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prout's brown, the lines defined by white scaling between them; 

 basal area mostly cinnamon brown crossed by a basal, a double sub- 

 basal, and double antemedial prout's brown lines, ail somcM^hat mac- 

 ular, being cut by the veins; a fuscous streak on submedian fold to 

 postmedial; medial and outer area mostly sayal brown, with white 

 irrorations on medial space, also before and beyond postmedial line; 

 discocellular spot cinnamon brown edged with white scales; post- 

 medial line double, dentate, lunular, cinnamon brown, incurved below 

 vein 3 ; subterminal shade sayal brown, diffuse, with black streaks 

 on veins, followed by an avellaneous spot on costa; a marginal wavy 

 black line. Hind wing benzo brown, the basal half suffused with 

 grayish olive. Fore wing below fuscous, the costa and an apical 

 spot whitish buff. Hind wing below hair brown, the costa and basal 

 half suffused with whitish. 



Expanse 39 mm. 



Habitat. — French Guiana. 



Type— Cat. No. 33372, U.S.N.M. 



From the Dognin collection. 



LOBEZA PETROPOLIA, new species 



Female. — Palpi black above, the base and laterally wood brown; 

 fringe with a few black hairs. Head, collar, and thorax white mottled 

 with black hairs; a black line on frons close to eyes; metathorax 

 with some cinnamon medial scaling outwardly edged by a short black 

 line. Abdomen above white with broad hair brown bands interrupted 

 dorsally; a dorsal white tuft at base, the last segment white irrorated 

 with black. Fore wing white irrorated with black, more densely 

 sub terminally; antemedial line fine consisting of black and warm 

 buff scales, outcurved to below median then forming two oblique 

 curves to beyond middle of inner margin; a small, clear, white spot 

 at lower angle of cell; postmedial line fine consisting of black and 

 warm buff scales, slightly lunular, incurved opposite cell, well out- 

 curved between veins 4 and 3, then incurved followed by a broad 

 shade formed by black and warm buff scales; termen narrowly white; 

 a terminal black crenulate line expanding at veins; large black spots 

 on cilia on interspaces. Hind wing light drab; a darker terminal 

 line; costal margin broadly white; cilia white. Hind wing below 

 mostlj^ white; a broad medial hair brown line, and similar dusting on 

 interspaces before termen. 



Expanse 85 mm. 



Habitat. — Petropolis, Brazil. 



Type.— Cht. No. 33373, U.S.N.M. 



Somewhat like the female of L. huacamaya Schaus. 



