PHOSPHILA.—CCNIPETA. 349 
Central-American specimens agree perfectly with the type in the National Collection. 
The numerous examples received from Guatemala do not show the slightest variation ; 
these were mostly attracted to light in the month of December. 
2. Phosphila exonia, sp.n. (Tab. XXXI. fig. 7.) 
Primaries brown, marked very much as in P. tatosoma, but much paler in the middle, the spot on the inner 
margin near the base larger and darker in colour and the outer marginal waved band considerably 
broader; secondaries dark brown, but not so dark as in P. tatosoma: head, thorax, and abdomen blackish- 
brown, the antenne and legs brown. Expanse 13 inch. 
Hab. Panama, Bugaba 800 to 1500 feet (Champion), Chiriqui (Ribbe). 
This species is closely allied to P. tatosoma, Butl., from which it differs in its paler 
colour and in the form of the antenne of the male. 
COLNIPETA. 
Coenipeta, Hiibner, Verz. bek. Schmett. p. 260 (1816). 
Cenipeta, Guénée, Sp. gén. des Lép. vii. p. 29; Walker, Cat. xiii. p. 1090. 
Helia, Hiibner, Verz. bek. Schmett. p. 259 (partim). 
About fourteen species of this genus are known, all American ; eight are now recorded 
from Central America, one of which is described as new. Some of the species are very 
variable. 
1. Conipeta serapis. 
Phalena Noctua serapis, Cram. Pap. Exot. iv. p. 222, t. 396. f. F’. 
Cenipeta serapis, Guén. Sp. gén. des Lép. vu. p. 337; Walk. Cat. xiii. p. 1091°. 
Hab. Panama, Chiriqui (Arcé, in mus. D.).—Gutana, Berbice } 2 3, 
The specimens received from Arcé from Chiriqui are almost identical with Cramer’s 
figure. 
2. Cenipeta lobuligera. 
Cenipeta lobuligera, Guén. Sp. gén. des Lép. vii. p. 82'; Walk. Cat. xiii. p. 1091’. 
Cenipeta aniloba, Guén. Sp. gén. des Lép. vii. p. 33°; Walk. Cat. xii. p. 1093*; Butl. Trans. Ent. 
Soc. Lond. 1879, p. 44°. 
Cenipeta columbina, Walk. Cat. xxxili. p. 892°. 
Cenipeta lilacina, Butl. Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1879, p. 44’. 
Hab. Mexico, Coatepec (Brooks); Guatemata, San Gerénimo (Champion); Panama, 
Bugaba 800 to 1000 feet (Champion).—Brazin 234, Bahia!; Amazons, Rio Tapajos >, 
Borba 5, Santarem ®, Rio Negro®’, Paré?; West Coast oF AMERICA”; ANTILLES, San 
Domingo 2. 
This variable insect is found over a very extended range of country, and with the 
large series of specimens before me it is quite impossible to retain (. aniloba, C. colum- 
bina, or C. lilacina as distinct; they are simply varieties of C. lobuligera. 
