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SEMAEOPUS. By L. B. Prout. 
indignaria. S. indignaria Guen. (= absconditaria Walk.) (9 i). Paler than clentilinea, the outer line not dentate, 
much less sinuous than in the two preceding; median line more as in directilinea, but generally showing more 
or less distinct traces of a duplicating shade distally. Much confusion has been caused through Guenee’s 
erroneous type-indication “Bresil?”; the type must have come from Haiti, though I have seen the species also 
filiferala. from Cuba. — filiferata Walk., from Jamaica, is either a race or perhaps really synonymous; less weakly marked, 
with small cell-dot and fine postmedian line developed on the underside. 
micro pis. S. micropis Hmpsn. (9 i). Only $$ are known to me, perhaps a small form of perletaria, from which 
otherwise I cannot at present distinguish them, except that the tone is slightly less reddish or yellowish. Bahamas. 
perletaria. S. perletaria Mdschl. ( = fuscifrons Warr.) is similar in colour to indignaria (9i), with which it also agrees 
in having the cell-dot white-pupilled, at least on the hindwing; markings weaker, the outer line dentate, 
fuscifrons. slightly strengthened on the veins. Porto Rico. — fuscifrons Warr., from Cuba, only differs in retaining traces 
of the markings on the underside. More extensive material may prove it untenable. 
permanata. S. permanata sp. n. (9 k). Also similar to perletaria, but readily distinguishable by the more curved 
median and postmedian and especially by the underside, which has both the cell-dots (here black) and the lines 
beyond it strongly developed, about as in oenopodiata Guen. Guatemala; Cerro Zunil, 4000—5000 feet (Cham¬ 
pion), the type <$ apparently left undetermined by Druce; antenna dentate, with fascicles of moderately long 
cilia. Further specimens from Zapote (Guatemala) and Chiriqui were determined by Druce as Anisodes pru- 
nelliaria and globaria ! 
exypna. S. exypna Prout (9 k) is perhaps a race or synonym of the following, which I cannot compare side by 
side. Structure about the same, antenna with very slender, ciliated pectinations, hindtarsus thickened except 
at extremity, 2nd subcostal of forewing arising from the cell. Pozuzo, only the type known to me. 
alida. S. alicia Schaus. Very slightly smaller, the inner and the median line more strongly expressed on 
the hind-than on the forewing, otherwise the description fits exypna almost exactly. Brazil; Tijuca, founded 
on a single $ in the Schaus collection. 
perspccta- S. perspectaria Walk. Pectinations slender, at base and distally rudimentary, throughout surmounted 
ria. with fascicles of cilia. Easily known by its yellow colour. The type has distinct dark-ringed cell-spots. — 
flavida. ab. flavida Warr. (9 k) is a weakly marked form with cell-marks subobsolete. — Venezuela and reaching Panama. 
argocosma. S. argocosma sp. n. (9 k). Similar in structure, but markedly larger and of a bright orange colour, 
with strikingly large and conspicuous white cell-spots. Underside less bright, the lines faint, tinged with red¬ 
dish, the cell-spots of the upperside only feebly indicated, but containing on each wing a conspicuous red mark 
at the discocellulars. Jamaica: Montego Bay, 6 February 1924 (Major Gillett), type in British Museum. 
concomitans. S. concomitans Warr. 34 nun. According to the description much like a small indignaria (9i) but “pale 
stone-colour” (excepting the ochreous costal edge) and with the outer line “irregularly crenulate”. Cuba; 
Santiago, founded on 1 <$, 1 $. 
curia. S. curta Warr. Again smaller (30 mm) and “characterized by the short, blunt wings and the red 
fringes”. As in concomitans, the median line is followed distally by a dark shade, but the small cell-spots 
are blackish. Termen of hindwing slightly sinuous posteriorly. Ground-colour pale greyish ochreous, becoming 
in the distal half deeper, more mouse-colour, with a slight rufous tinge. Superficially more reminiscent of 
the Thysanopyga- group (nicetaria Guen., etc.) than the neighbouring species. Cuba, 1 $. 
plerta. S. plerta Schaus. Only about 22 mm from tip to tip, more warmly coloured than the neighbouring 
species, yellowish irrorated with reddish, cell-dot white, red-edged. Characterized by the firm, straight and 
markedly oblique reddish median line. Jalapa, the q unknown. 
sabuloides. S. sabuloides Schaus. “30 mm” (tip to tip). Forewing with 2nd subcostal from cell or connate. Pale 
olivaceous grey, thickly darker-irrorated. Median line (or shade) browner, dentate (at least in anterior half), 
incurved posteriorly; cell-spots small (especially on forewing), black. Jalapa (type) and Guadalajara, the $ 
again unknown. 
pertumna. S. pertumna Schaus. Antennal pectinations short, surmounted with tufts of short cilia. Wings 
thinly scaled, a little paler and more sharply marked beneath, where the outer line is sometimes —- especially 
in the — broadened in places into a bandlike shade, altogether suggesting a transition towards the sim¬ 
plest forms of Trygodes. Commonest in Peru (loc. typ.) and Bolivia, but also known from Colombia and Vene¬ 
zuela. 
viridiplaga. S. viridiplaga Walk. Structurally distinct in having a long and strong hair-pencil on the midtibia 
of the <J; the hindtibia is much shortened, also with a hair-pencil. Antenna nearly as in pertumna. The 
