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lliail, thdvax, ami abJomeii yellow, vertex and .sLoulilers paler; thorax and 

 dorsum tinged along middle with fulvous. 



Ex])ai]se of wings : 3U mm. 



1 cJ from Huatuxco, Vera Cruz. 



DifFers from tyjiical Sici/a in having the hindniargin of forewing strongly 

 cri'iiulate and forming a hlunt sc^nare j)rojection lietwcen veins ;"> and (i. 



360. Simopteryx obliterata sjici'. nov. 



Foreirhiii : dull olive yellowish, with coarse grey strigae in places ; costal area 

 broadly streaked with pale chestnut brown; two ditfuse i)ale lirownish clouds on 

 liindniargin, one from before apex to middle of hindmargiu, the other from vein 4 

 to anal angle; a small erect blotch on inner margin at two-thirds, brownish with 

 grey strigae ; lines marked only on costal streak as dark outwardly oblique marks 

 at one-third, one-half, and two-thirds ; the lirst is preceded and the third followed 

 by some j.ale lilac-grey scales and a narrow white line on costal edge; before the 

 apex is a brown i)atch edged by a short white line representing the submargiual ; 

 cell-spot marked by a few whitish and grey scales intermixed; fringe brown with 

 some whitish scales along margin below ai)ex, at middle, and above anal angle. 



Ilimlichui : with the grey strigae fewer; cell-sput grey; white marginal scales 

 reaching from ajiex to middle. 



Underside bright yellow tinged with Ihlvons, and with large coarse brown 

 s]ieekling; costal area washed with whitish; cell-spot and subajiical streak white; 

 basal area and a submargiual fascia constricted in middle fulvous, with dense browu 

 speckling ; hindwing with cell-spot black. 



Face and pal])i externally brown; vertex and antennal shaft lilac grey; 

 shoulders dull olive yellow with the tips dark; abdomen like wings; patagia 

 brighter yellow; jiectus and palj)i internally bright deep yellnw. 



Expanse of wings : 50 mm. 



1 c? from Rio Solocame, Bolivia, I'-Jnii ni., January I'.iOl, wet season (Simons). 



Distinguished at once by the absence of all lines except at ('osta. 



361. Sphacelodes quadrilineata. 



l'<,lUi (jii-i(hil!iii;ilii Warr., X:,r. ZnoL vii. p. ii-1, ? (I'.IUO). 



Tin' original t\pe was a ? from ('achabf, Ecuador. Along with a second ? 

 tVoiii S. Javier, ]{. C'achabi (Flemming k Miketta), there has also come a S , 

 lukiii by the same collectors, from I'orondalet, Ecuador, which shows that the 

 species must lie referred to Sphaceloda Gnen. 



The cj expands 37 mm., and is therefore larger than the ? . Instead of the 

 large roiuiil orange discal spot, which is so conspicuous in the hindwing of the ?, 

 the cJ has merely a small dot. In all else the sexes are alike on the u]iperside. 

 But below the whole surface of the c? is covered with rough velvety brown-blaek 

 scales, exce])t along hin<lmargins and at apex of forewing, which are brownish 

 ochreons. The foretibiae are clothed with a fringe of dark hairs and the fore- 

 femora with a curled wisp of ochreons brown hairs, while the coxae bear a large 

 patch of long curleil straw-coloured scales. The antennae of the S are biiitctinatei 

 the pectinatinLis straight and regular, but harilly so lung as in S///iac. culneruria 

 lliUj., the type species. 



