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9. Opharus ochracea, sp. n. (PI. I. fig. 12.) 

 This distinct species has no near ally, 



2 . Fore wing pale ochreous-brown with white markings. A 

 small patch at the base with two black dots; a median band, its 

 upper part directed distad, its lower part below cell narrower and 

 directed basad to inner margin ; a broader discal band broken at 

 cellule 2, its upper part formed of an oblong patch at right angles 

 to costa, its lower part below vein 2 narrower and parallel with 

 • median band ; a narrow postdiscal band of spots, its upper part 

 to vein 4 at right angles to costa and composed of four spots 

 joined together, the fourth much smaller, its lower part curved 

 basad to inner margin and composed of four separate spots 

 smaller than the upper first three ; a subterminal series of 

 irregular spots, the first in 7 the second in 6, and nearer the 

 margin, the third and fourfh joined in 4 and 5, and below the 

 first, the fifth in 3, the sixth and seventh joined in 2 and 1, the 

 last being curved and close to tornus. Hind wing semi-hyaline 

 with a pale ochreous subterminal band, narrowing posteriorly and 

 not reaching inner margin. 



Antenna? rufous, basal segment white with a black dot ; palpi 

 pale ochreous, black at sides ; frons pale ochreous, anteriorly with 

 a black spot ; vertex white with a black spot ; tegulse white, bear- 

 ing two black spots; patagia white with black spots and fringed 

 with ochreous-brown ; abdomen pale orange above, grey-white 

 below, with a dorsal and lateral series of black spots ; pectus 

 grey-white ; legs ochreous-brown, fore-coxae bearing a black spot 

 on inside. Length of fore wing 25-27 mm. 



Hdb. North Peru, Charape River, Tabaconas, 4000 feet : A. E. 

 Pratt, 1912. 2 . 



10. Neritos purpureotincta, sp. n. (PI. I. fig. 13.) 



This distinct species belongs to Sect. iii. of Hampson's diagnosis, 

 and the antennae are serrate and fasciculate. 



6 • Upperside of fore wing pale purple, with a darker brownish 

 basal area ; a crimson dot at extreme base, another at base of 

 cell, another, encircled by black, in upper basal part of cell ; a 

 black line strongly curved outwards, from origin of vein 2 to 

 inner margin and bordering a rounded crimson inner spot; 

 beyond it a second curved blackish line below vein 2 ; some 

 blackish scaling in outer part of cell ; a crimson basal streak on 

 inner margin ; a broad postdiscal semihyaline band of pale 

 amber-yellow, its inner edge straight and oblique, margined with 

 crimson, the distal edge curved inward, also margined with 

 crimson, cutting off a rounded apical patch ; veins traversing 

 apical patch crimson near margin and blackish behind ; costal 

 edge crimson except on the band ; fringe of outer margin pale 

 yellow. Hind wing pale orange-yellow, costa pinkish. 



Underside of fore wing similar to upperside, basal area darker, 



