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mdistinctis, quoque purpureo tinctis notatis : subtus omnino purpureo suffusis, anticis minus, posticis magis 

 distmcte fasciatis ; palpis fuscis, griseo vix atomatis. 

 $ abs omnino fusceseentioribus, anticis magis abbreviatis : subtus prsecipue ad angulum postiearum analem 

 pallidioribus. 



Hab. Mexico, La Venta, Tierra Colorada, Atoyac, Teapa (H. H. Smith), Valladolid 

 in Yucatan (Gaumer) ; Guatemala, Chiacam, Tocoy, Panima, Zapote (Champion); 

 Costa Rica, Cache (Bogers); Panama, Chiriqui (Bibbe).— Venezuela 2 ; Peeu; Amazons 

 Valley; Brazil 2 . 



Dr. Staudinger has sent us specimens from Chiriqui under this name, having doubt- 

 less compared them with the type. 



The marking of the primaries in this species renders it readily distinguishable from 

 the other members of the genus found in Central America. The palpi are rather longer 

 than usual, showing that P. costimacula approaches the genus Mycteris in this respect. 

 The subcostal nervure of the secondaries and its branch are much swollen near their 

 junction, the upper discocellular meeting the subcostal just beyond the swollen 

 part. 



The range of this species is very extensive and probably includes nearly the whole of 

 Tropical America. Our specimens are from various points of Southern Mexico, and 

 thence southwards to the Brazilian Provinces of Eio Grande and Matto Grosso. Its 

 range in altitude extends from the sea-level to a height of 2000 to 3000 feet. 



The male genitalia are more complex as to the harpes than those of most of the 

 other species of the genus Pellicia ; they are not quite symmetrical, but their outlines 

 can best be understood by reference to the figures. (See Tab. LXXXIII. fig. 18.) 



6. Pellicia didia. (Tab. LXXXIII. figg. 19, 20, 21 <? , 22, 23 $ .) 

 Pellicia didia, Moschl. Verb., z.-b. Ges. Wien, 1876, p. 340, t. 4. f. 28 1 ; Plotz, Berl. ent. Zeitschr. 



1882, p. 254 \ 

 Pellicia bilinea, Mab. Le Nat. xi. p. 216, f. 3 (1889) 3 . 

 P. costimaculce affinis, sed minor, alis nullo modo purpureo suffusis. 



Eab. Mexico, Orizaba (H. J. Elwes), Cordova (Bumeli), Atoyac, Teapa (H. H. 

 Smith) ; Guatemala, Choctum, Polochic Valley (F. D. G. & 0. S.), Panima, Zapote 

 (Champion); Hondueas (WittJcugel, mus. Staudinger); Costa Rica, Irazu, Cache 

 (Bogers), Chiriqui (Bibbe, in mus. Staudinger 3 ). — Guiana y 2 . 



Dr. Staudinger has most kindly lent us the type of P. didia, Moschl., from Surinam, 

 and a specimen of P. bilinea from Chiriqui, named from M. Mabille's type. These 

 types are of opposite sexes, but we see no grounds for believing them to be otherwise 

 than of one species ; our series from various places extending from Southern Mexico 

 to Guiana confirms this view. 



P. didia can easily be distinguished from the other species of Pellicia occurring 



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