( 307 ) NEW AMERICAN THYRIDIDAE, UBANIIDAE, AND GE03rETRIDAE. By W. warren, M.A., F.E.S. Family 'niVRWIDAE. 1. Iza mediovincta spec, no v. Foretviiig : jnile ochreous, reticulated with red ; tlie costa broadly dull red, swollen at middle iuto an irregnliirly triangular blotch, connected between veins 4 and o by a narrow neck with a similar blotch, which does not touch the inner margin ; beyond the triangular blotch un costa is a subquadrate one reaching to vein 7, and two smaller ones before apex ; in two or three places towards hind-margin the reticulations are swollen into small blotches ; fringe deep red at base, paler at tips. HiitdiriiKj : with a disjointed angulated mark across the middle ; hindmargiu with a deej) brown line before fringe. Underside the same, but all the dark markings stronger and brighter. Head red ; thorax and abdomen reddish grey ; legs pale ochreous, spotted with red-brown. Expanse of wings : 60 mm. 1 ? from the Amazons. The hindwing is triangular, the hiudmargin straight, the apical angle acute, the anal angle ronnded of}'. Family URAyilDAL. Subfamily EPIPLEMINAE. 2. Epiplema rotundata spec. nov. Forewiny : dull fawn-colour, hardly speckled, browner along the costa ; the lines brown : first at one-third, strongly angled outwards in mid wing ; the outer at two-thirds, outcurved from subcostal vein to submedian fold, edged outwardly by a fine ochreous line ; a cnrve of four blackish spots before margin from apex to vein 4, the margin beyond them darker ; fringe concolorous ; central space slightly darker than rest of wing. Hiiidirimi : with the same lines brown but indistinct; two small bhuk marginal spots below veins 7 and 4. Underside uf forewing with a brown tinge, of hindwing as above ; both witli slight striatious, but no markings. Face, palpi, and forelegs brown ; vertex, thorax, and abdomen like wings. ExpansL' of wings : 15 mm. 1 S from Patino Cue, Paraguay, February (Montforts). Apex of forewing rounded, hindmargiu convex, simple ; hindwing rounded, without teeth, faintly indented beyond cell. 21
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