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area interna, apieem versus producta, flavescenti-alba : subtus anticis fere ut supra, sed dilutioribus ; vitta 

 in cellula a basi, altera inter venam costalem et subcostalem albidis, maculis subapicalibus majoribus ; 

 apice et margine externo rufis ; posticis rufeseentibus argenteo irroratis et maculis argenteo-albis notatis, 

 punetis duobus ad basin ochraceis. 



Bab. Guatemala, oak-forests, forests of Northern Vera Paz, Central valleys (F. D. 0. 

 & 0. S. 1 ), Sinanja, Purula, Volcan de Atitlan (Champion) ; Costa Rica (Van Patten 2 ' 8 ), 

 Irazu (Rogers) ; Panama, Volcan de Chiriqui, Bugaba (Champion), Chiriqui (Aree). 



The transverse discal band of the primaries in this species is subject to considerable 

 variation, especially in male examples. In the types the band is continuous ; but in a 

 Costa-Rican example, which is the type of D. lubina of Butler, it is divided into three 

 spots, in other Costa-Rican specimens the severance is not quite complete, and there 

 seems to be every gradation between the extreme forms. D. lunina of Butler is a name 

 based upon a female which corresponds exactly with typical females of E. virgo. 

 Females, too, seem subject to some variation ; many of them are washed with yellow 

 towards the base of the secondaries, others have this portion of the wing nearly covered 

 with brown scales. 



The range of E. virgo extends over a large area, as will be seen above ; it is found 

 chiefly in the mountainous districts up to an elevation of 3000 or 4000 feet. 



6. Enantia critomedia. 



Enantia critomedia, Geyer in Hiibn. Zutr. ex. Schm. iv. p. 41, ff. 795, 796 \ 



Leptalis critomedia, Boisd. Sp. Gen. p. 424 2 ; Godm. & Salv. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1880, p. 125 3 . 



cJ alis anticis fuscis, plaga obliqua a costa ad cellulae finem, litura in margine interno earn plerumque attingente 

 et punetis duobus subapicalibus albidis ; posticis dimidio anteriore argenteo-albo, margine externo fusco, 

 plaga submediana viridi- alba : subtus argenteo-albidis, anticis plaga ovata cana farinosa in vena mediana, 

 ad apieem et posticis omnino sparsim brunneo irroratis, punetis ad basin duobus flavis. 



$ alis fuscis, anticis plaga obliqua a costa ultra cellulam angulum analem versus extendente, margine interno 

 anguste, punetis tribus subapicalibus flavo-albis, area interna postiearum apieem versus extensa flavida : 

 subtus anticis fere ut supra sed dilutioribus ; posticis margine externo late pallide fusco, area interna 

 sordide ochracea. 



Hab. Panama, Veraguas (Arce). — Colombia 3 and Venezuela, Amazons valley and 

 South Beazil K 



This is a well-known species in South America, where it has a very wide range, but 

 the only record we have of its occurrence in our country is a single female example 

 sent from the State of Panama in one of Arce's collections. In Northern Colombia it 

 occurs in the Sierra Nevada of Santa Marta, whence we have specimens of both sexes 

 sent us by Mr. Simons. These northern examples have the base of the wings rather 

 darker than is usually the case in more typical Brazilian specimens ; this is due to the 

 absence of the light streak over the median nervure, but the extent to which this streak 

 is developed is very variable. 



biol. CENTR.-AMEE., Rhopal., Vol. II., August 1890. 2 b 



