyish, the 

 tarsi blackish ringed with white. Fore wing red-brown suffused 

 and irrorated with dark brown, the terminal area paler red-brown ; 

 subbasal line slight, black, sinuous, from costa to submedian fold ; 

 antemedial line black, waved ; a rather diffused double sinuous 

 black medial line ; reniform with indistinct pale annulus, its centre 

 defined by dark brown ; a dark mark on costa before the post- 

 medial line, which is black, minutely waved, at vein 3 retracted to 

 lower angle of cell, then erect, some whitish points bej^ond it on 

 costa ; postmedial area suffused with dark brown, deeper towards 

 the subterminal line, which is black, angled outwards below veins 7 

 and 4 and slightly below vein 3, incurved at discal fold and 

 strongly below the angle at middle ; the terminal area with some 

 brown suffusion towards apex and at middle ; a series of black 

 striae before termen, a fine waved dark terminal line, and pale line 

 at base of cilia. Hind wing dark red-brown, the terminal area 

 pale red-brown with some brown suffusion at middle ; traces of two 

 sinuous dark medial lines ; postmedial line slight, blackish, 

 minutely waved ; subterminal line black, diffused on inner side, 

 somewhat excurved at middle ; a series of black striae before 

 termen ; a fine waved dark terminal line, and pale line at base of 

 cilia ; the underside greyish suffused and irrorated with broAvn, 

 diffused dark medial and postmedial lines and a broad subterminal 

 shade. 



Hah. Be. Guiajta, Demerara {Bodwaij), 2 $ type. _E?7?. 48 

 millim. 



