24 HETEROCERA. 
1. Ira bendiata. 
Oxydia bendiata, Guen. Sp. gén. des Lép. ix. p. 54, Phalén. t. 4. f 4°; Walk. Cat. xx. p. 50 *, 
Hab. Guatemata, Las Mercedes 3000 feet (Champion); Panama, Chiriqui (fibbe, in 
mus. Staudinger), Volcan de Chiriqui 2000 to 3000 feet (Champion).— Ecuapor ; 
Braziu ! 2, Rio Janeiro. . 
Guenée’s figure of this insect is a very poor one: specimens from Rio Janeiro in my 
own collection agree best with it, but I am unable to separate them from the darker 
ones before me from Central America. J. bendiata varies very considerably in size and 
colour, and also in the distinctness of the markings. We have received a large series 
of the species; the females are always larger, and generally of a darker brown colour, 
than the males. 
2. Ira vinosata. 
Oxydia vinosata, Guen. Sp. gén. des Lép. ix. p. 55 1, Walk. Cat. xx. p. 50°. 
Hab. Panama, Chiriqui (Ribbe, in mus. Staudinger ).—Brazin 12; PERU. 
A female example of this species from Chiriqui is contained in Dr. Staudinger’s 
collection. 
HERBITA. 
Herbita, Walker, Cat. xx. p. 212 (1860). 
The single species included in this genus by Walker is from Venezuela; two others 
are now added to it from within the limits of our fauna. Herbita is allied to Ira, from 
which it may be at once distinguished by the pectinated antenne.of the males. 
1. Herbita artayctes, sp.n. (Tab. XLIII. figg. 5,3; 6,2.) 
Male. Primaries and secondaries brownish-fawn-colour ; the primaries irrorated near the base, along the inner 
margin, and on the outer margin with greyish-white scales, and with a greyish-white spot on the costal 
margin near the apex, two faint darker brown bands crossing from the costal to the inner margin, a 
narrow, rather indistinct waved brown line extending from the apex to the anal angle, and a small black 
dot at the end of the cell; the secondaries very slightly irrorated with minute black scales, and with a 
submarginal row of very minute white spots and a black spot at the end of the cell; the fringe brownish- 
fawn-colour; the underside considerably paler and greyer in colour, and very slightly irrorated with black 
scales: head, thorax, abdomen, antenne, and legs brownish-fawn-colour. The female paler in colour 
than the male, and with all the markings blacker. Expanse, ¢ 2, 2 inches. 
Hab. Mexico, Jalapa, Coatepec, Paso de San Juan (coll. Schaus). 
The only specimens I have seen of this insect are those captured by Mr. Schaus, from 
a pair of which our figures are taken. | — 
9. Herbita medama, sp. n. (Tab. XLIII. figg. 7,3; 8, 2.) 
Male. Primaries pale fawn-colour, crossed from the costal margin near the apex to about the middle of the 
inner margin by a fine blackish line, which is edged on the outer side with greyish-white, and with two 
waved darker brown bands crossing from the costal to the inner margin—the first about the middle of the 
cell, the second beyond it,—and a very minute black dot at the end of the cell, the outer margin broadly 
