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spot at end of cell; minute black spots subterminally on interspaces 

 and black points at tips of veins. Hind wing with some black spots 

 on termen subterminally and on tips of veins. Fore wing below with 

 the markings faintly shown. Hind wing below faintly suffused with a 

 slightly smoky shade, the costa broadly white. 



Expanse : 55 mm. 



Habitat. — Santa Catharina, Brazil. 



TV^pe.— U.S.N.M. No. 34780. 



HALISIDOTA SUAVINA, new species 



Female. — Head and collar warm buff crossed by a vertical black 

 line ; thorax with grayish and black hairs ; patagia pale grayish vina- 

 ceous ; abdomen light grayish vinaceous with dark segmental lines. 

 Fore wing pale grayish vinaceous, the veins finely chamois; a darker 

 shade at end of cell; small dark points on all interspaces. Hind wing 

 white with very faint darker suffusions except on termen. Wings 

 below as on upper side except the veins, which are of the ground color. 



Expanse: 45 mm. 



Habitat. — Santa Catharina, Brazil. 



r?/i;e.— U.S.N. M. No. 34781. 



HALISIDOTA POTAMIA, new species 



Male. — Head and collar pale lobelia; thorax with a vertical black 

 line; patagia white with dorsal black hairs; abdomen above dorsally 

 with pinkish hairs at base, otherwise light purple-drab with darker 

 segmental lines, underneath pinkish white with dorsal black spots on 

 a black segmental line. Fore wing pinkish; a black streak along inner 

 margin; the cell black antemedially, diverging at middle of cell with 

 a small black spot at vein 5 ; the veins on outer half pmkish, the inter- 

 spaces irrorated with black scales and small black spots subterminally, 

 the cellular black line more definite on the right wing. Hind wing 

 benzo brown. Fore wing below paler than above with black line on 

 inner margin, and a few black irrorations on outer half. Hind wing 

 below dark lavender, the costal margin pinkish white. 



Expanse: 63 mm. 



Habitat. — Mesopatania, Dept. Antioquia, Colombia, 5,000 feet. 



r2/2>e.— U.S.N.M. No. 34782. 



HALISIDOTA SPORINA, new species 



Male. — Head pinkish gray, a similar color edging a black spot on 

 collar; thorax with long black hairs; patagia pale grayish vinaceous 

 with a few dark scales. Abdomen above mottled brown and vinace- 

 ous, underneath dull vinaceous with a wavy black lateral line. Fore 

 wing grayish vinaceous, black points along costa antemedially and 

 medially also a few in cell; a wavy dark brown shade from cell to 



