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EPHYRODES. 
Ephyrodes, Guénée, Sp. gén. des Lép. vii. p. 365 (1852) ; Walker, Cat. xv. p. 1587, and xxuiii. p. 1070. 
Walker included eleven species in this genus, nine from Tropical South America or 
the Antilles and two from Ceylon, several of them being of very doubtful value. Five 
species are known to us from Central America. 
1. Ephyrodes cacata. 
Ephyrodes cacata, Guén. Sp. gén. des Lép. vii. p. 366, Noct. t. 24. f.7(¢)'; Walk. Cat. xv. p. 1587’. 
Hab. Costa Rica (Gabd, mus. D.); Panama, Chiriqui (Arcé, in mus. D.).—Cotomstia !?; 
VENEZUELA? ; ANTILLES, Cuba !2, San Domingo ?. 
This species varies very much in colour, many specimens being much darker than 
Guénée’s figure. Apparently a common insect in Tropical America. 
2. Ephyrodes implens. _ 
Ephyrodes implens, Walk. Cat. xv. p. 1588’. 
Ephyrodes jurgiosa, Walk. loc. cit. p. 1590?. 
Hab. GuateMaua, Las Mercedes 3000 feet, Zapote, Capetillo (Champion); Panama, 
Volcan de Chiriqui 8000 feet (Champion), Chiriqui (Ribbe).— VENEZUELA? ; ANTILLES, 
San Domingo 1. 
Also a variable species in size and colour. Examples communicated to me by 
Dr. Staudinger were labelled Thermesia nobilis. 
8. Ephyrodes similis, sp.n. (Tab. X XXIII. fig. 17.) 
Primaries and secondaries reddish-fawn-colour, the former with a dark blackish-brown spot at the end of the 
cell ; both wings crossed beyond the middle by a white line edged on the inner side with dark brown, and 
with a submarginal row of minute white spots; the underside pale fawn-colour, thickly irrorated with 
black scales: head, thorax, and abdomen pale fawn-colour, the antenne and palpi pale brown, the legs 
fawn-colour. The female similar to the male, but a little more dusky in colour. Expanse 1? inch. 
Hab. Panama, Chiriqui (Arcé, in mus. D.; Ribbe, in mus. Staudinger). 
Some specimens of this insect are very much paler than others. 
4, Ephyrodes lena, sp.n. (Tab. XXXIII. fig. 18, ¢.) 
Primaries and secondaries pale pinkish-brown, darkest at the base, the primaries crossed from the costal to the 
inner margin by two waved very narrow brown lines; both wings with a dark brown line crossing beyond 
the middle, a submarginal row of minute brown dots "extending from the apex to the anal angle, and the 
outer margin edged with dark brown, the secondaries with two minute brown spots in the cell: head, 
thorax, abdomen, and legs pale pinkish-brown, the antenne and palpi brown. Expanse 1,5 inch. 
_ Hab. Mzxico, Rio Papagaio in Guerrero 1200 feet (H. H. Smith); Panama, Chiriqui 
(Ribbe, in mus. Staudinger). | 
One example from each locality, both males. The Mexican specimen agrees with 
the one from Chiriqui in Dr. Staudinger’s collection, but is considerably brighter in 
colour ; our figure is taken from the former. | 
BIOL. CENTR.-AMER., Heter., Vol. I., May 1890. 3 ff 
