Dec. 1897] ScHAUs : New Species OF Geometrid^. 163 



Semiothisa paranaria, sp. nov. 



Primaries excavated below apex. Secondaries with angle. Body and wings 

 creamy buft", thinly speckled with brown. On the primaries a basal curved line light 

 olive brown. An inner wavy brown shade on both wings followed on the primaries by 

 another wavy olive brown shade. A minute cluster of brown scales at the origin of vein 

 2. An olive brown streak at the end of the cell. On the secondaries a black discal 

 point. A broad greenish gray outer shade on both wings, narrowing near the apex 

 on the primaries and cut by a brownish streak. The fringe buff except in the excava- 

 tion below the apex where it is dark olive brown. Underneath yellowish buff with 

 the markings as above, but the outer shade is more in the appearance of a band inter- 

 rupted by tlie veins which are yellow. A whitish patch at the apex of the primaries. 

 Expanse, 26 mm. 



Habitat : Castro, Parana. 

 Semiothisa masonata, sp. nov. 



Primaries with apex rounded and then excavated. Secondaries with an angle. 

 Wings lilacine brown, the outer margin somewhat darker; the basal line slightly 

 curved, fine brown. The inner line fine, nearly straight and contiguous on the pri- 

 maries to a dark brown spot on the costal margin. The outer line first curved, then 

 nearly straight till the secondaries, where it is very wavy, fine, brown, outwardly 

 shaded with buft. Beyond the outer line a brown costal spot on the primaries, also 

 a cluster of brown scales between veins 3 and 4. A black discal point on secondaries. 

 Underneath yellowish, irrorated with brown. The basal and inner lines more heavily 

 marked, the outer line very fine and followed by a more distinct brown line which is 

 nearly straight and is outwardly rather heavily shaded with brown. Expanse, 26 mm. 



Habitat : Jalapa, Mexico. 



Epione cinerea, sp. nov. 



Body and wings silvery brown gray, irrorated with black and white scales. 

 Veins pale, distinct; an outer row of black points on the veins, connected by a fine 

 brownish line, crosses both wings. The primaries with an indistinct white inner line, 

 and a large black discal point, a subapical reddish brown shade. Underneath the 

 markings less distinct, and the anterior portion of the outer line shaded with brown. 

 A black discal point on the secondaries. Expanse, 28 mm. 



Habitat : Rio Jalapa. 



Acrosemia ochrolaria, sp. nov. 



Head and thorax reddish. Abdomen yellowish brown. Wings reddish, both 

 crossed by a wavy brown line, outwardly shaded with gray, which starts from a sub- 

 apical gray spot on the costa of the primaries. A terminal brownish gray line partly 

 dentate on the primaries, and forming a row of spots on the secondaries. A black 

 discal point on each wing. On the primaries an inner transverse line, slightly curved, 

 brown, inwardly shaded with gray. Underneath the wings are buff, the transverse 

 lines smoky and most apparent on primaries. Expanse, 28 mm. 



Habitat : Jalapa, Mexico. 



