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rest of wing : outer line at tliroo-i'oiirtlis, indented beyond cell and on snb- 

 niedian fold ; the area between it and median line jjaler ; siibniariiiiial line ]iale. 

 sinuous lietween j>:re_v shades, that whieh ])re<'edes it lieing more prominent and 

 forming a narrow baud : fringe grey, with large lihuk dots at base ; cell-sjiot 

 blaok, at three-fifths of wing. 



Jlii/flwint/ : the same, but without basal line, luid nidy the basal tliinl, as 

 far as the antemedian line, darker than rest of wing. 



Underside dull grey. Face and palpi blaekish ; thorax and abdiunrn grey. 



Expanse of wings : lu mm. 



1 6 from Ciudad Bolivar, Venezuela, July 1898 (S. Klages). 



Quite the smallest member of the family ; the forewing is elongate and 

 narrow. 



!13. Ptychopoda nigricosta spee. nov. 



Fomriiii/ : yellow, with four rosy waved obliiiue shades, all with dentate 

 elges, and insinuate inwards in and beyond cell and across submediau fold ; cell-spot 

 and a fine marginal line also rosy ; fringe yellow ; oosta blackish throughout. 



IlimlioiiHi : with three similar lines ; the base of both wings rosy. 



Underside duller ; the costal area more broadly blackish. 



Face, palpi, and verte.K black-brown ; thora.x and abdomen yellow ; front 

 and sides of shoulders shining white. 



Expanse of wings : 10 mm. 



2 (?(J from Sauto Domingo, Carabaya, S.E. Peru, (itiOti ft., November l'.)ol, 

 wet season (Ockenden). 



Like P. quadrinthrata Warr., but distinguished by the blaekisli, not rosy, 

 costa. 



94. Semaeopus signifer sjiec. nov. 



Forewing : greyish oehreous, dusted with very minute reddish scales, the 

 costal region broadly greyer without the oehreous tint ; lines very pale brownish : 

 basal line at one-fourth, a little outcurved above and below median, and' slightly 

 darker dotted on veins ; median shade dentate-lunulate, oblique from three- 

 fourths of costa to middle of inner margin ; outer line near hindmargin, marked 

 by distinct brown-black spots on veins ; hindmargin slightly crenulate ; fringe 

 concolorous, with minute reddish dots at base beyond the veins ; cell-si)ot reddish- 

 brown. 



Ilindicing : without basal line ; median shade, outcurved round the cell-sjiot, 

 which is a black ring with a red streak across it ; the rest as in forewing. 



Underside glossy ochreons ; the forewing only dusted with grey towards 

 base ; cell-spot and median shade marked only on forewing ; outer line and a 

 black marginal line on both wings. 



Head, thorax, and abdomen like wings ; palpi externally and upper third of 

 fa(U' dark purple ; tuft of hindlegs large, oehreous, concealing a smaller rosy tuft. 



Expanse of wings : 44 mm. 



1 S from ("haraplaya, Bolivia, 1300 m., June 1901 (Simons). 



Differs from true tSfrn'teopiis in having sessile fascicles of cilia instead of 

 ]iectinations. 



