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This species, though found over an extended range of country, is apparently rare. 
According to Butler (P. Z. 8. 1879, p. 487), the specimens from San Domingo referred 
by Walker? to P. mexicana, Guén., belong to P. numeria (Drury). 
2. Peosina numeria. 
Phalena Noctua numeria, Drury, Ill. Exot. Ins. i. p. 48, t. 23. f. 51. 
Peosina numeria, Guén. Sp. gén. des Lép. vii. p. 1827; Walk. Cat. xiv. p. 1243 (pars)*; Herr.- 
Schaff. Corr.-Blatt zool.-min. Ver. Regensb. 1868, p. 192 (sep. copy, p. 80) *; Butl. P.Z.S. 
1878, p. 487° 
Hab. Mexico, Jalapa (Schaus) ; Panama, Chiriqui (2idbe).—AntILLEs, Jamaica! 28, 
Cuba 4, San Domingo (apud Butler®); Brazin, Santa Catarina. 
One specimen, a male, of this species was sent by Ribbe from Chiriqui; it ‘agrees 
well with Drury’s figure and also with examples from Jamaica in my own collection. 
The female is much larger than the male, and is without the white bands on the 
primaries and the white spot at the apex of the secondaries. P. numeria is closely 
allied to P. mexicana. The Venezuelan example treated by Walker ° as belonging to 
this species is quite distinct according to Butler 5, who proposes the name Hypogramma 
confusa for it. 
3. Peosina leontia. 
Phalena Noctua leontia, Stoll, Suppl. Cram. Pap. Exot. v. p. 155, t. 84. f. 6%. 
Peosina leontia, Guén. Sp. gén. des Lép. vii. p. 1827; Walk. Cat. xiv. p. 1244°; Méschl. Verh. 
zool.-bot. Ges. Wien, 1880, p. 419*; Beitr. zur Schmett.-Fauna von Surinam, iii. p. 41°. 
Hab. Nicaragua, Chontales (Belt)—Gutana 2, Surinam 4°; Braz 2, Rio Janeiro /3 ; 
TRINIDAD. 
The single specimen received from Central America does not differ from others from 
Trinidad in my own collection, and they all agree well with Stoll’s figure; but I have 
not seen examples from the South-American continent. 
4, Peosina pandrosa. 
Phalena Noctua pandrosa, Cram. Pap. Exot. 1. p. 122, t. 77. f. D’. 
Noctua pandrosa, Fabr. Sp. Ins. 11. p. 200. 
Blosyris pandrosa, Hiibn. Verz. bek. Schmett. p. 273. 
Peosina pandrosa, Guén. Sp. gén. des Lép. vii. p. 184°; Walk. Cat. xiv. p. 1246°; Herr.-Schaff. 
Corr.-Blatt zool.-min. Ver. Regensb. 1868, p. 192 (sep. copy, p. 80) *; Méschl. Verh. zool.- | 
bot. Ges. Wien, 1880, p. 419°; Beitr. zur Schmett.-Fauna von Surinam, iii. p. 41 °. 
Hab. Costa Rica (Van Patten); Panama, Chiriqui (f7bde).—Gotana 2, Surinam 1356 ; 
Brazit (?)?; Amazons, Para; Trinipap; ANTILLES, Cuba 4, 
Of this species we have as yet only received two specimens, both males, from within 
the limits of our fauna. 
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