THERMESIA.—PANGRAPTA. 401 
a large series before me I cannot separate any as distinct. In some cases the sexes are 
very different. The variation is confined to the upperside only; on the underside all 
the specimens are alike. Walker}? gives ‘“‘ Limas” as the locality for H. anisospitla. 
Mr. Smith’s Guerrero examples were captured in the months of September and 
October, and the Teapa ones in February and March. 
2. Thermesia dares. 
Phalena Noctua dares, Cram. Pap. Exot. iv. p. 42, t. 310. f. G@'; Walk. Cat. xv. p. 15677. 
Hab. Guatemaa, Volcan de Atitlan 2500 to 3500 feet (Champion); Panama, Chiriqui 
(ibbe).— Guiana, Surinam 1 2. 
Our specimens agree fairly well with Cramer’s figure, except that they have the 
brown patch at the apex of the primaries not quite so distinct. 
3. Thermesia costalis. 
Thermesia costalis, Walk. Cat. xv. p. 1570. 
Hab. Mexico, Teapa in Tabasco (H. H. Smith); Guatmmaua, El Reposo 800 feet 
(Champion) ; Panama, Chiriqui (Ribble; Arcé, mus. D.), Volcan de Chiriqui 2000 to 
3000 feet (Champion).—VENEZUELA !. 
This common Central-American insect varies in colour on the upperside from quite 
dark brown to pale yellowish-brown. Mr. Smith captured a good series of specimens, 
between the months of January and April, 1888. 
4. Thermesia lenis. 
Thermesia lenis, Walk. Cat. xv. p. 1572". 
Hab. Panama, Chiriqui (2ibde, in mus. Staudinger).—Amazons, Para}. 
The specimen from Chiriqui in Dr. Staudinger’s collection agrees perfectly with 
Walker’s type in the Oxford Museum. 
5. Thermesia (?) glaucescens. 
Thermesia glaucescens, Walk. Cat. xv. p. 1571”. 
Hab. GuateMaa, Coatepeque 13800 feet, San Isidro 1600 feet, Cerro Zunil 4000 to 
5000 feet, Volcan de Atitlan 2500 feet, Zapote (Champion).—Amazons, Para}. 
Our Guatemalan specimens do not differ from Walker’s type; the species will 
probably have to be separated from the genus Thermesia. 
PANGRAPTA. 
Pangrapta, Hiibner, Verz. bek. Schmett. p. 343 (1816) ; Butler, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1879, p. 68. 
Chabora, Walker, Cat. xxxii. p. 1114. . 
Azeta, Guénée, Sp. gén. des Lép. vii. p. 358 (pars). 
The known species of this genus are all from the American continent or the Antilles. 
BIOL. CENTR.-AMER., Heter., Vol. I., May 1890. 3 €@ 
