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our collection, and we possess two others from the same country. We have likewise 

 seen three specimens from the State of Panama. We notice that in some of the South- 

 American examples the dark portions of the secondaries beneath are of a ferruginous 

 tint, whereas those from Central America have these parts dark fuscous. For the 

 genitalia of the male, see Tab. CIII. fig. 41. 



b. Secondaries with the nervures beneath more or less yellow, those at the 

 apex of the primaries similarly coloured. 



2. Mnestheus cometho, sp. n. (Tab. cm. figg. 42, 43, 44, s .) 



Alis fuscis, stigmate concolore ; anticis maculis tribus in linea obliqua infra et ultra cellulam, ea ad apicem 

 proxima minima, punctis tribus minutissimis indistinctis subapicalibus in linea transversa, omnibus 

 ochraceis; posticis fascia discali transversa fulva et area interna pilis coloris ejusdem vestitis : subtus 

 pallidioribus, anticis maculis duabus inter ramos medianos, venis in costa, apice margineque externo, 

 ochraceis, punctis subapicalibus in linea transversa, et macula inter ramos discoidales ad marginem externum, 

 albidis ; posticis venis omnibus ocbraceo notatis, maculis indistinctis variis inter eas albido marmoratis. 



5 mari similis. 



Hab. Mexico, Teapa (H. H. Smith). 



Four specimens. Very like M. ludens, but larger and with the oblique series of 

 spots on the primaries formed by ochreous scales, instead of being hyaline. The 

 underside, too, of the secondaries has whitish spots between the nervures. From 

 M. (Apaustus) virginiiis, Moschl., from Surinam, the type of which is before us, it may 

 be known by its larger size, and the much more distinctly spotted underside of both 

 wings. For the genitalia of the male, see Tab. CIII. fig. 44. 



3. Mnestheus ludens. (Tab. cm. figg. 45, 46, <* .) 



Cobalus ludens, Mab. Compt. rend. Soc. Ent. Belg. xxxv. p. lxxxiii \ 



Alis fuscis, stigmate concolore ; anticis maculis tribus in linea obliqua infra et ultra cellulam, una subtriangulari 

 venam submedianam attingente, ochracea, duabus inter ramos medianos ad cellulse finem, exteriore minore, 

 una quoque minutissima subapicali in vena subcostali, flavo-hyalinis ; posticis area discali pilis et squamis 

 ochraceis indistincte notatis : subtus pallidioribus, anticis maculis ut supra, vena costali et venis apicem 

 versus flavis ; posticis venis omnibus (area discali interruptis) coloris ejusdem ; corpore subtus albido. 



Hab. Panama, Chiriqui {mus. Staudinger 1 ). — Venezuela 1 



We have to thank Dr. Staudinger for lending us the type of this species— a male, 

 and we have another like it, from the same gentleman, labelled " Venezuela ? " This 

 insect is very like M. cometho on the upperside, except that the spots are hyaline, but 

 the secondaries want the white spots beneath, and the pale yellow markings running 

 along the nervures are interrupted at the end of the cell. Both the specimens we have 

 examined have lost their palpi. The type is figured. 



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