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13;i. Semiothisa viilpina spec. iiov. 



Forewiitg : ochreous speckleil witli dark brown scales ; the lines and marking!? 

 pale fnlvons ; first line from one-fifth of costa obli(|iie outwards and angled in cell, 

 then oliliipie inwards and carved round the large fovea, marked with dark brown 

 on the veins; second line at two-fifths of costa, waved and oblique inwards, 

 apjiroaching and running jiaraliel to first line, to before middle of inner margin, 

 touching the dark brown cell-spot; outer line at two-thirds, vertical and slightly 

 waved, marked on inner margin i>y a dark brown spot, followed by a pale fnlvous 

 suffusion leaving whitish patches on hindmargin at and below apex and in middle 

 of hindmargin, and forming a deeper fulvous patch at anal angle ; marginal spots 

 and the excision fulvous. 



lUnihvinij : with a fnlvons antemedian line ; the postmedian denticulate 

 fidhiwed by a fnlvons shade, leaving the margin whitish ; marginal spots brown. 



Underside ochreous, with the fnlvous markings redder. 



Face and palpi fulvous ; thorax and abdomen ochreous, speckled with fnlvous. 



Expanse of wings : 35 mm. 



1 cf from Bulim, N.W. Ecuador, 100 ft., January lOol (Flemming & Miketta). 



Subfamily ENNOMINAE. 

 130. Acrotomodes croceata spec. nov. 



Fori'iviiii/ : yellowish straw-colour, with sparse but large transverse olive- 

 fuscous striae; costal streak olive-grey, towards costa dotted with pale, the 

 extreme apex pale; lines dark olive-fuscous ; first strongly rounded at middle 

 from one-fifth of costa to one-fifth of inner margin, preceded by jiale grey scales 

 and followed by some olive-green ones; outer line from before middle of inner 

 margin, at first curving inwards towards first line, then running ol)lii|uely straigiit 

 and slightly dentate on veins to close to hindmargin above vein 0, where it is 

 angled nnd reflexed to a dark costal spot at five-sixths, inwardly j)receded by an 

 olive-green shade and followed by a grey and then an olive one ; cell-spot small, 

 dark ; a little before it on costa the beginning of an obsolete median line ; marginal 

 area olive-grey, striated with darker, the edge of the dark area vertical and 

 straight from anal angle to outer line, above which it as well as the reflexed 

 arm of the outer line itself is interrupted liy the pale ground-colour which runs 

 info apex ; fringe olive-grey, with a i)aler basal line. 



Uirnlwind : with slight striation ; a distinct black cell-spot, followed by a 

 fine median line ; a very faint marginal border indicated by striae, especiallv at 

 ai)ex : fringe yellow. 



Hndersido much gayer: forewing lemon-yellow; lines and striae olive-brown ; 

 dark marginal area deep brown and fuscous, running through to costa and containing 

 a pale zigzag snbmarginal line ; the apex cream-colour : hindwing tinged with 

 fnlvons, the striae rich brown; both wings with distinct lilack cell-spots. 



Face, antennae, vertex, and shoulders olive-grey ; patagia, thorax, and dorsum 

 straw-colour like wings ; underside of body, legs, and palpi fidvons yellow ; fore 

 and middle legs externally fuscous. 



Expanse of wings : 52 mm. 



1 6 from Huancaband)a, (Jerro de Pasco, Pern, OOOH — 10,1 mO ft. (Pottger). 

 Apex of forewing truncate, projecting shortly and bluntly above vein 7 ; hindmargin 

 bulged in middle. 



