SEMAEOPUS. By L. B. Prout. 
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S. callichroa sp. n. (10 i). Very near decalvaria, possibly a remarkable form thereof, as Warren as,sum- callichroa. 
ed. Very slightly surpasses in size the $ of decalvaria but differs chiefly in having the postmedian line straight 
both on the forewing anteriorly and on the hindwing, and in the very characteristic coloration in which the 
underside participates; cell-dot of forewing more strongly white above, obsolescent beneath. Newcastle, 
Jamaica, 2 $$ in Tring Museum. 
S. zova Schaus. Allied to sigillata (1 Of), but: larger. “26 mm. Reddish brown. An indistinct darker median zova. 
shade; lines narrow, paler; inner line angled at costa, then straight; outer line parallel to outer margin; discal 
spots black, containing some grey scales on forewing. Hindwing with only the outer line. Underside reddish, 
the hindwing somewhat yellow, small discal black spots.” Orizaba, Mexico. 
S. sigillata Walk. (10 i) is only known to me from Walker’s type, a $ from Santarem, not in very sigillata. 
fresh condition. Postmedian line almost as straight as in miniata; very distinct from that species in its consi¬ 
derably smaller size, irregular and grey-edged cell-marks and the dark bordering of both the lines. 
S. preptoeyda Prout, (10 i) is characterized by the large black, white-pupilled cell-spots of the upperside, preptoeyda. 
otherwise similar to the pale forms of miniata or to large sigillata. Underside paler than upper, the cell-spots 
much smaller, but still pale-pupilled, the postmedian line indicated but weak. Described from Peru, but has 
occurred singly in N. W. Venezuela and on the Amazons. 
S. micipsa Schaus (10 i). Very similar to miniata (10k) but with small black, grey-mixed cell-spots instead micipsa. 
of the white streaks; veins slightly yellowish; a slightly darker brown line edging the postmedian line prox- 
imally. Juan Vinas, Costa Rica. 
S. hoffmamisi Prout (10 i). Wings slightly broader than in most of the species, the lines of the forewing hoffmannsi. 
more nearly parallel; cell-spots very small and weak, on the feebly-marked underside almost obsolete. Calama, 
Rio Madeira (type) and near Santarem. 
S. cervina Warr. 25 mm. Reddish fawn-colour, the pale lines rather strongly curved or bent near cervina . 
costa, edged on their approximated sides (i. e., in the median area) with fine dark olive-grey lines; cell-marks 
about as in miniata. The type q is from Aroa, Venezuela; I have before me a couple of smaller $$ in poor 
condition, one from Valencia, Venezuela, the other from N. W. Ecuador, which may belong here but have the 
lines less curved (intermediate towards sigillata), the cell-mark of the forewing more angular. 
S. purpurea Warr. Extremely similar to the dark purplish forms of miniata, the forewing perhaps purpurea. 
a trifle broader, with the lines thickening somewhat at costa, the postmedian bluntly bent at 1st radial so as 
to reach costal margin perpendicularly or extremely slightly oblique inward. St. Jean de Maroni (type) and 
near Santarem; % E. Peru. — ab. retributa nov. Less dark, less purplish, particularly in the median area, which retribula. 
assumes almost the clear red-brown colour of typical miniata. Taperinha, near Santarem (Zerny), 3 . 
taken with typical purpurea. 
S. miniata Druce (10 k). Variable in depth of colour from reddish brown to darker and more purplish miniata. 
brown, but generally recognizable by the elongate white cell-mark of the forewing and the straight, or nearly 
straight postmedian line. Widely distributed, Panama (the type locality) and eastward to French Guiana, 
southward to N. Argentina and S. E. Brazil. Southern specimens are generally small, often with the post- 
median somewhat curved anteriorly, but the variation is not yet sufficiently understood to justify the naming 
of the forms. 
S. calavera Dogn. (10 k). Larger and more vividly coloured than the reddish forms of miniata, the calavera. 
principal veins slenderly yellowy the cell-streak of the forewing elongate, that of the hindwing also tending to 
assume a similar form; antemedian line less sharply angled close to costa. Only known from Colombia, Ecuador 
(the type locality) and Peru. * 
S. tergilinea Prout (10 k). Much paler than miniata, the cell-streak of the hindwing as long as that tergilinea. 
of the forewing. A pale dorsal line on the abdomen is quite distinctive. N. Venezuela (loc. typ.) and E. Bolivia. 
S. hepaticata Warr. (10k). Very distinct in the strong dark lines — not merely dark-edged as in hepaticata. 
cervina, where moreover they are curved and the cell-marks elongated. The postmedian is also developed on 
the underside. Cundinamarca (the type), British Guiana and Rio Madeira. 
S. orbona Schaus (10 k) differs from hepaticata in its coloration, the more oblique and more composite orbona. 
postmedian line, etc.; underside with a dull rosy tinge. Tuis, Costa Rica, 1 $. 
S. fuscidiscada Warr. (10 k) was founded on a series of $$ from Santos (type) and Petropolis and this fuscidisca- 
sex, which is generally easy to recognize by the fuscous shading which surrounds the cell-spots, is also fairly ™ 
common about Sao Paulo. The vertex, as in suhrubra and argentispila, is at least as dark as the wings, but 
