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5ii. Halisidota tucumana spec. nov. 



ij. Nearest allied to muculat'i. Pectus auJ legs golden butt' ; head and thorax 



golden buff; antennae orange-brown ; abdomen bright yellowish bnfif. Forewing 



bright golden bnff, crossed by six irregular wavy pale rufous bands, one basal, 

 two anteiut'dian, one median, one postmedian, and one snbmarginal ; a white spot 

 surrounded by dark rufous on discocellulars. Hindwiug pale hyaline buff. 



?. Larger and jialer, and the transverse bands more indistinct. 



Length of forewing : S 18 mm. ; ? 21 mm. 



Ilah. Ciudad de Tucuman, Argentina, August 1903 (L. Monetti) ; Tucuman 

 (.Steinbach). 



4 Jc?,2 ? ?. 



ol. Halisidota distincta spec nov. 



<i . [Similar to nlsiu Cram., but much larger, the colour deeper, and the 

 markings all much more distinct. Pectus and forelegs deeji chocolate-brown ; 

 jialpi golden; head and tegulae bright golden buff; patagia golden butt', liroadly 

 1 landed on inner side with deep brown ; thorax golden butt' with median brown 



baud ; abdomen golden butt' with a reddish iridescence. Forewing bright golden 



butt', crossed by eight /.igzag brown lines and two darker brown bands, one median 

 and one anteniedian ; at apex of cell a silvery spot surrounded broadly with dark 

 brown, inner margin broadly black-brown, at outer margin a row of black dots. 

 — — Hindwiug hyaline butt'. 



?. (Similar. 



Length of forewing: 6 >6 mm. : ? 2ii mm. 



Hab. Agualani, t'arabaya, 9oiiii ft., wet season, March 1900 (G. R. Ockeuden). 



7 c?c?,~' ? ?. 



■y^. Halisidota distincta brunnescens subspec. nov. 



Similar to iliMncto diftinrta, but all the markings on forewings wider and 

 more rufous brown. 



Hab. Huaucabamba, Cerru de Pasco, (iiidU— lo,iiiiii ft. (E. Boettger). 

 3 6S, 1 ?. 



■y'i. Halisidota moeschleri spec. nov. 



(S ■ Similar to atumom A\'lk., but jiale rufous cinnamon, not butt' ; the transverse 

 band across end of cell is uniform throughout in colour, not darker from costa 

 across cell than between coll and inner margin. 



?. Shows similar ditt'erences from female atoi/wau, and the transverse bands 

 are more distinct. 



Had. Jamaica. 



II <^J, ;i ¥ ?. 



1 also have '^ d 6 and ~ ¥ ? oi' afoino.tn from Wio Janeiro. 



•">4. Halisidota affinis spec. nov. 



J. Allied to hj.riilti H. Edw., but the wings much shorter in proportion and 

 broader. Pectus, legs, and underside of abdomen pale cream-butt' ; head, tegulae, 

 and base of patagia clay-grey ; rest of patagia and thorax pale cream-butt'; abdomen 



dorsally sooty grey, last segment cream-butt'. Forewing clay-grey, basal fourth ; 



costa, some irregular sjiots in cell and (ui disc, and a zigzag line of sjiots and 



