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terminal interspaces pale olive brown; two similar transverse lines, the inner from subcostal beyond end of cell 
to submedian at one third from base, the outer line from near termen at vein 5 to middle of inner margin. 
Sao Paulo de OlivenQa, Amazons. 
T. tarsalis Wkr. (72 k). <$ white. Palpi with black tips. Antennae with testaceous branches. Legs tar sails. 
with black bands, the forelegs testaceous. Wings with black points on cilia, two on forewing, three on hind¬ 
wing; some black scaling at apex of fore wing underneath. Para, Brazil; British Guiana. 
T. uniformis Moesch. (= saphena Dyar). like T. tarsalis Wkr. Forelegs orange yellow in front with uniformis. 
black bands. No spots on cilia of wings. The Guianas. 
T. parthenica Dyar. (= immaculata Dogn.). $. Entirely white. The interspaces on forewing more parthenica. 
silky. Differs from T. uniformis Moesch. in having the fore legs white, the branches of antennae paler. British 
Guiana; Amazons. 
T. suppura Dyar. (73 i). <$. Body and wings white; branches of antennae light ochraceous buff; suppura. 
tibiae and tarsi with some black scales. Forewing: fuscous black spots on cilia at interspaces. French Guiana. 
T. punctifimbriata Dogn. <$. Body and wings white. Shaft of antennae white at base then orange punctifim- 
buff. Palpi fuscous black fringed with white hairs. Fore and mid legs orange buff with black transverse 
lines. Forewing: the costa narrowly black; black spots on cilia between veins 2 and 7. Expanse: 37 mm. Quindiu, 
Colombia. A $ in Nat. Mus. from Rio de Janeiro. 
T. caramata Dogn. (73 i). Body white. Palpi black, the tips of fringe white. Forelegs streaked caramata. 
with black. Fore wing silvery white, forming irregular more brilliant markings as in some species of Carama 
of the Megalopygidae, the costa below rather broadly snuff brown, but not reaching apex. Hindwing silvery 
white semihyaline. The $ has the costa below paler. Expanse: <$ 42 mm, $ 47 mm. Loja, Ecuador. 
T. medinata Dogn. (74 c). Wings proportionately narrower than in other species of genus, d 1 . Antennae medinala. 
with white shaft, the branches mikado brown. Frons cream white, vertex white; palpi black; fore legs inwardly 
fuscous black; abdomen dorsally yellow with black segmental lines, almost entirely concealed by long white 
hairs. Forewing thinly scaled except on margins, buff white. Hindwing thinly scaled, white. Expanse: $ 
29 mm, $ 39 mm. Medina, Colombia. 
T. nivea Or. Evidently belongs here, but is unknown to me. The figure represents a white species nivea. 
with dark terminal line and costa of fore wing. The hindwing has three small subterminal brown spots at anal 
angle. Expanse: 63 mm. Surinam. 
T. begga Cr. (74 c). $. Body and wings white. Palpi fuscous. Fore tibiae orange; fore tarsi black, begga. 
Forewing: costal margin fuscous black. Expanse: 48 mm. British Guiana; Colombia. 
T. lojana sp. nov. <$. Antennae pinkish buff. Body and wings white; a few black scales on fore lojana. 
legs. Forewing thinly scaled; a small rose coloured spot at base of subcostal; a small brown spot at lower end 
of cell, with a few brownish scales above it and beyond discocellular. Expanse: 31 mm. Loja, Ecuador. 
T. tibialis Wkr. (73 i). Body white. Palpi black above with long white fringe. Legs white. Wings tibialis. 
dull white. Forewing: some fuscous or brown scaling on discocellular, usually forming two small spots; a similar 
small postmedial spot between veins 4 and 5. $ usually with two small spots on fore wing, one at lower angle of 
cell, the other between veins 4 and 5, or both entirely obsolete. Expanse: 30 mm, $ 37—50 mm. Central 
America to South Brazil. 
T. puntuada Dyar. £. Head vinaceous buff. Body white. Fore tibiae and tarsi with black scaling, puntuada. 
Forewing buff white; a fuscous line on basal side of discocellular and a curved spot on outer side; a small spot 
below vein 5 near cell. Underneath the costa is suffused with fuscous. Hindwing white rather thinly scaled. 
Loja, Ecuador. 
T. persimilis sp. u. Draudt (74 d) agrees exactly with puntuada , but is pune white, instead of line on persimilis. 
basal side of discocellular 2 superposed black spots; tibiae and tarsi of all the legs wholly black, tibiae with 
rather long white hairs. Type: 1 $ from Monte Tolima in Mus. Berlin. 
T. mentor Dyar (72 d). <J. Body white. Palpi black outwardly, the fringe tipped with white; fringe mentor. 
helow eyes black. Legs white. Wings dull white. Forewing; an antemedial dark point above median vein, and 
a short streak below base of vein 2; a fuscous spot at upper angle of cell, followed by a broad brown splash 
