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Halisidota armillata, n. sp. — Pale buff; the wings shorter and more 

 rounded than ui most species of the genus. There is a wide median 

 band of pale brownish, the basal space being also flecked with brown, 

 and behind the band, which is paler on the costa, is an oblique row of 

 spots edged with brown, and another row near margin, neither of 

 which reaches to the internal margin. Thorax and abdomen buff, 

 darker dorsally. All the rest of the insect buff. i i . 



Exp. wings 37 mm. Length of body 14 mm. 



Halisidota propinqua, n. var. — I regard this form as a strongly- 

 marked variety of H. Caryce. It is, however, smaller in size, paler in 

 color, the spots of the macular bands much less in size, and the ob- 

 lique brown line running from the internal angle to near the base of 

 costa, is very dark, and in greater contrast with the ground color of 

 the wing. In other respects I can see no difference from H. Caryo'. 

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Exp. wings 40 mm. Length of body 13 mm. 



Halisidota cinctipes, G. and R. — Several fresh and apparently 

 bred specimens of this little-known species were in Mr. .Schaus' collec- 

 tion, and from them I venture to give a redescription. It is allied to 

 H. Tesselaris, and is probably the form described by Walker (Lep. 

 Het. B. M. p. 733) as a variety of that species. My copy of the B. 

 Museum catalogue formerly belonged to the late Dr. A. Fitch, and 

 against Walker's description is written in the doctor's hand: "does 

 not at all agree with our Tesselaris, it must be a new species. ' ' Walker" s 

 "variety" is quoted as coming from Mexico and Venezuela. The 

 general color of // Cinctipes is bright buff. Head blackish in front. 

 Thorax with three sea-green stripes, the lateral pair diverging hindward. 

 The primaries have four pale fawn-colored bands, all of which, except the 

 marginal one, terminate on the costa in orange spots, edged with black. 

 The basal band is double, and does not reach the internal margin. It 

 is, more properly speaking, composed of four marks, three of which are 

 transverse, and the other oblong. The second (the median band) is 

 straight, widest on internal margin. The third is oblique, with irregular 

 edges, widest in the middle, and the fourth (the marginal) widens out at 

 apex, and does not reach the internal angle. Between the third and 

 fourth is a divided spot, something like the letter U, orange, bordered 

 with black, and on the costa a triangular spot of the same color. Sec- 

 ondaries pale buff, darker along the abdominal margin. Abdomen 

 concolorous above, pale buff beneath, with a row of small lateral black 

 spots. Pectus and fore tibiae at base a deeper yellow; hind tibiit and 

 tarsi distinctly ringed with black. 



Exp. wings 58 mm. Length of body iS mm. 



