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colour, and with all the bands very indistinct: head, thorax, abdomen, palpi, antennw, and legs pale 
yellowish-brown, the collar and base of the tegule dark brown. Expanse 1,4, inch. 
Hab. Guatemata, San Gerénimo (Champion). 
One specimen. 
PLYNTERIA, gen. nov. 
Male. Head small, the eyes very prominent; the thorax rather broad; the abdomen slender, not extending 
beyond the wings, the anal tuft small. Palpi long and slender; the first joint small, the second long, 
the third joint almost as long as the second, very slender and pointed. Antenne slender, about half the 
length of the primaries, very slightly pectinated. Legs long, slender, and with the tibial spurs very 
elongate. The primaries rather short ; the costal margin quite straight from the base to the apex; the 
inner margin straight ; the outer margin very slightly rounded. The secondaries short, rather broad, 
and very much rounded from the apex to the anal angle; the costal and inner margins almost straight. 
The female very similar to the male; but with the thorax and abdomen stouter, the latter considerably 
shorter, and the antenne simple. 
Type Plynteria marginata. 
1. Plynteria marginata, sp.n. (Tab. XLI. figg. 5, 5a, 3; 6,9.) 
Male. Primaries dull brown, the costal margin from the base to the apex broadly streaked with white, and 
crossed from the costal to the inner margin by two indistinct rows of very minute white dots, a small 
white dot at the end of the cell, the marginal line dark brown, the fringe paler brown; secondaries dull 
brown, and crossed by two lines of minute white dots, the marginal line dark brown, the fringe paler 
brown ; the underside uniform pale brown, without markings of any kind: head, front of the thorax, 
and abdomen pale brown, the thorax crossed about the middle by a wide white streak, the anal tuft, the 
antenne, palpi, and legs pale brown. The female very similar to the male, but of a darker and redder 
brown colour, and with the small white dots on the wings much more distinct. Expanse, ¢ 2, 1 inch. 
Hab. PanaMa, Chiriqui (Ribde, in mus. Staudinger), Bugaba 800 to 1500 feet 
(Champion). 
Our description and figures are taken from Dr. Staudinger’s specimens; the only 
example captured by Mr. Champion is a female. 
2. Plynteria lineata, sp.n. (Tab. XLI. figg. 7, 7a, 3.) 
Male, Primaries and secondaries pale fawn-colour, the costal margin of the former broadly streaked with 
pinkish-white ; both wings crossed from the costal to the inner margin by two narrow pinkish-white 
lines edged on the inner side with dark brown, and with a submarginal row of minute pale dots with 
dark brown points extending from the costal to the inner margin, the marginal line of each wing dark 
brown with black points ; the fringe dark fawn-colour ; the underside pale brown, that of the secondaries 
paler than the primaries and crossed in the middle by a darker brown line, both wings with a submarginal 
row of dots as above: head and collar dark reddish-brown ; the thorax, abdomen, and legs fawn-colour, 
the front of the thorax streaked with pinkish-white ; the antenne brown; the palpi dark brown, the 
apex of the second joint annulated with white, the tip of the third joint also white. The female 
similar to the male but larger. Expanse, ¢1, 912 inch. 
Hab. Panama, Chiriqui (Ribde, in mus. Staudinger). 
Both sexes of this distinct species are contained in Dr. Staudinger’s collection. 
BIOL. CENTR.-AMER., Heter., Vol. I., May 1891. 399 
