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71. Halisidota tessellaris meridionalis snbspor. nnv. 



rt ?. SiiniliU- til fi.ssi'l/iut.s ti'.'^si'/l'-irix, Init iniu'li hirger, the liamls wiilcv, 

 ? iisiKillv ]i:il('r, Imt at once recognisable liy the ineilian liiiiul being narnuveil 

 almost tu a ]ioint on inner margin. No trace of green on thorax. 



Length of forewing : ti'ssi'/lari.i ti'.Hxellaris, S 23 mm.; ? 2."i mm. 

 ,, „ tf'xsellaris meriJioiiulils, c? 28 mm. ; ? 3ii mm. 



Hub. Orizaba, Mexico. Febrnary ]8it{) (W. Schaus). 



3 c?(?,2 ? ?. 



72. Halisidota jonesi f<iiec. nov. 



(J. Pectus, head, and antennae pale golden brown ; legs, palpi, and tiiorax 



bright golden bnft' with faint golden brown streaks ; abdomen pale rufous buft". 



Forewinii- bright golden but!', closely irrorated with rufous half-moons; a rufous 



band extends along centre of wing from base to termen. Hindwing opalescent 



cream-white, abdominal area buff. 



Length of forewing : 20 mm. 



Hub. Castro. Parana (E. V>. Jones). 



2 Si. 



T3. Halisidota venezuelensis spec. nov. 



c?. Allied to cedoii Drnce. Pectus and legs butty clay-colour : bead and 



thorax greyish brown : abdomen sooty clay-brown. Forewing yellowish clay- 



colonr, splashed and streaked with brown patches, s])ots, and half-moons. 



Hindwing butty clay, washed strongly with brown. 



Length of forewing : 22-5 mm. 



Hab. Palma Sola, Venezuela. 



3 Jf?. 



T4. Halisidota batesi spec. nnv. 



cJ. Pectus clay-brown ; legs butt', banded with brown ; head and tiiorax 

 clav -brown, mixed with golden buff; two black dots on ])atagia ; thorax, ttvst 

 segment golden butt', tinged with brown, second and third brown, rest clay-colour. 



Forewing dark golden buff, irrorated with rufous ('hocolate ; an antemedian 



and iiostmeilian irregular broad band of same colonr, and an oblique bar from 

 oosta one-fonrtli from base to the apex of vein J at outer margin also rufous 



chocolate. Hindwing, costal half minus broad outer margin buff, outer margin 



and abdominal half brownish grey. 



Length of forewing : 23 mm. 



Ilah. Teft'e, Amazons, 1 cJ, September I'.MiT (M. de Mathan), 1 6 (Bates, ex 

 coll. Felder). 



7.1. Halisidota pseudoconiata spec. nov. 

 6. Allied til foitiata Hmpsn., but diflers from it at first sight by the square, 

 blunt, not long-pointed, forewing. Pectus and legs lemon-yellow ; palpi and 

 frons brown: vertex and tegulae brownish buff; thorax and abdomen orange- 

 buff; patagia whitish butt'. Forewing whitish buff, strongly washed with yellow, 



a brown spot at apex of cell near costa, a large black-brown spot on discoccllulars 

 at lower end of cell, a dark brown shade occupying disc and varying from a mere 



