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FALCINODES.—PYRINIA. 
8. Falcinodes glauca. 
Halesa glauca, Butler, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1881, p. 319°. 
Hab. Mexico, Coatepec (coll. Schaus).—Ecuapor ; AMAZONS!; PERU. 
PYRINIA. 
Pyrinia, Hiibner, Verz. bek. Schmett.'p. 294 (1816) ; Walker, Cat. xx. p. 82. 
Crocopteryx, Guenée, Sp. gén. des Lép. ix. p. 72 (1857). . 
Fourteen species were included in this genus by Guenée, and others have since been | 
added by Walker and Felder. Pyrinia is chiefly confined to Tropical America. 
1. Pyrinia optivata. 
Crocopteryx optivata, Guen. Sp. gén. des Lép. ix. p. 72 (?)’. 
Pyrinia optivata, Walk. Cat. xx. p. 84°; Butl. Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1881, p. 318°. 
Melinodes (?) amphisaria, Walk. Cat. xx. p. 113 (¢) *. 
Hab. Panama, Bugaba 1000 feet, Volcan de Chiriqui 3000 feet (Champion).— 
Amazons °, Ega*; Brazin}?. 
Two males from Chiriqui, almost identical with a specimen, which I believe is 
Guenée’s type, in the National Collection. 
2. Pyrinia helvaria. 
Acroleuca helvaria, Herr.-Schiff. Samml. aussereur. Schmett. pp. 63, 80, fig. 201°. 
Crocopteryx helvaria, Guen. Sp. gén. des Lép. ix. p. 75’. 
Pyrinia helvaria, Walk. Cat. xx. p. 86°. 
Hab. Panama, Chiriqui (Zrétsch, in mus. Staudinger).—Guiana, Surinam ! 73; 
ECUADOR. 
A female specimen from Chiriqui in Dr. Staudinger’s collection merely differs from 
Herrich-Schaffer’s figure in having the outer margins of the primaries paler. 
3. Pyrinia sterrhata. 
Crocopteryx sterrhata, Guen. Sp. gén. des Lép. ix. p. 75 (3 )’. 
Pyrinia sterrhata, Walk. Cat. xx. p. 86’. 
Pyrinia incensata, Walk. Cat. xxvi. p. 1492”. 
Hab. Panama, Chiriqui (Trétsch, in mus. Staudinger; Ribbe), Bugaba 800 to 1500 
feet (Champion).— Amazons, Paré?; Braziu 12. 
A small species, of which we have only received females. 
4. Pyrinia arxata, sp.n. (Tab. XLIV. figg. 6, 7, ¢.) 
Male. Primaries and secondaries dark orange-brown; the primaries crossed near the base from the costal to 
the inner margin by a fine dark >-shaped brown line, beyond which a dark brown line extends from the 
apex to about the middle of the inner margin ; the secondaries crossed from the costal to the inner margin 
by two dark brown lines—the first about the middle, the second submarginal ; underside pale yellowish- 
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