168 HETEROCERA. 
This species appears to be rare, I have only seen a very few specimens. Sepp’s figure 
is not a good one, but I have little doubt that it represents our species. 
8. Carama plumosa. (Tab. XV. fig. 7.) 
Carama plumosa, Butl. Cist. Ent. ii. p. 204°. 
Hab. Costa Rica (Van Patten), Irazu 6000 to 7000 feet (Rogers); Panama, Volcan 
de Chiriqui 2000 to 3000 feet, David (Champion).—BraziL, Santarem 1. 
This species appears to be pretty common: both in Costa Rica and the State of 
Panama; it is closely allied to C. ovina. Thecolour of the antenne of the males varies 
greatly; in fresh specimens it is bright yellow, but the colour soon seems to fade. 
4, Carama minuta, sp. n. 
Primaries and secondaries uniform silky white, slightly shaded with cream-colour on the costal margin and 
apex of the primaries: head, thorax, and abdomen pure white ; antennz and legs cream-colour. Expanse 
4 inch. 
Hab, Panama, Obispo (Salvin, in mus. D.). 
Mr. Salvin obtained a single specimen of this beautiful little species at Obispo, in 
the vicinity of the line of the Panama railroad, in 1873; it is the smallest of the genus. 
ORGYIA, 
Orgyia, Ochsenheimer, Schmett. von Eur. 11. p. 208 (1810). 
This well-known genus is represented in our country by one or at most two species ; 
from North America seven species have been described, and it is more than probable 
that some of them will eventually be found in the northern part of Mexico ; others 
inhabit Europe. 
1. Orgyia leucostigma. 
Phalena leucostigma, Abbot & Smith, Ins. Georgia, ii. p. 157, t. 79°. 
Orgyia leucostigma, Walk. Cat. iv. p. 786. 
Hab. Nort America, Georgia '!, Nova Scotia 2,—Muexico, Presidio (Forrer), Jalapa 
(Hoge). 
The two Mexican specimens before me are almost identical with others in my collec- 
tion from North America. The example from Presidio is somewhat paler in colour 
and the markings are less distinct, but it has the appearance of being rather a worn 
example ; at the same time it may possibly prove to belong to another species. The 
larva and pupa, as well as the imago, of O. leucostigma are figured by Abbot and Smith ; 
the larva feeds upon various kinds of oak 1. 
