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205. Semiothisa ochrata sp. uov. 



Forewings : dingy brownisli ochreons, dasted and striated with fnscons ; the 

 lines fnscons, ill-tlefined ; first at one-fourth, cnrved ; second shortly l)e3-ond it, 

 before the middle, thick and slightly sinnons, followed by a distinct black elongate 

 cell-spot ; third line waved and snbdentate, at three-fonrths, cnrved from costa to 

 vein 2 and bent in at the snbmedian fold, followed by a less distinct parallel line 

 and shade, thickened into blotches between veins C and 7, 3 and 4, and above anal 

 angle ; the whole marginal area rather darker ; fringe dingy ochreons, beyond an 

 irregnlar dark basal line. 



llindwings : with no first line or onter shade ; cell-spot large, round, black. 



Underside ochreons, washed with dull yellow and speckled with fnscons ; the 

 cell-spots and a single outer line distinctly black. Thorax and abdomen like wings, 

 but the abdomen tinged with yellow ; collar, vertex, and face dnll ferruginous. 



Expanse of wings : 29 mm. 



One (? from Dominica, July 1897. 



Forewings with the hiudmargin faintly sinuous, without excision ; hindwings 

 bluntly angled at middle. 



206. Semiothisa praelongata sp. nov. 



Forewings : greyish ochreons, with a slight lilac tinge and sparsely speckled 

 with dark atoms ; the lines dull ferruginous, starting from thickened outwardly 

 oblique blotches ou costa, and marked with darker scales on the veins ; first at 

 one-fifth, cnrved ; second before the middle, ill-defined, sinuous ; third at two-thirds, 

 faintly sinnons ; fourtli obliqne, at three-fourths, diflfnsely edged with ferruginous 

 below costa, aud approximated to third below vein 6, with a large black Innule 

 externally between veins 3 and 4 ; marginal area lilac-grey ; snbapical incision 

 margined with black ; slight black dots along the margin between the veins ; fringe 

 concolorous, darker along the incision. 



Jlindvnngs : without first line or black lunnle ; cell-spot dark, round. 



Underside quite different; yellow, densely speckled with tawny, and with white 

 patches along cells and snbmedian folds ; cell-spots large and black ; the lines 

 tawny ; a dark tawny band beyond fourth line, broader in the forewiug, and above 

 vein 4 reacliing to the hindmargin, containing a white apical patch above and a 

 triangular yellowish patch below. Head, thorax, and abdomen concolorous with 

 wings ; forelegs much mottled with dark brown. 



Expanse of wings : 32 mm. 



One ? from Dominica, December 1897. 



Distinguished by the narrow elongate wings ; a shallow, oblique, subapical 

 excision from vein 7 to 4, the hiudmargin below it very obliijne : hindmargin of 

 hindwings crenulate, and acutely projecting in middle. 



207. Tephrinopsis rectilineata sp. nov. 



Forewings : pale sandy oclireous, with faint darker dusting ; the costa with 

 fuscous striae ; the three lines straight and parallel, nearly vertical, pale or dark 

 brown, at one-fourth, one-lialf, and throe-fourths respectively, the last generally 

 accompanied liy a parallel shade of varying width forming a fascia ; a marginal 

 shade with curved edge from below apex to anal angle ; marginal dots black ; 

 fringe concolorous below, towards ai)ex brownish ; cell-spot brown, very obscure. 



