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tibiae with deep neutral gray spots, the tarsi with broken bhick 

 streaks. Fore wing opalescent white suffused with pallid quaker 

 drab; a basal black point; subbasal points on costa and base of vein 

 2; double antemedial points superposed on costa, a single point on 

 base of vein 3, and one below it on vein 2; two points on discocel- 

 lular; a medial series of points on veins; also a postniedial series; a 

 subterminal series of small smoky spots on interspaces; a fine ter- 

 minal black line adjoining black spots on interspaces. Hind wing 

 white; a very fine terminal black line; a smoky shade from vein 2 

 near termen to anal angle. 



Expanse. — Male, 27 mm; female, 45 mm. 



Habitat. — Tucuman, Argentina, 



Type.—C^t. No. 26226, U.S.N.M. 



The black palpi and absence of terminal streaks on veins dis- 

 tinguish this species from allied forms. 



ARTACE MENUVE, new species. 



MaIc.—F'A\\)'i black. Body white dorsally suffused with drab 

 gray. Legs white; fore tibiae with only a few black hairs, mid 

 tibiae black above. Fore wing white, the cell and interspaces thinly 

 scaled, slightly opalescent; the black points as in -1. argentina 

 Schaus; black streaks on veins terminally; no terminal black line, 

 only the spots on interspaces. Hind wing white, the inner margin 

 clothed with pale drab gray hairs. 



Expanse. — 29 mm. 



Habitat. — Sao Paulo, South East Brazil. 



Type.— Qui. No. 26227. U.S.N.M. 



ARTACE SISOES, new species. 



Male. — Palpi fuscous black above, white in front. Body white, 

 the collar, thorax, and abdomen dorsally suffused with drab gray. 

 Legs white, the fore tibiae with some black hairs, the fore tarsi with 

 black rings and white and black tufts: mid tarsi black. Fore wing 

 white, the cell and interspaces thinly scaled and opalescent; the 

 series of black points as in ^. argentina and ^4. menuve., but the post- 

 medial row forming short streaks on veins; a subterminal smoky 

 line cut b}^ veins: some l)lack irrorations on veins terminally; termi- 

 nal black spots on interspaces. Hind wing opalescent white, the 

 veins white; inner margin broadly covered with white hairs; an 

 interrupted terminal black line ; a smoky black subterminal line, only 

 distinct at anal angle. 



Female. — Fore wing pale smoke gray, the points on veins smoky 

 drab, the antemedial and medial points connected by a fine line; sub- 

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