NEW (iEOMETRID MOTHS—WARREX. 475 



SEBASTIA DORMITA, new species. 



Forewing. — Male brownish cinereous, crossed by a series of darker 

 lines, all oblique, parallel to hind niaroin below the bend in and beyond 

 cell, and all thicker and darker on costa; the outer line, which is more 

 strongly marked than the rest, and the line l)orderino- the pale band 

 be3'ond it, are both strongly indented inward below the subcostal vein, 

 which, as well as the median, is slightly brownish tinged; submarginal 

 line dull whitish, denticulate, connected by dark lines with the black 

 dashes along margin between the veins; fringe brown-gray, in basal 

 half checkered with paler, altogether pale in the apical half. 



Illndwlng. — With the markings repeated below the middle, but 

 fainter; upper half whitish ochreous. without dark scaling; the pencil 

 of hairs lying along lower margin of costal cavitv deep yellow. 



Under side pale grayish ochreous, with all the markings dark gray 

 and distinct; pencil of hairs of forewing ochreous, ^^ellower at tips. 



Male, with hindwing normal; the cell spots distinct. 



Head, thorax, and abdomen like wings. 



Expanse of toings. — Male, 18 mm.; female, 20 mm. 



Locality. — Castro, Parana, Brazil; 4 males, 2 females. 



Type.— Csit. No. 929,5, U.S.N.M. 



SEBASTIA HUMERATA, new species. 



Forewing. — Male, olive-ochreous, with dark olive-gra}^ shading; a 

 short black line close to base, marked by a deep black dot on costa 

 and followed by a curved shade; a dark curved, somewhat crenulate 

 line followed by a diffuse shade before the black cell spot, and a simi- 

 lar outer shaded line at two-thirds, followed by a pale band with dark 

 thread along it; submarginal line pale, regularl}' waved, preceded l)y 

 a double denticulate shade of smoky-fuscous, and followed by a band of 

 same color reaching the dark marginal dashes; fringe mottled light 

 and dark. 



Hindwing. — With similar shades on the inner half of wing, the 

 upper half whitish without markings; the costal cavity without tuft 

 of hairs. 



Under side pale whitish ochreous, with the dark gray shades distinct, 

 especially the cell spots and outer line at costa; tuft of forewings pale 

 whitish ochreous. 



Head, thorax, and abdomen like wings; the face and prothorax 

 rather paler; thorax and abdomen with dark streaks. The female is 

 larger, greener, with a violet tinge along cell of wings. 



Expanse of wing ». — Male, 16 mm.; female, 2-1 mm. 



Locality. — Sao Paulo, southeastern Brazil; 1 male, 1 female. 



Resembling S. donnita in coloration; distinguished b^' the dark 

 curved shades instead of oblique lines, also by a slight shoulder on 

 costa of forewing at two-thirds marked by a few rough hairs. 



Type.—C'Ai. No. 9296, U.S.N.M. 



