( 205 ) 



Newation : forewings, cell quite three-fifths of wing ; discocellular sliglitly 

 obliqne, biconcave ; first median nervnle at two-thirds of cell, second near before 

 third ; lower radial from upper third of discocellular between its two concavities ; 

 upper from npper angle ; veins 7, 8, 9, 10 stalked from considerably before end of 

 cell; 11 still further backwards, becoming coincident with 12; hindwings with costal 

 approximated to snbcostal for about half of cell; vein 7 well before end of coll ; 

 first median at three-fourths ; no radial. 



Type : Stegotheca amissa sp. nov, 



203. Stegotheca amissa sp. nov. 



Forewinf/s : dull ochreous, more or less covered with greenish fuscous scales ; 

 the markings indistinct ; traces of a dark shade near base ; a dark median line 

 from middle of costa oblique outwards to vein 4, there bluntly rounded and inflected, 

 and denticulate to inner margin at three-fifths, preceded by a darker fjiscia, the 

 inner edge of which runs parallel to the line ; submarginal line pale, preceded by 

 a darker shade, marked beneath costa by horizontal dark streaks ; space beyond 

 central fascia pale on inner margin and tinged with ochreous ; fringe concolorous. 



Ilindivings : dull fuscous grey. 



Underside dingy grey ; both wings with darker margin. Thorax and abdomen 

 greenish grey. 



Expanse of wings : 30 mm. 



One c? from Cachabi, Ecuador, low country, November 1896 (Rosenberg). 



The description above given is the best under the circumstances ; the single 

 example is considerably worn, 



Subfamily SEMIOTHISINAE. 



204. Semiothisa combusta sp. nov. 



Forewings : dull whitish, suffused with rufous brown ; lines sienna-brown ; 

 first close to base, second just before middle, thick and diffuse, botli oblique outwards, 

 angled in cell, then oblique inwards, the median preceded and followed towards inner 

 margin by paler zigzag brown lines ; outer line from two-thirds of costa, slightly 

 crenulate and marked with dark brown spots on veins, to three-fourths of inner 

 margin, outwardly edged irregularly with white, and then followed by a broad 

 blotched sienna-brown fascia, the marginal area beyond it being varied with paler ; 

 three dark costal spots before apex with ochreous between them ; marginal line and 

 fringe dark brown ; the subapical excision strong ; space between veins 2 and 3 

 from their origin to fascia hyaline white. 



Hindwings : wholly suffused with rufous brown except a pale marginal patch 

 below the tooth ; a brown line at base ; a thick diffuse brown antemedian shade ; a 

 waved postmedian and slightly curved submarginal line both rufous ; apical area 

 darker ; fringe dark brown : cell-spot obscure, brownish. 



Underside yellow with all the markings deep rich brown ; the discal triangle 

 and apical blotch of forewings white. 



Expanse of wings : 30 mm. 



One <S from Azalur de Carthago, Costa Rica, 5000 to 6000 ft. (Underwood). 



