266 HETEROCERA. 
1. Nesia mesta. (Tab. XXVL. fig. 12.) 
Nesia mesta, Walk. Cat. xv. p. 1742". 
Hab. Costa Rica, Rio Sucio (Rogers).— VENEZUELA }, 
Our specimen from Costa Rica only differs from the type in being a shade darker in 
colour. 
2. Nesia dolens, sp.n. (Tab. XXVI. fig. 13.) 
Primaries pale fawn-colour, crossed from the costal margin to the inner margin by several very indistinct 
narrow waved darker-coloured lines, with a dark brown marking at the end of the cell and several dull 
brown spots along the outer margin ; secondaries uniform dark brown ; the underside of both wings pale 
silky fawn-colour: head, thorax, and abdomen brownish-fawn-colour; antenne pale brown. Expanse 
2 inches. 
Hab. Costa Rica, Volcan de Irazu 6000 to 7000 feet (Rogers). 
Allied to VV. mesta, but a smaller and paler-coloured insect. 
UFEUS. 
Ufeus, Grote, Bull. Buff. Soc. i. p. 101 (1878). 
Grote states that this genus is allied to Agrotis; the two species he included in it 
also inhabit Eastern Mexico. 
1. Ufeus satyricus. 
Ufeus satyricus, Grote, Bull. Buff. Soc. i. p. 101, t. 3. f.4°; List of North-American Moths, p. 30 
(1882). 
Hab. Nortu America, Philadelphia 1.—Mexico, Jalapa (Hoge, Schaus). 
Our Mexican specimens of this and the following species agree perfectly with those 
in the Grote collection now in the National Museum. 
2. Ufeus plicatus. 
Ufeus plicatus, Grote, Bull. Buff. Soc. i. 102+; List of North-American Moths, p. 30 (1882). 
Hab. Nortu America, Philadelphia '—Mextco, Jalapa (Hége). 
Group XYLOPHASIIDES. 
XYLOPHASIA. 
Xylophasia, Stephens, Illustr. Brit. Ent., Haust. ii. p. 174 (1829); Walker, Cat. ix. p- 169. 
Some of the species of the genus are very widely distributed, and inhabit both 
Europe and North America. 
1. Xylophasia denterna. 
Xylophasia denterna, Guén. Sp. gén. des Lép. v. p. 140, Noct. t. 4. f. 41; Walk. Cat. ix. p. 179°; 
Druce, P. Z. 8. 1884, p. 322°. 
Xylophasia diminuta, Guén. loc. cit. p. 141‘; Walk. Cat. ix. p. 180°. 
