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brown ; lines dark brown, tlie outer line followed by a straigbt brown line, out- 

 wardly shaded witli brown towards costa. Expanse 34 mm. 



Hah. — Peru. 



Seiniotrhisa. fiilcoiiitria. — Apex of primaries broad, produced, excision 

 deep. Wings whitish speckled with grey and clouded with olivaceous gray 

 beyond outer line. Primaries with three brownish spots on costa ; basal and 

 median lines fine, wavy, olivaceous grey; outer line angled below costa and 

 above inner margin, otherwise straight, velvety brown, followed by two brown 

 spots between veins 3 and .5. On secondaries the outer line is usually very faint 

 and indistinct. Underneath white, speckled with grey and reddish brown ; 

 discal points distinct ; veins reddish brown; the outer line followed by greyish 

 shadings; the apices broadly reddish brown. Expanse 27 mm. 



Hah. — Jalapa, Mexico. 



f^emiot'liisa fiiiaria.— J. White, speckled with light and dark grey; 

 oblique grey discal spots; lines brownish grey, distinct. Primaries: basal line 

 angled below costa, then straight; median line nearly straight ; outer line slightly 

 wavy, heavily marked with dark brown at vein 4, and followed by a geminate 

 black spot, beyond the outer line a narrow, dull grey line to inner angle, termi- 

 nal line brown, excision moderate. ■ Secondaries with the median line wavy, 

 the outer line dentate. Underneath white, thinly speckled with brown ; the 

 lines fine, greyish brown, distinct, the outer line followed by a brown band 

 having a paler centre ; a dark grey shade at excision. Expanse 25 mm. 



The % is paler and has no brown spots on or after outer line. 



Hah. — Castro, Parana. 



Kemiothisa trislaria sp. nov. — Primaries acute, hardly excavated. 

 Secondaries with an angle on outer margin. Body butf Wings light buft'. 

 in-orated, with brownish and cream color scales; a basal darkish line on the 

 primaries, forming a slight angle in the cell ; an indistinct median shade on both 

 wings, the outer line fine, wavy, light brown, with a brown point on each vein, 

 and followed on the primaries by a straight dark but narrow shade ; a minute 

 discal point on each wing, a terminal row of fine dark points. Underneath 

 similar, the markings more distinct, as the ground color is whiter, especially at 

 the apex of the primaries and outer margin of secondaries. Expanse 28 mm. 



ifa 6. — Castro, Parana. 



Hoinochlodes parita. — Outer margin of wings slightly crenulate. 

 Wings light brown, with a few minute black specks; discal spots black, with 

 white centres; a subterminal and a terminal row of black points. Primaries 

 with an inner row of black points on subcostal, median and subraedian veins. 

 Underneath brownish grey, with small black discal spots and an outer row 

 of black points. Expanse 25 nun. 



Hah. — Coatepec, Mexico. 



Homoclilodes oriiia. — Rufi", thickly speckled with l)lack and brown 

 scales; discal points black, with white centres; an outer fine blaCk line punctiform 



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