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HETEROCERA. 
3, Pheochlena cytheris, sp.n. (Tab. XLI. fig. 11, 2.) 
Female. Primaries deep black, the veins close to the pase pale cream-colour, a large oval cream-coloured spot 
about the middle and a very small similarly-coloured spot close to the apex; secondaries creamy-white, 
broadly bordered with black: head and thorax black; abdomen brownish-black above; dusky white 
beneath; antennee black ; palpi and tegule bright orange ; legs black above, white beneath. Expanse 
1} inch. 
Hab. Mexico, Orizaba (H. J. Elwes), Cuesta de Misantla (If. Trujillo) ; Costa Rica, 
Caché (Rogers). 
P. cytheris is quite distinct from any described species; it comes nearest P. cingu- 
lina from Ecuador. The Costa-Rican specimen is figured. 
SIMENA. 
Simena, Walker, Cat. vii. p. 1728 (1856). 
Cosmetodes, Guenée, Sp. gen. des Lép. x. p. 225 (1857). 
Simena and Cosmetodes were founded by their authors upon the same species, the 
types of each being from Mexico. The antenne of the males are very deeply 
pectinated, those of the females simple, the two sexes otherwise closely resembling 
- each other. 
1. Simena luctifera. (Tab. XLI. fig. 12, ¢ .) 
Simena luctifera, Walk. Cat. vii. p. 1728 (d)’. 
Cosmetodes joaria, Guen. Sp. gén. des Lép. x. p. 225 ($9)? 
Melandia equinoctialis, Boisd. Lép. Guat. p. 77°. 
Hab. Mexico ! 2, Cordova (Hoge, Riimelt), Jalapa, Coatepec (coll. Schaus), Cuesta 
de Misantla (MZ. Trujillo), Atoyac in Vera Cruz (H. H. Smith); GuateMaa*, in the 
city (Rodriquez), Cubilguitz, Senahu, and Panima in Vera Paz (Champion) ; HonpuRas ® 
(Schenck, mus, Staudinger); Costa Rica (Van Patten, mus. D.), Volcan de Irazu, 
Caché (Rogers) ; Panama, Chiriqui (Arcé, mus. D.), Volcan de Chiriqui 2000 to 3000 
feet (Champion). 
We are indebted to Mons. C. Oberthiir for kindly lending us the type of Melandia 
equinoctialis, Boisd. ; it does not differ from Walker’s species. In Guatemala and 
Costa Rica this is a common insect, but in the State of Panama it appears to be very 
rare, Mr. Champion only having met with one example; from Mexico we have only a 
few specimens. A Mexican example is figured. 
Fam. URANIIDE. 
The characters of this family are fully described by Prof. Westwood in his ‘“ Obser- 
vations on the Uraniide,” Trans. Zool. Soc. x. pp. 507-521 (1879). 
