Dec. 1897.] 
Schaus : New Species of Geometrida;. 
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Semiothisa paranaria, sp. nov. 
Primaries excavated below apex. Secondaries with angle. Body and wings 
creamy buff, thinly speckled with brown. On the primaries a basal curved line light 
olive brown. An inner wavy brown shade on both wings followed on the primaries by 
another wavy olive brown shade. A minute cluster of brown scales at the origin of vein 
2 . An olive brown streak at the end of the cell. On the secondaries a black discal 
point. A broad greenish gray outer shade on both wings, narrowing near the apex 
on the piimaries and cut by a brownish streak. The fringe buff except in the excava¬ 
tion below the apex where it is dark olive brown. Underneath yellowish buff with 
the markings as above, but the outer shade is more in the appearance of a band inter¬ 
rupted by the veins which are yellow. A whitish patch at the apex of the primaries. 
Expanse, 26 mm. 
Habitat: Castro, Parana. 
Semiothisa masonata, sp. nov. 
Primaries with apex rounded and then excavated. Secondaries with an angle. 
Wings lilacine brown, the outer margin somewhat darker; the basal line slightly 
curved, fine biown. The inner line fine, nearly straight and contiguous on the pri¬ 
maries to a dark brown spot on the costal margin. The outer line first curved, then 
nearly straight till the secondaries, where it is very wavy, fine, brown, outwardly 
shaded with buff. Beyond the outer line a brown costal spot on the primaries also 
a cluster of brown scales between veins 3 and 4. A black discal point on secondaries. 
Underneath yellowish, irrorated with brown. The basal and inner lines more heavily 
marked, the outer line very fine and followed by a more distinct brown line which is 
nearly straight and is outwardly rather heavily shaded with brown. Expanse, 26 mm. 
Habitat: Jalapa, Mexico. 
Epione cinerea, sp. nov. 
Body and wings silvery brown gray, irrorated with black and white scales. 
Veins pale, distinct; an outer row of black points on the veins, connected by a fine 
brownish line, crosses both wings. The primaries with an indistinct white inner line, 
and a large black discal point, a subapical reddish brown shade. Underneath the 
markings less distinct, and the anterior portion of the outer line shaded with brown. 
A black discal point on the secondaries. Expanse, 28 mm. 
Habitat: Rio Jalapa. 
Acrosemia ochrolaria, sp. nov. 
Head and thorax reddish. Abdomen yellowish brown. Wings reddish, both 
crossed by a wavy brown line, outwardly shaded with gray, which starts from a sub- 
apical gray spot on the costa of the primaries. A terminal brownish gray line partly 
dentate on the primaries, and forming a row of spots on the secondaries. A black 
discal point on each wing. On the primaries an inner transverse line, slightly curved, 
brown, inwardly shaded with gray. Underneath the wings are buff, the transverse 
lines smoky and most apparent on primaries. Expanse, 28 mm. 
Habitat: Jalapa, Mexico. 
