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SEMAEOPUS. By L. B. Prout. 
olivaceono- S. olivaceosiotata Wary. (10 h). Here begins a group of species with the lines nearly always pale or 
Ud". pale-edged, the median shade rarely present. Warren erected for them a gen us Dichromato podia, but the 
strong, bicoloured tufts of the hindleg are by no means confined to this section, olivaceonotata is a pretty 
species, with its broad lines and pale-encircled cell-marks. Venezuela (loc. typ.), Amazons and S. E. Peru. 
paulena. S. paulena Schaus. Similar to olivaceonotata( 10 h), possibly a race. Somewhat less bright, the forewing with 
some dark clouding in proximal and distal areas, especially at anal angle. S. E. Brazil (type) and Paraguay. 
dcflcxa. S. deflexa Warr. and canidiscata Warr. almost certainly constitute a single species, recognizable by 
the dark ground-colour and the strong anterior curve of the postmedian line of the forew'ing. Unfortunately 
most of the material before me (including Warren's type, a small $ from Palma Sola, Venezuela) is in poor 
condition and I can point to no reliable distinction, though the postmedian line of the hindwing also is per- 
lieriharti. haps more strongly curved in form deflexa, especially in ab. lienharti. — ab. (? subsp.) lienharti nov. has, in 
addition to the usual pale outer spots, a conspicuous one at the anal angle of the hindwing. Honduras: La 
Cambre (J. Lienhart), type S in Tring Museum; Guatemala. A poor $ from Guerrero, Mexico, in the British 
Museum, may belong with them, but at Muzo, Colombia, it has been taken together with a- very different form, 
canidiscata. in which the pale spots are scarcely indicated. — canidiscata Warr. (= griseomaculata Dogn .) (10 h) is the com¬ 
mon form, still darker than type deflexa, the pale terminal spots consequently very conspicuous. Paraguay 
(type), Argentina, S. and S. E. Brazil, scarcely distinguishable forms also from Bolivia to Colombia ( ? Panama) 
and the Guiana-Amazon subregion. 
naltona. S, naltona Schaus. Probably another ab. of the preceding, pale reddish brown, the first line consisting 
only of scattered black scales, the postmedian broadly shaded on both sides with black scales. Aroa, Venezuela, 
1 $; one from Panama seems intermediate between this and typical deflexa. 
offlcxa. So offiexa Prout (10 h). Larger, the hindwing more bent in the middle, cell-marks shorter, no pale 
spots in distal area. Calama, Rio Madeira, only the type known. 
concomita- S. concomitata Prout (10 h) (= Dichromatopodia concomitans Warr., nom. pracocc.). Eorewing with 
!a - termen more bent than in the neighbouring species; the brown ground-colour scarcely tinged with purple or 
red; the pale cell-marks slight, little elongate, that of the forewing finely black-bordered, that of the hindwing 
set in a black spot. Tucuman. Smaller forms (racial?) have been found in Bolivia and Matto Grosso. 
oaxacana. S. oaxacana Schaus is perhaps a form of osteria (10 h), “violaceous” brown, the median shade‘‘slight”, 
the cell-marks presumably obsolete (not mentioned in the description). Oaxaca, Mexico. 
distans. S„ distans Warr. (10 h) is probably merely a race, or even the normal form, of osteria, a little more 
variegated, the cell-dot of forewing often with heavier dark margins; median shade often strong and thick, 
but somewhat variable. N. Colombia (the type), Venezuela and Trinidad; a somewhat larger form from S. E. 
Peru. 
osteria. S, osteria Druce (10 h), founded on 2 $$ from Presidio de Mazatlan, Mexico, has the median line strong, 
but not broad, the cell-dot very slenderly dark-ringed. 
masinissa. S. masinissa Schaus (10 i). Closely like a much-overgrown distans with rather heavy dark cloudings, 
but with the ground-colour redder. Costa Rica. Specimens from the Chanchamayo district, E. Peru, do not 
seem to differ. 
toditlaria. S. todillaria Moschl. (10 i) seems to be somewhat variable, as the type had the cell-mark of the fore¬ 
wing “indistinct, dark”, not merely dark-edged, and that of the hindwing undeveloped. The $ which we 
figure is from the type locality (Paramaribo) and shows that the species combines nearly the shape of conco- 
mitata with the little-bent lines of the distans group; median area reddish, distal appreciably darker. Venezuela 
rufimedia. and Surinam, only $$ before me. — rufimedia Warr. is almost certainly merely the $ to todillaria ; I had con¬ 
fidently sunk it, hut I find that a careful drawing by Warren of his type shows the distal margin of the fore¬ 
wing not bent; this distinction, however, may prove to be sexual. French Guiana, founded on a fairly large 
cJ (“24 mm”). 
ascici. S. ascia Prout (10 h). Smaller and paler, cell-mark of forewing less elongate; line of hindwing more 
approaching the anal angle posteriorly; distal areas not or scarcely dark-shaded. Termen of forewing in neither 
sex elbowed. Ciudad Bolivar, Venezuela, the type series. Also known from Surinam and Pernambuco and 
(a separable race?) in Argentina and Paraguay. 
decalvaria. S. decalvaria Moschl. (= rubella Warr.) (10 i). Perhaps an island form of the preceding; less small, 
more reddish, the central area of the forewing broader, the median shade indicated, though weak. $ larger 
than (J. Jamaica. 
