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  PROCEEDINGS 
  OF 
  THE 
  NATIONAL 
  MV8EVM. 
  vol.44. 
  

  

  below 
  it; 
  a 
  slender 
  terminal 
  black 
  line. 
  Hind 
  wing 
  with 
  brownisii 
  

   tint, 
  finely 
  irrorated; 
  an 
  inner 
  and 
  an 
  outer 
  mesial 
  slender 
  brown 
  

   line, 
  with 
  small 
  discal 
  dot 
  between 
  them; 
  a 
  series 
  of 
  submarginal 
  

   cloudings, 
  largest 
  toward 
  apex. 
  Expanse, 
  20 
  mm. 
  

  

  Type. 
  — 
  One 
  male. 
  No. 
  14456, 
  U.S. 
  N.M.,Tehuacan, 
  Mexico, 
  August, 
  

   1911 
  (R. 
  Miiller). 
  

  

  Genus 
  SEMIOTHISA 
  Hubner. 
  

   SEMIOTHISA 
  PHAMEROPHLEPS, 
  new 
  species. 
  

  

  Whitish 
  gray, 
  irrorate 
  with 
  brown, 
  the 
  irrorations 
  tending 
  to 
  

   gather 
  in 
  groups; 
  margins 
  of 
  the 
  wings 
  irregularly 
  shaded 
  with 
  

   purple-gray; 
  on 
  fore 
  wing 
  cut 
  by 
  a 
  line 
  of 
  the 
  ground 
  color 
  from 
  

   apex 
  and 
  a 
  patch 
  on 
  middle 
  of 
  outer 
  margin; 
  on 
  hind 
  wing 
  the 
  pur- 
  

   plish 
  is 
  restricted 
  to 
  the 
  area 
  above 
  the 
  marginal 
  projection; 
  fore 
  

   wing 
  with 
  subbasal 
  and 
  inner 
  lines, 
  slender, 
  brown-black, 
  curved; 
  

   mesial 
  line 
  similar, 
  widened 
  and 
  shaded 
  below, 
  mth 
  projections 
  at 
  

   veins 
  1 
  and 
  2; 
  an 
  obUquely 
  placed 
  discal 
  ringlet 
  filled 
  with 
  yellowish; 
  

   discal 
  venules 
  lined 
  with 
  yellowish; 
  outer 
  line 
  starting 
  in 
  the 
  costal 
  

   shade, 
  excurved, 
  then 
  gently 
  incurved, 
  very 
  indistinct 
  except 
  between 
  

   veins 
  2-5, 
  where 
  it 
  forms 
  two 
  velvety 
  brown 
  cusps; 
  a 
  small 
  velvety 
  

   brown 
  spot 
  between 
  veins 
  2-3, 
  a 
  large 
  one 
  between 
  3-4 
  and 
  a 
  small 
  

   one 
  above 
  vein 
  4. 
  On 
  the 
  hind 
  wing 
  a 
  line 
  close 
  to 
  base; 
  a 
  straight 
  

   inner 
  mesial 
  line; 
  discal 
  ringlet 
  nearly 
  occluded; 
  outer 
  line 
  coarsely 
  

   waved, 
  distinct, 
  followed 
  by 
  velvety 
  brown 
  patches 
  as 
  on 
  the 
  fore 
  

   wing. 
  Expanse, 
  25 
  mm. 
  

  

  Type. 
  — 
  One 
  male. 
  No. 
  14457, 
  U.S.N.M., 
  Misantla, 
  Mexico, 
  August, 
  

   1911 
  (R. 
  Miiller). 
  

  

  Also 
  a 
  male 
  and 
  female 
  from 
  Jalapa, 
  Mexico 
  (Schaus 
  collection), 
  

   obviously 
  the 
  same 
  but 
  rubbed. 
  The 
  female 
  lacks 
  the 
  velvety 
  

   patches 
  beyond 
  the 
  outer 
  line, 
  which 
  is 
  more 
  distinct; 
  the 
  marginal 
  

   purplish 
  shade 
  is 
  irrorated 
  with 
  yellowish. 
  

  

  Genus 
  PHYSOSTEGANIA 
  Warren. 
  

  

  PHYSOSTEGANIA 
  MELANORRHCEA, 
  new 
  species. 
  

  

  Creamy 
  white; 
  fore 
  wing 
  powdered 
  with 
  brown, 
  the 
  lines 
  in 
  the 
  

   same 
  brown 
  powdering, 
  defined 
  by 
  bands 
  of 
  the 
  ground 
  color 
  on 
  their 
  

   outer 
  sides; 
  inner 
  curved; 
  median 
  and 
  outer 
  straight, 
  obhque; 
  sub- 
  

   terminal 
  straight 
  and 
  erect; 
  three 
  bro\\rn 
  costal 
  marks 
  at 
  the 
  incep- 
  

   tions 
  of 
  the 
  three 
  lines. 
  Hind 
  wing 
  with 
  some 
  brown 
  powdering, 
  

   especially 
  along 
  inner 
  margin, 
  indistinctly 
  defining 
  mesial, 
  outer 
  and 
  

   subterminal 
  lines 
  on 
  inner 
  half 
  of 
  wing. 
  Male 
  with 
  the 
  anal 
  segment 
  

   deep 
  black. 
  Expanse, 
  22 
  mm. 
  

  

  Cotypes. 
  — 
  Male 
  and 
  female, 
  No. 
  14682, 
  U.S.N.M., 
  Zacualpan, 
  

   Mexico, 
  June, 
  1910, 
  and 
  August, 
  1909 
  (R. 
  Miiller). 
  

  

  