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53. Bronchelia semicompleta spec. uov. 



Forewiufi : white, semi-transparent, with a few fine grey speckles, which are 

 thickest near base and along costa ; the lines dark grey, obscurely marked, but 

 starting from distinct dark costal spots ; first from one-third of costa to one-fourth 

 of inner margin, oblique parallel to hindmargin, forming an outward curve above and 

 below the median ; second from two-thirds of costa to middle of inner margin, curved 

 outwards above and marked by dark dots on veins ; cell-spot grey ; submargiual 

 line waved, pale, between two dark shades from costa to below vein 5, and less 

 marked from 3 to anal angle ; slight dark marginal dashes ; fringe white (damaged). 



Ilimlwing : with cell-spot and dentate-lunulate outer line grey ; submargiual 

 line and shades less conspicuous. 



Underside white ; the costal spots only distinct ; forewing with a quadrate 

 apical blackish blotch, with curved inner edge, reaching nearly to vein 4, and a 

 blotch between 2 and 3 not touching margin ; hindwing similar, but the apical 

 blotch longer and narrower, the lower one very obscure. 



Head and palpi grey ; shoulders pale grey ; thorax and abdomen white, the 

 segments of the latter with grey rings ; legs white ; pectus and forelegs in front 

 grey. 



Expanse of wings : 64 mm. 



1 c? from Palino cue, Paraguay, February (Montforts). 



Distinguished from both puellaria Guen. and detexta Wlk. by the narrower 

 and more jiointed forewings, and the greyer scaling. 



54. Cymatophora subcrinita spec. nov. 



Forewing : olive-tinged oohreous, the markings dark olive-green ; costa with 

 short dark green striae ; all the shadings parallel to hindmargin, thick and inter- 

 rupted along the course of the median vein ; the submargiual also by an oblique 

 pale streak from apex ; a dark spot at base of costa ; first line represented by a spot 

 on costa, a triangular one in cell, and a lunule below median vein, preceded by a 

 paler space edged by a darker line ; cell-siJot contiguous to a subquadrate olive 

 patch with a dark costal spot obliquely above it beyond middle, and a large lunule 

 below median preceded by a dark line ; these markings appear to represent the 

 median shade ; outer shade lunulate from three-fourths of costa, below median 

 coalescing irregularly with the median shade ; submargiual line lunulate, the 

 lunules filled up with darker and followed by difl'use olive shading; marginal 

 lunules blackish, horseshoe-shaped ; fringe pale ochreous. 



Hindiciiiy : ochreous, with a diifuse grey submargiual clond ; fringe both of 

 the outer and inner margin yellowish ochreous. 



Underside ochreous, irregularly blotched with olive fuscous ; a large quadrate 

 apical blotch, the apex itself beiug jnire ochreous, and another at anal angle ; the 

 submargiual fascia of hindwing olive fuscous ; cell-spots black. 



Head, thorax, and abdomen ochreous, the head and shoulders olive-tinged ; 

 palpi externally and tips of the shoulders fuscous. 



Expanse of wings : 44 mm. 



1 c? from Huancabamba, ( 'erro de Pasco, Peru, — ln,OUO ft. (Bottger). 



The fringe of inner margin of hiudwiugs is double and thickly curled at anal 

 angle ; a ridge of ochreous hairs runs along vein 1, and ochreous hairs are scattered 

 over the base of wing; the segments of the abdomen beneath are all tufted, and the 



