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inner line olive and curved above and below median vein; median a 

 little before middle, touching- the dark linear cell spot; outer line at 

 two-thirds is distincth^ dentate-luniilate, and is followed by a darker 

 band, which forms two dark blotches below costa and another ))etween 

 veins 8 and 4, and a thii'd on inner margin; a dark costal spot before 

 apex; a dark olive-fuscous marginal line in upper half of wing, and 

 the fringe fuscous. 



Jlindi/y'/if/. — With thick antemedian line before the round dark cell 

 spot; denticulate postmedian line, followed by a brown band with 

 dark outside edge; fringe pale olive. 



Under side pale dull olive-ochreous, with dark speckling; the lines 

 all fuscous, the submarginal shade linear on fprewing, broad on hind 

 wing. 



Head, thorax, and abdomen concolorous with wings. 



Expanse of wings. — 37 mm. 



Locality. — Rio Dagua, Colombia; 1 male. 



Hind margin of forewing oblique and straight; of hindwing ]>luntl5' 

 elbowed, not toothed, at middle. 



Tyj>€.—C?ii. No. IMOl, U.S.N.M. 



Genus TEPHRINA Guenee. 

 TEPHRINA ALBISECTA, new species. 



Forewing. — Cream-white, covered* with a thick dusting of gray 

 scales, the inner edge of first line and outer edge of outer alone 

 remaining pale; tirst line dark, curved at one-fourth; median shade 

 blackish, waved, curved round the dark cell spot, but only plain 

 toward inner margin; outer line lunulate-dentate from tive-sixths of 

 costa to two-thirds of inner margin, angled on vein 7; a pale submar- 

 ginal line, the dark shading preceding it, ending in a point at vein 7; 

 dark marginal markings; fringe (worn) gray. 



Jlind iriity.—T\\Q same, without tirst line; the dark median shade 

 and pale submarginal line both plainer. 



Under side dusted with yellow scales, the markings the same. 



Head and antennie dark ])rown; thorax and al)domen like wings. 



Expanse of wings. — 32 mm. 



Locality. — Jalapa, Mexico; 1 female. 



Type.— Cat. No. 0402, U.S.N.M. 



TEPHRINA? CONFERTISTRIGA, new species. 



Foreioing. — Pale sulphur-colored, witli scattered gra}' striations, 

 dark gray and denser in marginal area; tirst line curved at one-fourth, 

 and outer straight from four-tifths of costa to thre(>-fourths of inner 

 margin, both very indistinct and only marked b}' darker jellow, but 

 the first preceded and the other followed by a pale Hue of unspeckled 



