NICETAS.-—STRATHOCLES. 451 
long, and slender, the spurs elongate. The female similar to the male, but with the antenne simple, and 
the palpi long, the third joint of the latter very fine and pointed (as in the same sex of Mamerthes niqri- 
linea). Expanse, g 13, 9 1 inch. 
Hab. Costa Rica, Volcan de Irazu 6000 to 7000 feet (Rogers); Panama, Chiriqui 
(Ribbe, in mus. Staudinger), Volcan de Chiriqui 3000 to 4000 feet (Champion). 
Our descriptions and figures are taken from Dr. Staudinger’s specimens. We have 
only received female examples, one from each locality. 
2, Nicetas annon, sp.n. (Tab. XXXVII. figg. 5,5a, 3.) 
Male. Primaries dull brown with a purplish tinge, crossed by two waved black lines—the first near the base, 
the second beyond the middle,—and with an elongate black mark in the cell; secondaries dull brown, 
paler at the base and along the costal margin, an indistinct brown line crossing the wing from about the 
middle of the costal margin to the inner margin just above the anal angle; the underside pale greyish- 
brown, both wings crossed beyond the middle from the costal to the inner margin by a dark brown line, 
and with a dark brown spot at the end of the cell, the spot on the primaries very faint: head, thorax, 
and abdomen dull brown; the antenne brown, deeply pectinated; the palpi very long, curving back- 
wards nearly to the middle of the abdomen, the outer side yellowish-brown, the inner side clothed with 
long yellowish-white hairs. Expanse 1? inch. 
Hab. Mexico, Jalapa (coll. Schaus). 
Allied to WV. panamensis, from the same sex of which it may be distinguished by its 
much duller colour, and by the markings on the primaries being fewer in number; 
there is only one line crossing the wings on the underside (instead of two, as in 
N. panamensis), and the antenne and palpi are longer. One specimen only. 
3. Nicetas lycon, sp.n. (Tab. XX XVII. figg. 6, 6 a, 3.) 
Male. Primaries pale greyish-brown, erossed from the costal to the inner margin by two very fine waved 
black lines, and with a large black spot at the end of the cell, from which a narrow curved brown line 
extends to the inner margin, a small round black spot near the base of the cell, and a submarginal row 
of very indistinct minute pale yellowish-brown points extending from the apex to the inner margin ; 
secondaries dull brown, paler from the inner margin to about the middle, crossed from the costal margin 
to the anal angle by a waved black line, and with a submarginal band of pale yellowish-brown points as 
on the primaries ; the marginal line of both wings black, the fringes brown; the underside uniform pale 
greyish-brown, both wings crossed beyond the middle by two dark brown waved lines, and each with a 
black spot at the end of the cell: head, thorax, and abdomen dark brown; the antenne and legs brown ; 
the palpi long and broad, and with a large tuft of creamy-white hairs on the inner side. The female 
very similar to the male, but very much smaller. Expanse, ¢ 13, 9 13 inch. 
Hab. Panama, Chiriqui (ibbe, in mus. Staudinger). 
The only specimens we have seen of this insect were communicated to us by 
Dr. Staudinger. It is allied to the two preceding species, but is altogether smaller 
and very differently marked. 
SFRATHOCLES, gen. nov. 
Male. Head small, the eyes prominent ; the thorax rather broad; the tegule long; the abdomen slender, not 
extending beyond the wings. Antenne not pectinated, about half the length of the primaries. Palpi 
large; the first joint small; the second and third joints long, thickly covered with fine hairs, the third 
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