SEMAEOPUS. By L. B. Prout. 
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of $ with 4 spurs. Build moderately robust. Wing-margins generally smooth, but a few species with diver¬ 
gent shape are included in the genus; pattern generally simpler than in Trygodes (p. 90), cell-marks puncti- 
form or orbicular, often ocellated, recalling Anisodes. Forewing with areole double, 2nd subcostal arising 
from the cell or from the stalk of the 3rd—5th. Hindwing with 2nd subcostal not, or not appreciably, stalked 
with 1st jadial. 
An extensive genus, showing only minor variation in structure, chiefly in the antenna and in the 
point of origin of the 2nd subcostal of the forewing. — Of the early stages we have still no knowledge. 
S. inficeta Dogn. (9 h) differs from all other Semaeopus in having a pair of terminal spurs on the J hind- inficein. 
tibia. Antenna of with longish, slender paired fascicles of cilia. Forewing with 2nd subcostal arising from 
cell. An inconspicuous species, with only the small cell-dots and the wavy postmedian line developed, these 
markings also indicated on the forewing beneath; terminal line very slight. Loja. 
S. punctigera Dogn. (= punctifera Warr.) (9 h) has longer pectinations than typical Semaeopus, but punctigera. 
does not require the separate genus Parazeuxis which Warren erected for it. Very distinct from the munda 
group in the more strongly punctiform markings and in the ocellated cell-mark of the forewing. Ecuador and 
E. Peru. 
S. incolorata Warr. (9 g). Much smaller, much more weakly marked, the cell-spot on both wings puncti- incolorata. 
form. Forewing, as in punctigera, with the 2nd subcostal arising from the stalk of the 3rd—5th. Bolivia (type) 
and E. Peru. 
S. noverca Dogn. is closely related to trygodata (9 h ) the antennal structure similar, as also the mark- noverca. 
ings of the wings. I should have been inclined to sink trygodata to it, but Mr. Schaus points out that noverca 
differs in the presence of numerous scattered black scales. Loja, only the type known. 
S. trygodata Warr. (9 h). Thinly scaled and iridescent, the pectinations slight, ending in long fascicles trygodata. 
of cilia, the markings diffused, olive-yellowish, not grey. Range as in incolorata. 
S. verbena Dogn. ( = subtranslucens Prout) (9 g) differs from trygodata in that the antennal pectin- verbena. 
ations of the A are long, the cell-mark of the forewing is ocellated, the termen of the hindwing is more strongly 
dentate. The 2nd subcostal of the forewing, so far as I have observed, is long-stalked with the 3rd—5th; in 
trygodata usually more shortly, but variable. The type of verbena was from Loja, that of subtranslucens from 
Sierra del Libane, Colombia. 
S. serrilinearia H.-Sch. (= hircaria Guen.) (9 h), the type of the genus, has the pectinations well deve- serrilinea- 
loped, of moderate length, ending in tufts of extremely short cilia. Forewing with 2nd subcostal arising from r?a 
cell. The ground-colour is less reddish than in dentilinea and ladrilla, but the irroration and markings them¬ 
selves are rosy, not grey. Brazil: Rio de Janeiro and Minas Geraes and I think reaching Matto Grosso. 
S. castaria Guen. (= solitaria Walk., concinnata Feld.) (9 h). Structure nearly as in the preceding, castaria. 
the pectinations proximally longer, decreasing in length rather rapidly. Smaller and much paler, the mark¬ 
ings greyish, not sharp. The type was from Haiti but the species occurs also on Jamaica and perhaps Cuba. 
S. malefidaria Mdschl., founded on 1 $, would appear, from the description, to be very near castaria, malefida- 
but as its careful author merely describes the face as “braunlich” I cannot unite them; in castaria it is dirty ria - 
whitish, somewhat suffused with red-brown, and has a very conspicuous black-brown bar at its upper ex¬ 
tremity. Porto Rico. 
S. dentilinea Warr. Structure nearly as in the genotype, except that the 3rd joint of the palpus is dentilinea. 
noticeably less short. Easily known by its colour and the slender grey markings. The type $, from Paramba, 
is unfortunately the only specimen yet known*to me from W. Ecuador and may represent a separate race; 
it is slightly less reddish and with the markings decidedly stronger than the ordinary form. — carnearia Warr. camearia. 
(9 i) is the correct name for the last-mentioned, which is common in Carabaya, S. E. Peru (the type from Santo 
Domingo) but distributed from Costa Rica to E. Bolivia. — ab. simplex Warr., founded on a rather small $ simplex. 
with the markings obsolescent, is scarcely name-worthy unless the variation should prove to be seasonal, which 
is unlikely. The type was taken at Santo Domingo in the dry season, while most of the typical series be¬ 
longed to the wet season. 
S. ladrilla Dogn. (= directilinea Schaus) (9 i) differs from dentilinea in its deeper ground-colour, straighter ladrilla. 
median line and white-pupilled cell-spots, that of the hindwing large, Costa Rica to S. E. Peru, Dognin's type 
from Ecuador. 
