HALISIDOTA. 158 



1482. Halisidota alsus. 



Bomhyx ahiis, Cram. Pap. Exot. ii. pi. 113. E (1775); Kirby, Cat. Het. 



p. 208. 

 Halisidota pectina, Scliaus, J. N. Y. Ent. Soc. iv. p. 139 (1806); Druce, 



Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. ii. p. 373. 



Ochrcous ; tegulae and patagia with black points ; tibiae and tarsi 

 with black bands. Fore wing with outwardly oblique dentate 

 fuscous subbasal line ; two antemedial lines bent inwards and with 

 some fuscous between them towards costa, with another line not 

 bent inwards towards costa and meeting the subbasal line at inner 

 margin ; an oblique dentate medial line ; a more or less obscure 

 oblique dentate fuscous postmedial band, with small triangular 

 white spot on it at lower angle of cell ; two fine dentate postmedial 

 lines and two subterminal lines forming somewhat stellate spots, 

 with some dark points on termen ; a rufous fascia on inner margin. 

 Hind wing semihyaline yellowish white. 



Hah. Mexico, Jalapa (Hoege), 1 d , Coatepec (Brooks)^ 1 $ , 

 Orizaba; Guatemala {Champion), 1 S -, Colombia, Bogota, 2 d* ; 

 Venezuela, 3 $ . Exp., 6 48, $ 52 millim. 



*1483. Halisidota margona. (Plate XL. fig. 5.) 

 Halisidota margona, Schaus, J. N. Y. Ent. Soc. iv. p. 139 (1896). 



5 . Fulvous yellow. Fore wing with the inner margin dark 

 brown from the slight angle before middle to tornus ; slight groups 

 of dark scales on basal, costal, and terminal areas ; an antemedial 

 series of dentate spots defined by brownish lines ; a greyish dis- 

 coidal spot ; an oblique brownish line from lower angle of cell 

 to inner margin ; an oblique postmedial series of obscure dentate 

 spots, the one above vein 5 produced inwards to discocellulars, 

 and the spots below it resting on the postmedial line ; an obscure 

 dentate band beyond it from vein 5 to inner margin, followed by a 

 subterminal series of somewhat V-shaped spots. Hind wing pale 

 semihyaline j^ellow. 



Hah. Mexico, Jalapa, typef $ in Coll. Schaus. Exp.^S millim. 



1484. Halisidota rosetta. (Plate XL. fig. 8.) 

 Halisidota rosetta, Schaus, J. N. Y. Ent. Soc. iv. p. 139 (1896). 



c^ . Ochreous ; head and front part of thorax suffused with 

 brown ; legs striped with brown, the femora crimson above ; abdo- 

 men dorsally crimson except at base and extremity. Fore wing 

 irrorated with brown scales ; the median nervure and base of veins 

 3, 4, 5 streaked with brown ; traces of a postmedial and a more 

 distinct subterminal series of brown lunules. Hind wing yellowish 

 white. 



Hah. Brazil, Sao Paulo {Jones), 3 ^ . Exp. 46 millim. Type t 

 in Coll. Schaus. 



