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median nervure, and of postmedial and subterminal series of den- 

 tate spots. Hind wing ochreous, with irregular fuscous markings 

 on terminal area. 



(5 . Fore wing less irrorated with black ; hind wing with dark 

 suifusion on inner half of wing. 



Hah. Brazil, Castro Paraiia, 1 5 type f in Coll. Schaus. Exp., 

 (S 54, 2 62 millim. 



1489. Halisidota sthenia, n. sp. (Plate XL. fig. 6.) 



c? . Brownish ochreous ; palpi brown at sides ; branches of 

 antennae brown ; abdomen dark brown on dorsum. Fore wing 

 suffused with brown ; some black points near base ; an antemedial 

 clearer ochreous band edged by black points oblique from costa to 

 median nervure, where it is angled and obsolete below submedian 

 fold ; a similar obscure medial band angled at lower angle of cell, 

 where there is a black point, and extending to inner margin ; post- 

 medial and subterminal series of obscure dark-edged dentate spots ; 

 a blackish terminal line. Hind wing pale ochreous ; the terminal 

 area fuscous. 



Wings narrow ; hind wing with veins 4, 5 on a long stalk ; 

 6, 7 shortly stalked. 



Hab. Bolivia, Eio Songo (Garlepjy), 1 d" type. Exj^. 36 millim. 



1490. Halisidota bactris. 



Noctua bactris, Sepp, Surinam Vhnd. ii. p. 223, pi. 100 (1848); Kirby, 



Cat. Het. p. 210. 

 Halisidota falacra, Dognin, Bull. Soc. Eut. Fr. Ix. p. clxxv (1891) ; id. 



Lep. Lojk, pi. 8. f. 15 ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 906. 



(S . Ochreous, tinged with brown ; palpi blackish at sides ; 

 abdomen dorsally fuscous. Fore wing irrorated with brown ; some 

 ill-defined ochreous marks outlined with brown below costa, in end 

 of cell, and below the cell ; an oblique series of obscure lunulate 

 marks beyond the cell, and a subterminal series of long bidentate 

 lunulate marks. Hind wing fuscous, with the costal half ochreous ; 

 some slight dark marks on termen at apex. Fore wing with vein 

 10 sometimes shortly stalked with 7, 8, 9. 



Hab. Surinam ; Ecfadoe, Loja, type t c? falacra in Coll. Dognin ; 

 Peru; Bolivia, R. Songo, 1 c?, R. Tanampaya. E.vj)., cS 56, 

 2 Q2 millim. 



Larva. Black ; hair short, black ; some long black hairs on 

 anterior and posterior somites, which have also thin pencils of 

 ochreous hair directed forwards and backwards ; prologs orange. 

 Food-plant, Bactris acanifiocarpa. 



1491. Halisidota huaco. (Plate XL. fig. 20.) 



Halisidota huaco, Schaus, A. M. N. H. (7) vii. p. 266 (1901). 



Pale ochreous ; palpi and frons fuscous brown ; thorax tinged 

 with brown; abdomen dorsally fuscous brown. Fore wing irrorated 



