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NEW AMERICAN ITBANIIBAE AND GEOMETMIBAE 

 IN THE TEING MUSEUM. 



By W. warren, M.A., F.R.S. 



Family UnAMIDAE. 



Subfamily EPIPLEMINAE. 



Symphytophleps gon. nov. 



(?. Foreu-iiig: elongate; costa slightly curved at base ami before apex, which 

 isblnut; outer margin oblique, faintly curved, as long as inner margin, which is 

 strongly sinuous, convex in basal half, concave beyond middle before the anal angle, 

 which is rectangular. 



Hiiiihiing : short and broad ; costa sinuous, excised at middle, the aj/ex 

 truncate to vein 7, which, as well as vein 0, is shortly tootlied ; outer margin 

 inherit in middle, the anal angle rounded. 



Antennae simple, minutely serrate beneatli ; palpi porrcet, sliorl., with 

 appressed scales, the terminal segment acute; tongue and frenulum present; legs 

 short and stout ; abdomen short and thick (possibly damaged). 



Nenration : forewing, cell less than half of wing ; discocellular vertical, straight 

 in upper lialf, concave in lower ; vein 2 shortly before end of cell, 3 and 4 on 

 a long stalk ; 5 from angle of discocellular, just above the middle ; 6 and 7 from 

 upi)er angle of cell ; 8, 9 very long stalked, froiu same point as, or even shortly 

 stalked with, 10; 11 from one-half. Hindwing, cell short and very broad ; vein 2 

 from beyond one-half : 3, 4 long stalked ; 5 from middle of discocellular ; 6, 7 short 

 stalked ; S arched at base. 



Type : -S'. liitif((scia spec. nov. 



1. Symphytophleps latifascia spec. nov. 



Fordriiii) : dull grey, freckled witli darker; the lines blackisli, most distinct 

 beldw middle; first from aliout one-fourtli of costa to one-third of inner margin, 

 strongly excurved in cell, so that the lower course is oblique jiavallel to outer 

 margin ; outer line from quite three-fourths of costa, outcurved above and reaching 

 inner margin at five-sixths ; space between the lines on inner margin blackisli 

 brown with traces of other linos; a median cloud from costa towards anal angle; 

 a lilac.k cell-mark ; a black subinarginal dash between veins and 7 ; fringe grey. 



lliiidiriiKj : with inner line bisinuate, from one-fourth of costa to about middle 

 of inner margin; outer line double, waved below costa, the interval on inner margin 

 darker, as in forewing ; a black dot at top of iliscocellular. 



Underside dark -freckled grey, withdut markings. 



Face, [lalpi, thorax, and abdomen blackisli ; shoulders and patagia )iale grey. 



Expanse of wings : 38 ram. 



1 c? from Huancabamba, Cerro ile Pasco, Peru (Boettger). 



The markings in costal half of forewing are somewhat obscured, owing to the 

 worn state of the speeimeii. 



