Proceedings of the General Meetings for Scientific Business of the Zoological Society of London 1893

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300 MR. H. DRUCE ON NEW [Mar. 28, Hab. Ecuador, Sarayacu (Buckley, Mus. B.), Loja (Coll. Bognin). A small species, allied to A. discoloraria, Herr.-Schaff. NIPTERIA CISSOESSA, sp. n. (Plate XX. fig. 11.) Male. Primaries and secondaries pale grey, irrorated with darker scales along the costal margin and at the apex of the primaries; the fringe of both wings alternately black and grey. Underside : primaries pale brown, darker on the costal margin near the base and near the apex, the costal margin and the apex irrorated with white scales, a dark brown streak at the end of the cell. Second­aries dark brown, irrorated with white scales ; a dark brown spot at the end of the cell. Antennae black. Head, thorax, and abdomen grey, each segment of the abdomen edged with dark brown. Legs blackish brown. Expanse lj^ inch. Hab. Ecuador, Chiguinda, Sarayacu, and Intaj (Buckley, Mus. B.) ; Loja (Coll. Bognin). A distinct species, not allied to any species known to me. NIPTERIA PERILLA, sp. n. Male. Primaries and secondaries dark silky brown. Primaries crossed from the costal to the inner margin by two darker brown lines, the veins dark brown. Secondaries crossed below the middle from the apex to the inner margin by a narrow brown line, the fringes of both wings brown. Underside similar to the upper-side, but paler in colour. Antennae black ; head, thorax, abdomen, and legs brown. Expanse If inch. Hab. Ecuador, Intaj (Buckley, Mus. B.); E. Peru, Cosnipata Valley ( Whitely, Mus. B.). Allied to N. impunctata, Thierry-Mieg, from which it is at once distinguished by the dark brown hind wings. NIPTERIA PHILOMELA, sp. n. (Plate XX. fig. 16.) Male. Primaries white, the costal margin, the apex, outer and inner margins bordered with greyish black, very broadly at the apex; the costal margin has three white spots, the first and second nearest the base, the third beyond the middle. Secondaries white, the outer margins from the apex to the anal angle broadly bordered with greyish black, the fringe of both wings alternately white and black. Underside : primaries white, the costal margin, apex, and outer margin clouded with brown. Secondaries pale brown, the cell and a spot beyond white. Antennae and palpi black. Head, thorax, abdomen, and legs brown, the underside of the abdomen greyish. Expanse 2 inches. Hab. Ecuador, Sarayacu (Buckley, Mus.B.), Loja (Coll. Bognin). I have four males of this species, which do not show the slightest variation.