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between them, some white points beyond it on costa; subterminal 

 line very indistinct, greyish faintly defined by brown on each side, 

 minutely waved, on the rufons apical spot represented by two slight 

 blackish streaks on the veins with white points on each side of the 

 one below costa, almost obsolete on the grey- white patch which ex- 

 tends to vein 4 ; a terminal series of small black lunules with whitish 

 lunulas before them on rufous area ; cilia white with blackish line 

 through them and mixed with blackish at tips. Hind wing 

 whitish suffused with fuscous brown except basal and inner areas, 

 the inner area tinged with ochreous and the fringe with rufous ; 

 the termeu whitish with obscure series of subterminal brown 

 lunules ; the extremity of veins reddish ; a terminal series of slight 

 blackish lunules ; cilia white ; the underside white, the costal area 

 irrorated with rufous, a faint discoidal spot and postmedial line 

 from costa to vein 5, a diffused fuscous subterminal band and 

 terminal series of small blackish lunules from costa to vein 2. 



2 . Fore wing rather more suffused with brown and the 

 markiugs more distinct ; hind wing suffused with fuscous except 

 basal area. 



Bab. Panama, Chiriqui ; Venezuela, Aroa, 1 S ; Brazil, Espiritu 

 Santo, 1 5 , Rio Janeiro. Exjy. 42 millim. 



B. Palpi of male with the basal joint normal, the 2nd joint shorter than in 

 section A and fringed in front with rather downturned hair, with 

 tufts of long hair at exti-emity and on 3rd joint on inner side only, a 

 tuft of hair from below base of palpi ; antennje with the basal joint 

 dilated and tufted with hair behind, the shaft distorted just before 

 middle ; fore tibiaj and tarsi normal ; abdomen with lateral tufts of 

 reddish hair from base and large fan-shaped dorsal crest at base ; 

 hind wing with fringe of long hair and scales on inner margin. 



3096. Perigea mimica, n. sp. 



cJ . Head ochreous mixed with rufous and dark brown ; tegulse 

 ochreous and rufous at base, dark brown at tips and with brown 

 medial line ; thorax white slightly tinged with grey ; pectus 

 ochreous ; legs irrorated with brown, the tarsi black ringed with 



Eig. 52. — Perigea mimica, S • f- 



white ; abdomen ochreous white with difi'used fuscous dorsal bands, 

 the lateral and anal tufts tinged with rufous, sublateral series of 

 small fuscous spots except towards base. Pore wing white faintly 

 tinged with grey, the costal half red-brown suffused with fuscous to 



