SAFIA. 193 



Ab. 1. Fore wing with the reniform entirely filled in with pure 

 white. 



Hab. Mexico, Vera Cruz, Paso San Juan (Schaus), 3 $ . Uxj^. 

 40-14 millim. 



7984. Safia decessa. (Plate CCXXVII. fig. 20.) 



Ifomoptera decessa, Wlk. xiii. 1072 (1857). 

 Homoptera truilii, Butl. Trans. Eut. Suc. 1879, p. 40. 



2 . Head, thorax, and abdomen dark reddish brown mixed with 

 some grey ; tibiss at extremities and the tarsi ringed with whitish. 

 Pore wing dark brown with some, red and grey scales and suffused in 

 parts with violaceous grey ; subbasal line black, minutely waved, 

 from costa to submedian fold ; antemedial line black, minutely waved, 

 incurved below submedian fold ; an indistinct double sinuous dark 

 medial line ; a small blackish spot in middle of cell ; reniform 

 defined by white points and striae ; a dark patch on costa defined by 

 whitish before the postmedial line, which is black, defined on outer 

 side by whitish towards costa and inner margin, minutely dentate, 

 at vein 3 retracted to lower angle of cell, then erect, some whitish 

 points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line black, slightly angled 

 outwards below veins 7 and 4, then incurved ; a series of minute 

 black spots defined on inner side by whitish before termen ; a fine 

 waved dark terminal line and pale line at base of cilia. Hind wing- 

 reddish brown irrorated with some red and blackish scales except on 

 costal area ; white points in and beyond lower angle of cell ; traces 

 of a double sinuou.s dark medial line ; postmedial line slight, black, 

 minutely waved, somewhat incurved beyond lower angle of cell; 

 subterminal line black, minutely waved, arising at vein 6, a leaden 

 grey shade with some white scales on it bej^ond it at middle ; a series 

 of minute black spots defined on inner side by whitish before 

 termen ; a fine waved dark terminal line and pale line at base of 

 cilia ; the underside brown irrorated with grey, traces of diffused 

 dark medial and postmedial lines and subterminal shade. 



Hah. St. Vincent, 1 5 type ; Bhazil, Amazons, R. Purus, 

 Paviti (Trail), 1 $ type trailL Mvj). 48 millim. 



7985. Safia acharia. (Plate CCXXVIII. fig. 1.) 



Noctua acharia, Cram. Pap. Exot. iv. p. 103. pi. 346. f. (1781). 



c? . Head and thorax dark reddish brown mixed with some 

 ochreous ; palpi blackish with pale streaks in front ; tarsi black 

 ringed with whitish ; abdomen grey-brown, the crests darker, the 

 ventral siirface ochreous tinged with brown. Fore wing pale reddish 

 brown irrorated and in parts suffused with dark brown ; subbasal 

 line faint, pale, sinuous, from costa to submedian fold ; antemedial 

 line black, waved ; two sinuous dark medial lines filled in with 

 blackish ; a minute black annulus in middle of cell ; reniform 

 defined by blackish and with some white points on its outer edge ; 

 a dark postmedial mark on costa defined at sides by pale striae ; 



TOL. XIII. O 



