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lieail, thorax and fore win^s bluish cinereous; abdomen fuscous cinereous, somewhat 

 annulated with light ciiieieous; fore wings with a geminate band close to base, faint; 

 three other bands, the middle broad black at costa, otherwise fuscous, even oblique; 

 just within discal spot, straight till close to inner margin, then turning at a sharp 

 angle outward; inner line strongly angulated from cosia outwardly, till close to mid- 

 dle line then parallel with it, straight to inner margin; outer line geminate angulated 

 outwardly below costa, then sinuate to inner margin; outer space clouded with fus- 

 cous; a row of marginal black points; hind wings yellowish cinereous except along 

 inner margin where they are cinereous and powdered and striated \Yith black; mar- 

 gin wavy black. Beneath fore wings cinereous, dashed with fuscous; costa and hind 

 wings with an ochreous tint and striated with fuscous; discal spots above prominent, 

 oval black, slightly pointed with cinereous within; beneath black points; fore wings 

 in form strongly arched on costa, somewhat falcate, hind wings rounded with waved 

 margin. 



I J^, Cal., Col. Hulst. 



Semiothisa octolineata, sp. nov. Expands 24 mm. Palpi and front dull 

 ochraceous cinereous; fore wings with four ochreous lines; the first exti-a basal some 

 bent; the second discal straighed; the third outer obtusely angled beyond discal, then 

 straight; the fourth submarginal straight; fringe dark brown below apex to mid- 

 dle; hind wings with three outer lines; beneath ground color more ochreous than 

 above and the lines much more pronounced and darker ochreous. 

 I (^, Ariz., Coll. Neumoe,?on. 



The insect has on it Mr. Grote's Inl^el with the above name, but I 

 am unable to find the description, and Mr. Grote is of the opinion he 

 never described it. If Mr. Grote's description turns up the name will not 

 have to be changed. 



Semiothisa delectata, sp. nov. fixpands 26 mm. Palpi, head and antennae 

 ochreous brown; thorax, abdomen and wings even light ochreous cinereous; a single 

 black lengthened spot at costa near apex; otherwise unicolorous with an ochreous 

 tinge at base of fore wings; hind wings slightly wavy, with tendency to angulation 

 at middle. Beneath as above, without the costal apical spots. 



I (^, Col. Coll. Hulst; allied to ^. ocel/uwla, Guen. 



Semiothisa graphidaria, sp. nov. Expands 22 mm. Palpi ochreous fuscous; 

 head fuscous in front cinereous at vertex; abdomen fuscous ochreous; wings white 

 with dark fuscous shadings and black lines; lines are two, fine, black, the basal bent 

 below costa, waved ; the outer extra discal much bent from costa outward to beyond dis. 

 cal point then turning inward running nearly parallel with outer margin, wavy all the 

 distance ;the basal and middle fields are somewhat fuscous clouded and there is a fuscous 

 band beyond outer line; discal spot black, and line of black marginal points; hind 

 wings fuscous lighter basally and submarginally; lines of fore wing continued, but 

 faint; beneath light cinereous, basal line heavy an both wings, black; a broad black 

 band beyond outer line on all wings; discal points black. 



2 (^, 2 9) ■^'"'2- '^^^- Probably not a Semiothisa but placed here 

 provisionally. 



Marmiopteryx morrisata, sj). nov. Expands 30 mm. Palpi very dark 

 brown; head dark fuscous intermixed with black; thorax dark fuscous with collar 

 and patagiae eilged with black; abdomen ochreous brown; wings above and below 

 fuscous, thinly scaled; above with color a little pronounced on sub-median vein, and 



