CAPNODES. ALT 
16. Capnodes melanea, 
Phalena Geometra melanea, Cram. Pap. Exot. iv. p. 130, t. 357. f. E ; Walk. Cat. xv. p. 1603'. 
Capnodes melanea, Méschl. Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien, 1880, p- 453°; Beitr. zur Schmett.-Fauna 
von Surinam, iii. p. 75 * (uec Guénée). 
Hab. Panama, Chiriqui (Ribde, in mus. Staudinger).—Gutana, Paramaribo 22; Braziu}. 
Dr. Staudinger’s specimen from Chiriqui is very like Cramer's figure above quoted ; 
it has, however, all the spots rather larger, but 1 have no doubt that it belongs to the 
same species. 
17. Capnodes inconspicua. 
Capnodes inconspicua, Herr.-Schiff. Corr.-Blatt zool.-min. Ver. Regensb. 1868 (sep. copy, p. 33)". 
Hab. Panama, Chiriqui (Ridde, in mus. Staudinger).— ANTILLES, Cuba}. 
This species is included in our fauna upon the authority of Dr. Staudinger, who has 
sent us his Chiriqui specimen labelled as above. 
18. Capnodes alceste, sp.n. (Tab. XXXIII. fig. 24.) 
Primaries and secondaries dark cream-colour, thickly irrorated with reddish-brown scales, the primaries with 
a dark brown band crossing from the costal to the inner margin close to the base and a dark brown mark 
on the costal margin close to the apex, the outer margin of both wings pale reddish-brown; the under- 
side pale cream-colour, almost without any brown scales: head and thorax cream-colour, thickly speckled 
with brownish-black scales, the abdomen cream-colour, the antenne and palpi pale brown, the legs 
cream-colour. LExpanse 1,), inch. 
Hab. Panama, Chiriqui (Ribde, in mus. Staudinger). 
A very distinct little insect, not allied to any other species of Capnodes known to us. 
19. Capnodes alcinoe, sp.n. (Tab. XX XIII. fig. 25.) 
Primaries dark brown, the outer margins streaked with grey lines, a wide dusky-fawn-coloured band crossing 
the wing about the middle from the costal to the inner margin; secondaries from the base to beyond the 
middle dusky-fawn-colour, the outer half dark brown, crossed by very fine greyish waved lines; the 
marginal line of both wings dotted with black; the fringe pale brown; the underside pale brown, both 
wings crossed by dark brown lines: head, thorax, and abdomen reddish-brown, the antenne and legs 
brown. Expanse 1 inch. 
Hab. Panama, Chiriqui (Ribbe, in mus. Staudinger). 
We have only seen one specimen of this pretty little Capnodes ; it is quite unlike any 
other Central-American member of the genus. : 
20. Capnodes lappa, sp.n. (Tab. XX XIII. fig. 26.) 
Primaries and secondaries dark fawn-colour, thickly mottled with darker brown ; the primaries with a row of 
minute black spots crossing from the costal to the inner margin, two large black spots on the costal 
margin (the first close to the base, the second the largest and near the apex), and a black spot close to the 
base on the inner margin ; the secondaries crossed about the middle by a row of small black dots, below 
which are two rows of indistinct brown lines ; the underside paler than above and crossed by faint brown 
lines: head, thorax, and abdomen dark fawn-colour, the base of the thorax blackish, the abdomen paler 
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