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side by white s trite ; hind wing with the discoidal spot white 
with rather irregular outline and minute white spot before 
its upper edge, the postmedial line defined on outer side by 
small white spots, a distinct subterminal series of white 
points. 
Hab. Brazil, Rio Grand do Sul, 1 $ type ; Peru, 1 o . 
Exp. 40 millim. 
Oxidercia micleola, n. sp. 
9- Head and thorax ochreous suffused with rufous ; an- 
tenrne grey-brown with white points on the shaft in front 
towards base ; palpi ■with the 3rd joint yellow ; abdomen 
brown tinged with grey ; pectus and ventral surface of 
abdomen ochreous white irrorated with brown ; legs white 
irrorated with dark brown, the tarsi yellow. Fore wing 
brown strongly suffused with purple-grey, the costal area 
rufous with an ochreous tinge to the postmedial line ; ante- 
medial line dark slightly defined on inner side by whitish, 
sinuous ; a white point in middle of cell ; reniform white 
defined by blackish, with red-brown points and irroration 
in upper and lower parts, constricted at discal fold, extending 
to well below the cell ; postmedial line dark, defined on outer 
side by whitish towards inner margin, slightly sinuous, ex- 
curved from below costa to vein 4, then obliquely incurved, 
some white points beyond it on costa ; a subterminal series 
of whitish points defined on inner side by slight dark marks ; 
a fine waved dark terminal line ; cilia whitish at apex, with 
some whitish at tips and a dark line through them. Hind 
wing purple-grey irrorated with dark brown, the base whitish ; 
a large rounded discoidal spot ochreous tinged with red- 
brown and defined by blackish, some deep chocolate -brown 
beyond it ; postmedial line dark defined on outer side by 
grey, obsolete towards costa, angled outwards beyond the 
cell, then obliquely incurved ; a subterminal series of minute 
blackish spots ; a fine dark terminal line ; cilia with a slight 
dark line through them and some whitish at tips. Underside 
of fore wing white irrorated with dark brown, the inner area 
grey, the terminal area suffused with chocolate-brown between 
vein 4 and submedian fold, the reniform with rather irregular 
outline, the postmedial line defined on outer side by white 
striae ; hind wdng with the discoidal spot white with red 
brown suffusion in centre, and minute white spot before its 
upper edge, the postmedial line defined on outer side bv 
white striae, a subterminal series of minute white points. 
Hab. Br. Guiana {Roberts), 1 9 tvpe. Exp. 34 millim. 
