CNOTRUS.—MELANCHROIA. 155 
4, (notrus pacilius, sp. n. 
Primaries and secondaries above and beneath uniform dull black ; thorax, abdomen, and legs black. Expanse 
13 inch. 
Hab. GuateMa.a, Duefias (Champion). 
Only a single specimen of this dull-coloured species was obtained; it is allied to 
G. secretus, from which it is at once distinguished by its entirely black colour. 
NYCTOCHROA. 
Nyctochroa, Felder, Reise Nov. Lep. t. 106. f£. 27. 
Dr. Felder places a single species from Mexico in this genus. 
1. Nyctochroa basiplaga. 
Nyctochroa basiplaga, Feld. Reise Nov. Lep. t. 106. £. 277, Index, p. 7. 
Hab. Mexico ! (Bilimek). 
Unknown to me. 
MELANCHROIA. 
Melanchroia, Hiibner, Verz. bek. Schmett. p. 173 ; Walker, Cat. ii. p. 387. 
This genus now has about eight species placed in it. 
1. Melanchroia cephise. 
Phalena Geometra chephise, Cram. Pap. Exot. iv. p. 182, t. 381. f. E. 
Melanchroia cephise, Hiibn. Samml. exot. Schmett. ii. t. 17. figg. 1-4; Walk. Cat. ii. p. 387°. 
Tanagra expositata, Walk. Cat. xxv. p. 1461. 
Hab. Mexico }, Ciudad in Durango 8100 feet, Milpas 5900 feet, Tres Marias Islands 
(Forrer), Cordova (Riimeli), Acapulco (J. J. Walker); Guatemata, San Gerénimo, 
San Joaquin, Zapote, San Isidro 1600 feet (Champion); Honpuras!, San Pedro 
(G. M. Whitely, mus. D.); Costa Rica, Irazu 6000 to 7000 feet, Cache, San Francisco 
4500 feet (Rogers), Cartago (Van Patten, mus. D.); Panama, Volcan de Chiriqui 
(Areé, mus. D.), Bugaba 800 to 1500 feet (Champion).—CotomBia to the ARGENTINE 
Repvusuic (mus. D.); Jamaica 1. 
This species is very abundant throughout the greater part of our country, excepting 
perhaps the State of Panama, where it appears to be scarce, Mr. Champion only 
obtaining two specimens from thence; in South America it is very common in most 
localities. 
2. Melanchroia (?) inconstans. 
Melanchroia inconstans, Geyer, in Hiibn. Zutr. Samml. exot. Schmett. v. p. 17. no. 431, figg. 861, 
862; Walk. Cat. ii. p. 389°. 
Hab. Mexico}. 
Unknown to me. 
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