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with black; transverse lines double, interrupted by black, filled up with white in the shape of spots, behind 
the large coniform macula, being surrounded with black, a white dentiform spot; the upper maculae in the 
centre strewn with olive, in white rings and surrounded with black; the undulate line consists of black, white 
pupilled spots and is below the apex and below the centre broadly interrupted by olive-green strewing; fringes 
black traversed by white. Hindwing white, at the distal and costal margins darkened by grey. From Colombia 
and Bolivia. 
S. permira sp. n. (23 1) I also place yet hereto owing to its structure, although its exterior is quite permira. 
different; the eyes are very conspicuously long-haired, surrounded by dense black cilia; the legs, particularly 
the rear tarsi are long and thin, the fringes of the wings uncommonly broad, about 2 mm. Colour of forewing 
greyish-brown with a slight coppery reflection and greasy brilliance, somewhat like in Amphipyra tragopoginis , 
strewn with black, with traces of a dentate posterior transverse line and a blackish, somewhat lighter pupilled 
darkening at the cell-end, no other markings; a light undulate basal line of the fringes contrasts with the 
somewhat darkened marginal area. Hindwing whitish, at the margin smoked, in the $ darker. According 
to a couple from the Upper Madre de Dios (Peru), taken by Fassl. 
46. Genus: Tnietolopliota Wkr. 
Characterized by a very distinctly bipartite tuft on the prothorax which is only covered with hair; 
on the first abdominal ring there is a tuft. All the rest as in Perigonica and Sideridis. But one American 
species is known: 
T. polygona Drc. (24 a) is a large beautiful species, purple grey, dusted with brown, with oblong black polygnna. 
wedges (well recognizable from the figure) representing the surroundings of the maculae and on both sides 
bordering on the subterminal area. Hindwing reddish white, on the veins and margin brownish. Peru and 
Bolivia. 
47. Genus: Cirplifs Wkr. 
A polytypical, cosmopolitan genus of an uncommonly homogeneous exterior; the thorax is covered 
with hair and scales, in front and behind with loose tufts and a tuft on the first abdominal ring, the tibiae 
long-haired. The $3 often exhibit secondary sexual marks in the shape of especially thick tufts of hair and 
scales on the legs or on the abdomen, as well as modifications of scales on the wings beneath. The larvae 
generally live on grasses. As to further particulars comp. Vol. XI, p. 99. 
C. philipalpis Grt. (24 a) is recognizable by a loose hair-tuft on the upper surface of the second palpal philipalpis. 
joint. Forewing light flesh-coloured, strewn with black, with a white costal margin; the anterior transverse 
line is marked by 2 black dots, the posterior line is pointedly dentate; instead of the reniform macula a 
light discal spot with a black dot in the lower cell-angle and an extinct dark spot behind it. Hindwing 
yellowish-white, at the margin smoky. From Florida. 
C. multipunctata Drc. (24 a) looks somewhat like the preceding; forewing reddish sand-coloured, strewn multipunc- 
with black, with traces of both transverse lines, the posterior line being almost complete with a row of dots iaia - 
on the veins behind it; at the cell-end there is a small lighter spot with a black one before it, indicating 
the reniform macula, before it the cell is shaded with blackish; subapically traces of a darker triangular 
marginal shade. Hindwing whitish, at the margin ochreous brownish. Panama. 
C. pseudargyria Gn. (24 b) has the abdomen covered with very thick woolly hair, with a very large pseudargy- 
anal tuft and very long-haired middle tibiae, the forewing ochreous grey, strewn with purple red and dusted rxa - 
behind the cell-end; transverse lines dark, the posterior line dentate with dots on the veins; the maculae 
yellowish-white, pupilled reddish. Hindwing greyish-brown. — The form callida Grt. (= derufata Strd.) is callida. 
greyer without the reddish tints. From Canada to Texas. — The larva is light straw-coloured with a broad 
whitish lateral stripe strewn with reddish, and brown-edged lighter longitudinal lines. 
C. multilinea Wkr. (= solita Wkr., lapidaria Grt.) (24 a) is a very common species, ochreous-yellowish multilinea. 
with white, red-brown striped veins and internerval streaks, below the median a broad dark nebulous stripe, 
the apex parted by a light patch; behind the lower cell-end extends another nebulous stripe to the margin: 
below the centre of the median, in the lower cell-end and postmedianly on the middle radial branch and on 
the lower median branch one black dot each. Hindwing white, on the veins and margin brownish. From 
Canada to Paraguay. 
C. chejela Schs. is allied to multilinea (24 a), but the ground-colour of the forewing is more lilac-grey; chefela. 
the veins, one stripe each at the costal margin and on the submedian fold white, finely bordered with brown, 
and fine, brown, white-edged stripes are in the cell below the median above the proximal-marginal vein and 
