BLEPTINA.—ARISTARIA. 457 
near the base from the costal to the inner margin, and a faint submarginal line extending from near the 
apex to the anal angle, the marginal line black, the fringe pale fawn-colour; the secondaries more dusky 
in colour, especially near the apex, crossed by two indistinct pale lines which are edged with darker brown 
on the outer side; the underside very similar to the upperside in colour, but without the dark marking on 
the primaries: head, thorax, abdomen, palpi, antennee, and legs fawn-colour, the head and palpi a little 
darker than the other parts. Expanse 13 inch. 
Hab. Panama, Chiriqui (Ribdde, in mus. Staudinger). 
One female specimen. 
10. Bleptina (?) lyceus, sp. n. (Tab. XXXVII. fig. 19, 2.) 
Female. Primaries and secondaries brownish-fawn-colour, the primaries darker along the costal margin, both 
wings crossed beyond the middle by a rather wide dark brown line, which is edged on either side with a 
narrow waved whitish line, and with the marginal line black and the fringe fawn-colour; the underside 
much more dusky in colour than the upperside, and almost without markings: head, thorax, palpi, and 
antenne brownish-fawn-colour, the abdomen and legs dull brown. Expanse 1,4, inch. 
Hab. Panama, Chiriqui (Ribbe, in mus. Staudinger). 
. CRYMONA. 
Crymona, Walker, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. ser. 3, 1. p. 117 (1862). 
Walker founded this genus upon a male example of a Brazilian species, C. receptalis, 
Walk., the type being now in the Oxford Museum. Herminia rhetusalis, Walk., seems 
best placed here. 
1. Crymona rhetusalis. 
Herminia rhetusalis, Walk. Cat. xvi. p. 110 (¢)’. 
Hab. Mexico, Amula in Guerrero 6000 feet, Atoyac in Vera Cruz, Teapa in Tabasco 
(H. H. Smith), Cuesta de Misantla (M. Trujillo); Guatumata, in the city (Rodriguez), 
San Isidro 1600 feet, Cerro Zunil 4000 feet, Zapote (Champion); Panama, Chiriqui 
(Ribbe, in mus. Staudinger), Volcan de Chiriqui 2000 to 4000 feet (Champion).—VENE- 
ZUELA!; AMAZONS, Egat. 
In our region this is a very common insect. It is extremely variable, both in 
size and colour: some specimens are dark brown, others quite pale fawn-colour. 
Mr. Herbert Smith captured his specimens between the months of February and May, 
and again in August 1888. Examples from the Volcan de Chiriqui are larger than 
those from more northern localities. 
ARISTARIA. 
Aristaria, Guenée, Sp. gén. des Lép. viii. p. 70 (1854) ; Walker, Cat. xvi. p. 129. 
This genus was defined by Guenée from the male of a Brazilian insect, the type of 
which I have not seen. One species from Central America agrees fairly well, however, 
with the characters given by the author, and I venture to include it in his genus; 
BIOL. CENTR.-AMER., Heter., Vol. I., May 1891. 3mm 
