AMBLTSCIETES.— HALOTUS. 505 



but has the spots on the primaries less distinct and the secondaries without the waved 

 discal line. For the genitalia of the male, see Tab. XCV. fig. 39. 



4. Amblyscirtes elissa, s P . n. (Tab. xcv. figg. 40, $ ; 41, c? .) 



Alis mtide fuscis, stigmate concolore, punctis minutissimis tribus in linea transversa subapicalibus, nonnunquam 

 obsoletis, sordide albis : subtus ut supra, sed anticis punctis magis distinctis, puncto in cellula, quatuor in 

 linea obliqua ultra cellulam, albis; posticis punctis sex in serie sinuosa diacalibus, uno aliquando duobus, 

 basin propioribus, albis. 



2 mari similis. 



Hah. Mexico, Tierra Colorada, Rincon, Dos Arroyos, all in Guerrero (H. H. Smith). 



Of this obscure species we have received four males and one female. It resembles 

 A.fluoma, but is smaller and has distinct white spots on the underside of the wings. 

 For the genitalia of the male, see Tab. XCV. fig. 41. 



HALOTUS, gen. nov. 



The single species from Costa Rica referred to this genus has the general coloration 

 and facies of an Amblyscirtes or Stomyles, the cilia of the wings being spotted as in the 

 insects belonging to those genera ; but the form of the brand on the primaries of the 

 male (the genus approaching Euroto &c. in this respect), as well as the peculiar 

 structure of the genitalia in this sex, separates it from all of them. 



The antennae are about half the length of the costa, and have a stout club, terminating 

 in a long crook. The third joint of the palpi is short and bluntly conical. The 

 primaries are moderately elongate, somewhat pointed at the tip, the costa arched at the 

 base ; the cell is less than two-thirds the length of the costa ; the discocellulars are 

 strongly oblique, the upper one three times as long as the lower, the latter being 

 shorter than the third median segment ; the lower radial is much depressed at the 

 base ; the first branch arises before the middle of the median nervure, the second some 

 little distance before the lower angle of the cell. The secondaries are slightly produced 

 at the anal angle ; the cell is barely half the length of the wing ; the discocellulars are 

 faint. The body is moderately robust. The middle tibiae are spined, and the hind 

 tibiae have two pairs of spurs. The primaries of the male have a double brand formed 

 thus : a triangular piece filling the angle between the second median segment and the 

 first median branch, and a short longitudinal streak just below it. 



1. Halotus saxula, sp. n. (Tab. XCV. figg. 42, 43, 44, tf .) 



Alis fusco-brunneis, stigmate obscuriore, anticis punctis duobus minutis in linea transversa subapicalibus aliis 

 duobus infra et ultra cellulam, albidis : subtus fuscis, anticis punctis ut supra, eo margini interno propiore 

 lunulato, et striga ad angulum aualem, sordide flavis ; posticis fascia marginem externum versus uudulata 

 pallidiore ; ciliis obscure flavis, nigro maculatis. 



$ ignota. 



II ah. Costa Rica, Irazu, Rio Sucio {Rogers). 



