(ZEDEMASIA.—EDEMA, 235 
two other species described by him, all from the United States. Mr. Grote in his list 
of North-American Moths includes five species in Edemasia; from our country I have 
to record one. 
1. Gidemasia seriata, sp.n. (Tab. XXV. fig. 1, 3.) 
Male. Primaries pale brown, darker along the costal margin and streaked with brownish-black lines at the 
apex, with four black spots close to the anal angle, and the inner margin as far as the cell thickly speckled 
with black dots; secondaries uniform pale silky brown, slightly paler at the base and along the costal 
margin, the fringe yellowish-white; the underside of the primaries dark brown, with the veins pale 
greyish from the outer margin to about the middle, that of the secondaries pale greyish-brown, consi- 
derably paler at the base: head and the front of the thorax pale brown, the thorax itself darker brown; 
abdomen and legs pale brown; antenne long and slender, of a pale brown colour. Expanse 13 inch. 
Hab. Mexico, Jalapa (Hége); Panama, Volcan de Chiriqui (Ribbe, in mus. Stau- 
dinger). 
The female specimen from Chiriqui in Dr. Staudinger’s collection is rather darker in 
colour along the inner margin of the primaries and not quite so distinctly marked with 
dark spots near the apex as our Mexican example; the secondaries are also darker 
brown. 
EDEMA. 
Edema, Walker, Cat. v. p. 1028. 
Five species were placed in this genus by Walker, all from North or Central 
America. 
1. Edema producta. 
Edema producta, Walk. Cat. v. p. 1031°. . 
Hab. Norta America, St. John’s Bluff in E. Florida 1.—Honpvras (Dyson 1).— 
ANTILLES, Jamaica }, 
2. Edema fuscescens. 
Edema fuscescens, Walk. Cat. v. p. 1031. 
Hab. Honpuras (Miller'). 
8. Edema mandela, sp.n. (Tab. XXV. fig. 3.) 
Primaries dark brown, thickly speckled with minute black dots, and with a small spot at the end of the cell, 
a light brown-coloured patch beyond the cell, and a whitish streak at the apex (but considerably smaller 
than in any other described species of Edema); secondaries dark brown, palest at the base, the fringe 
whitish ; the underside of both wings dark brown, shading to very pale fawn-colour at the base: head 
fawn-coloured ; thorax fawn-coloured in front, dark greyish-brown behind, beneath and the sides pale 
greyish-brown ; tegule dark greyish-brown; abdomen above dark greyish-brown, beneath and the sides 
pale greyish-brown; legs dark brown; antenne and palpi dark reddish-brown. Expanse 12 inch. 
Hab. Mexico, Presidio (Forrer). 
One specimen. . mandela is closely allied to several of the North-American 
species ; it differs, however, in having the head and the front of the thorax bright fawn- 
colour, and also in the small size of the whitish mark at the apex of the primaries. 
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