THALPOCHARES. —XANTHOPTERA. 316 
a pale line, and a minute black dot at the end of the cell, the fringe the same colour as the wings; 
secondaries dusky brown, palest at the base; the underside of both wings pale dusky brown: head and 
thorax pale reddish-fawn-colour, the abdomen dusky brown, the antenne brown, the legs pale greyish- 
brown. Expanse ? inch. 
Hab. Mexico, Presidio (forrer). 
Two specimens of this little species were sent; one of them is considerably darker 
in colour than the other, though otherwise agreeing with it. TZ. hirasa is allied to 
T. idicra, from which it differs not only in colour but in having the dark spot on the 
primaries differently shaped. 
4, Thalpochares hippotes, sp.n. (Tab. XXIX. fig. 17.) 
Primaries dull brown, darkest at the apex and along the outer margin, crossed from the costal to the inner 
margin by a wide reddish-brown band edged with a white line on each side, the band itself having on the 
outer side at about the middle a minute white spot; secondaries dark blackish-brown ; the fringe of both 
wings dark brown ; the underside pale brown, that of the secondaries the palest: head, thorax, abdomen, 
antennee, and legs brown. Expanse ? inch. 
Hab. Mexico, Amula in Guerrero 6000 feet (7. H. Smith). 
One specimen of this very distinct species was captured by our collector in August 
1888. 
5. Thalpochares bias, sp. n. (Tab. XXIX. fig. 18.) 
Primaries uniformly reddish-fawn-colour, with an indistinct brown mark on the costal margin about the middle, 
_a faint line crossing the wing from near the apex to the middle of the inner margin; secondaries blackish- 
brown: head, thorax, and abdomen brown; the antenna dark brown; the legs pale brown. Expanse 
2 inch. 
Hab. GuatemMaLa, San Gerdénimo (Champion). 
A very dull-coloured species, not closely allied to any known to us. 
6. Thalpochares hippotamada, sp.n. (Tab. XXIX. fig. 19.) 
Primaries uniformly dark silky brown, slightly reddish along the inner margin, a very indistinct dark line 
crossing the wing from near the apex to the inner margin; secondaries dark brown, palest at the base 
and along the inner margin; the underside of both wings uniformly dull brown: head, thorax, abdomen, 
antenne, and legs brown. Expanse 2 inch. 
Hab. GuateMaLa, San Gerénimo and Panima in Vera Paz, San Isidro 1600 feet 
(Champion). 
It is possible that this insect may be a very dark form of 7. d¢as; but I have seen a 
good many specimens of each, and they do not show any variation. 
XANTHOPTERA. 
Xanthoptera, Guénée, Sp. gén. des Lép. vi. p. 240 (1852) ; Walker, Cat. xii. p. 818. 
Walker, in his Catalogue, includes six species in this genus, all from North or South 
America; and others have since been described by various authors. Several of the 
species are of very doubtful value. One only is known to us from Central America. 
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