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an irregular whitish line; the outer line fine, black, wavy, 
dentate, shaded with pale buff on inner margin and towards 
costal margin, where it starts from a triangular greyish-brown 
spot, which is broadly edged with pale buff; the subterminal 
dentate, pale buff, interrupted by a dark velvety brown spot 
below vein 7, and by a smaller dark brown triangular spot 
between veins 3 and 4; marginal whitish spots outwardly 
shaded with black; a terminal dark line below vein 4. 
Secondaries: the lines indistinct; a velvety brown spot 
between veins 3 and 4 on subterminal. Underneath dull 
brown; traces of an outer and also an inner and median 
darker line on secondaries. 
Expanse 44 millim. 
Hab. Aroa, Venezuela. 
Safia bruma. 
Body dark brown; the abdominal segments shaded with 
dark grey posteriorly. Primaries dark brown; the basal third 
almost black, limited by a nearly straight velvety black line, 
outwardly shaded with lighter brown; two indistinct dark 
brown median lines ; reniform indistinct, large, cut by a dark 
semilunar line, and containing some whitish scales ; the outer 
line fine, lunular, dentate, preceded on costal margin by a 
large triangular blackish-brown spot; the subterminal indis- 
tinct, except below costa, irrorated with red scales; the outer 
margin blackish brown; marginal dark spots, inwardly 
shaded with paler brown; fringe mottled with roseate towards 
apex. Secondaries dark brown, the outer half shaded with 
reddish brown; a faint geminate outer line; the subterminal 
blackish, finely wavy ; a pale line near margin, interrupted 
by the veins; a terminal black line; fringe partly grey, 
partly reddish brown. Underneath brown, thickly irrorated 
with darker strie ; on secondaries traces of inner, median, and 
subterminal darker shades. 
Expanse 49 millim. 
Hab. Orizaba, Mexico. 
Safia picturata. 
Head and collar ochreous brown. ‘Thorax brown, shaded 
with dark steel-grey and lilacine, also the first segment of 
abdomen dorsally. Abdomen brown; two subdorsal blackish 
spots. Primaries: the base dark reddish brown, irrorated 
with lilacine scales, limited by a buff line; median space 
pale olivaceous brown, crossed by two darker wavy shades ; 
outer line fine, brown, broadly shaded with lilacine, origi- 
