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2T(). Semiothisa indentata spec. iiov. 



(J. Forciriiu/ : whitish ochreous, fiiicily speckled with gre}' and fuscoUs ; 

 the lines black, all tliickened into spots on costa ; first at one-fifth, slightly 

 curved ; outer from two-thirds of costa to four-fifths of inner margin, irregularly 

 sinuate, indented in cell, and forming two conspicuous black spots on veius 4 and 3 ; 

 median shade hardly visible, but marked on costa by a black blotch ; a brown 

 shade follows outer line, broad on costa ; marginal dashes brown and indistinct, 

 black-brown and distinct before the excision ; fringe concolorous, with a brown 

 dividing liue, brown in the excision ; cell-spot hardly marked. 



HiudH-iiigs : with antemedian and postmedian lines grey and obscure, the 

 latter ]>romineutly indented in cell, the shade beyond it paler brown. 



Underside with distinct black cell-spots ; the outer shade distinctly marked, 

 deep chestnut brown, the inner lines marked also with chestnut ; marginal urea 

 of forewing yellowish-tinged, the veins yellowish ; apex of forewing white. 



Head, thorax, and abdomen like wings. Antennae with short fascicles of 

 cilia. 



? tinged with pale brown, the lines dark brown ; only the two spots black. 

 Underside washed throughout with ferruginous. 



Expanse of wings : 39 mm. 



1 c?, 1 ?, from Santo Domingo, Carabaya, S.E. Peru, 6000 ft., November 

 1901, wet season (Ockeuden). 



271. Semiothisa intensata spec, no v. 



Allied to 5. cardinea Druce, but very much darker, the whole forewing 

 being brown-black ; in markings of the forewing it differs in three points ; the 

 basal liue is farther from the base, and conseqnently closely approaches the 

 middle liue on inner margin ; the outer dentate line, instead of running obliquely 

 outwards to vein (J and there forming an acute angle, is deflected at vein 7 and 

 forms a quite blunt angle at ; lastly the paler marginal space is much narrower 

 beyond the submarginal line, which is simply curved throughout, not angled in 

 the middle. In the hindwing the basal third is as dark as the forewing, the rest 

 of the wing being dull brown. 



Underside very deep yellow in forewing : all the markings and striae brown- 

 black and strongly expressed. 



Expanse of wings : 32 mm. 



I S from Marcapata, E. Peru (4000 ft.). 



272. Semiothisa nigricomma spec. nov. 



Forewing : white, semi-transparent, thickly spriidded with grey striae ; the 

 base and costal area grey-tinged ; the lines grey, thick, darker at costa ; first 

 at one-fifth, angled on subcostal vein, then straight ; second just before middle, 

 outcurved round the thick vertical cell-spot ; outer line at three-fourths, parallel 

 to hindmargin, slightly bent outwards at vein 6, and inwards on submedian vein, 

 rising from a black comma-shaped costal blotch ; marginal area dark grey, 

 the submarginal line scarcely traceable ; fringe grey, whitish along base ; costal 

 edge pale, with fine dark striae. 



Hindwing : with basal two-thirds whitish ; no basal line ; cell-spot large and 

 distinct : the rest as in foiewiug. 



