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costal half, and neural interspaces broadly dark fuscous on dorsal 
half, hut these dark markings not reaching costa or termen, the 
streaks terminated by a pale silvery-blue elongate spot towards 
apex and three smaller spots towards middle of termen : cilia 
slightly prominent at apex, metallic grey, a black basal line. 
Hindwings white; a triangular dark fuscous apical blotch, extend¬ 
ing to middle of termen : cilia white, a broad grey median shade, 
round apex base dark grey. 
Colombia, Continero, 1350 feet; 1 ex. 
Tortvra palaeocosma, n. sp. 
<$. 17 mm. Head deep indigo-blue, a yellow-ochreous bar 
between antennae. Palpi ochreous becoming whitish towards base, 
apical half of second joint dark fuscous. Forewings subtriangular, 
termen little oblique ; brownish-ochreous irregularly and suffusedly 
clouded dark purple-fuscous irroration, posteriorly irrorated grey- 
whitish ; a whitish-ochreous blotch on costa beyond middle 
becoming orange on costa; an orange-fulvous streak along termen, 
including apex and tornus : cilia purplish-bronzy-metallic, a black 
basal line. Hindwings deep orange ; a broad dark fuscous streak 
in cell from base to near middle, a dorsal band, and a broad sub¬ 
dorsal streak confluent with it towards base, running to above 
tornus, then bent up and continued as a subterminal fascia to 
above middle, where it becomes broader and terminal to apex : 
cilia whitish-ochreous, on lower part of termen and above apex 
suffused grey. 
Sumatra, Padang ; 1 ex. Widely differing from any known 
Indo-Malayan species, but with some affinity to South American 
forms of the genus, therefore an interesting insect; more primitive 
and similar to Simaethis. 
Tortyra heliaspis, n. sp. 
2 . 22 mm. Crown dark grey, forehead greyish-ochreous, face 
and collar shining dark blue. Palpi whitish, an oblique blackish 
subapical band, above this light greyish-ochreous. Thorax dark 
purplish-grey, towards shoulders lighter and ochreous-tinged. 
Forewings triangular, termen bowed, little oblique ; light brownish- 
ochreous ; basal third light grey irrorated ochreous-whitish, limited 
by a nearly straight slightly oblique blackish shade; remainder 
of wing irregularly irrorated dark fuscous so as to leave a shade of 
groundcolour following this, a strong transverse W-shaped streak 
beyond middle, and a terminal streak, apical margin forming a 
fulvous mark: cilia grey, an apical patch suffused indigo-blue. Hind¬ 
wings deep orange ; short blackish-grey streaks from base in cell 
and on fold, and some dark grey suffusion towards base of dorsum; 
an irregular blackish apical blotch; cilia pale yellowish, base 
orange, on lower | of termen a broad grey median shade. 
Bolivia, Prov. del Sara, Dept. Sta. Cruz, 1500 feet, December; 
1 ex. 
