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eosta, then blackisli and slightly waved ; subt nnlnal line black 

 faintly defined on each side by whitish, slightly sinuous ; a series of 

 black striae faintly defined on inner side by whitish before termen ; 

 a fine waved black terminal line and whitish line at base of 

 cilia ; the underside whitish irrorated with dark brown, a black 

 discoidal lunule, three strong waved black lines beyond the cell, a 

 broad red-brown subterminal shade, a series of black striai before 

 termen. 



Hah. Venezuela, Merida {Neuhurger), 1 $ type. Exp. 

 58 millim. 



7971. Safia aperta. (Plate CCXXVII. fig. 9.) 



Homoptera aperta, Wlk. xiii. 1071 (1857). 



Head, thorax, and abdomen grey tinged with red-brown and 

 mixed with blackish ; antennae ringed with black ; palpi blackish ; 

 fi'ons with black lateral bars ; pectus rufous ; tarsi blackish ringed 

 with white ; ventral sm-face of abdomen brownish white. Fore 

 wing grey tinged with brown and irrorated with black-brown, the 

 basal area suffused with black-brown ; subbasal black striae from 

 eosta and cell ; antemedial line black, inwardly oblique below sub- 

 median fold ; ti'aces of a double oblique dentate dark medial line ; 

 a dark point in middle of cell ; reniform with whitish annulus, its 

 centre obscm'ely defined by blackish and with some dark suffusion 

 above it on costal area ; postmedial line blackish, oblique to below 

 vein 7, then incurved and with small black spot on it at discal 

 fold, excurved and waved to vein 3, then bent inwards to the 

 reniform and waved to inner margin, a blackish spot beyond it on 

 eosta followed by alternating black and pale streaks ; subterminal 

 line indistinct, blackish, diffused, oblique below eosta, slightly 

 angled outwards below vein 7, then oblique and waved ; a line 

 formed of black stride before termen ; a slight dark terminal line 

 and fine whitish line at base of cilia. Hind wing grey suffused 

 with brown, some blackish irroration along vein 1 ; postmedial line 

 faint, double, dark, excurved below eosta, then slightly sinuous ; 

 subterminal line faint and excurved below eosta, black, slightly 

 sinuous and with some whitish beyond it below vein 6 ; a fine 

 black line before termen and fine white line at base of cilia ; the 

 underside whitish slightly irrorated with blackish, the terminal area 

 suffused with brown, a blackish discoidal lunule, two rather 

 diffused sinuous medial lines, and a waved postmedial line. 



Hah. Aegejsttina, Corrientes, Goya {JPerrins), 1 J ; Hab. iCiN., 

 2 $ type. Exp. 6 52, § 58 millim. 



7972. Safia permixta. (Plate CCXXVII. fig. 10.) 



Safia permixta, Schaiis, A. M. N. H. (8) vii. p. 65 (1911). 



6 . Head and thorax dark brown mixed with gre}^ and some 

 white scales ; tegulae with blackish line near tips ; antennae ringed 



