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This species is allied to trifotii. The antennae are pectinate, whilst 

 in t) ifolii they are simple. In orobia the darker costal edge shows the 

 white dots distinctly. 



Gortyna appassio/iata, n. s. 



Antennae simple, base white. Thorax and wings of a dark red color, 

 thorax tufted, basal half line yellow, 3 -shaped, enclosing one large and 

 one small yellow spot ; exterior to the line a white dot. T. a. line 

 inaugurated by a yellow dot on the costa, irregular, broken yellow ; t. p. 

 line geminate, inaugurated same as t. a. line, regularly waved ; s. t. line 

 faintly marked. Orbicular nearly round, white ; reniform ovate, broken 

 into-many white spots by the red stains on the veins, with two perpen- 

 dicular lines making a centre filled with yellow. Claviform sub-quadrate, 

 bi-lobed, white, red margined ; median space between the spots con- 

 colorous, below bright yellow, broken into sub-quadrate spots by the 

 narrow median shade line and the red stained veins ; terminal space 

 glistening red, subterminal space wide, concolorous purple. The ground 

 color appears as yellow spots in the median space near the costa ; fringes 

 concolorous. Beneath lighter than above, glistening, the arcuated line 

 apparent in both wings; inferior wings pale, fuscous stained, with purplish 

 fringes concolorous. Expanse 35 m. m. London (E. B. Reed). 



Perhaps the most brilliantly marked species of the genus. It is allied 

 to nitela, differs from it by the wider, rounder reniform, the three larger 

 superposed spots on the t. a. line, the wider concolorous subterminal space 

 and the more regular lunulate t. p. line. 



Homoptera sty lob at a, n. s. 



Costal margin straight ; wings slightly dentate. Fore wings blackish 

 shaded with whitish on the t. a. line and on median space behind over the 

 reniform. Lines black, distinct, perpendicular, t. p. line squarely exserted 

 opposite the cell around the reniform. An interrupted black line before 

 the margin. Fringes cut with whitish opposite the interspaces. Hind 

 wings blackish with obsolete lines ; the dotted line before the margin 

 continued. Fringes mostly whitish. Beneath grayish with double 

 distinct common -blackish shade bands. Abdomen stout, tufted. Expanse 

 39-40 m. m. Texas (Belfrage, No. 170). Several examples. 



Homoptera mima, n. s. 



Allied to the preceding, but smaller, without the whitish shades on 

 fore wings. Reniform with a few white scales. Lines black ; sinuate 



