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second segment. Fore wings brown; base crossed by a fine, gemi- 

 nate, wavy, antemedial line, followed by a broad dark brown fascia, 

 inwardly edged by a black line; postmedial line fine, fuscous brown, 

 wavily lunular, geminate; subterminal line pale, wavy, defined by 

 fuscous shading, chiefly on inner side; terminal black spots on inter- 

 spaces; cilia ochreous brown, crossed by a dark line. Hind wings 

 gray brown; postmedial and subterminal lines pale, defined by darker 

 edging. Wings below gray brown, irrorated with lilacine white; dark 

 discal points; a minutely lunular, fine, outcurved postmedial line; a 

 fine subterminal shade. 



This species varies considerably in color. The female is more of a 

 pale reddish brown, with only a dark medial line in place of the fascia. 



Expanse. — 28 mm. 



Habitat. — Jamaica. 



Type.— Cat. No. 19711, U.S.N.M. 



Genus THEOTINUS Druce. 



Theotinus Druce, Biol. Centr. Amer., Het., vol. 1, 1891, p. 4G0, pi. 38, fig. 1. 



Male. — Palpi upcurved to vertex, rather slender and moderately 

 hairy. Antenae pubescent ciliate with long tuft of hairs at middle. 

 Legs smooth. Fore wings narrow; a large tuft of hairs on costal 

 margin antemedially ; vein 3 near lower angle; 4 and 5 from lower 

 angle; 6 below upper angle; 7 upper angle; 8, 9, 10 stalked from cell; 

 11 free. Hind wings: Veins 3 and 4 from lower angle; 5 above 

 angle; 6 and 7 shortly stalked. 



Type of genus. — Theotinus virbiusalis Druce, not Walker. 



Genus LOPHODITTA Mosehler. 

 Lophoditta Moschler, Lep. Porto Tdco, 1890, p. 230. 



Male. — Palpi upcurved, slender, reaching above head; second joint 

 slightly fringed; third almost as long as second, moderately scaled. 

 Antennae pubescent ciliate with tuft of hairs about middle. Fore tib- 

 iae with hairy process; mid tibiae very hairy; hind femora with long 

 fringe. Fore wings: Apex acute; underneath a turned-down ridge 

 of hairs on costa postmedially; a tuft of long hairs on subcostal 

 down turned over discocellular; cell not reaching middle of wing; vein 

 3 from lower angle; 4 and 5 from a point slightly above; 6 and 7 free; 

 8, 9, 10 on long stalk; 11 free. Hind wings: Veins 3 and 4 from lower 

 angle ; 5 slightly above angle ; 6 and 7 from upper angle ; underneath 

 veins 6, 7, and 8 are partly clothed with down-turned hairs. 



Type of genus. — Loplioditta pe/)'spicillaris Moschler. This name 

 sinks as a synonym of tuherculata (Physula) Herrich-Schaffer.^ 



iCorr.-Blatt. Regensburg, 1870, p. 1C6. 



