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Schaus), Atoyac in Vera Cruz, Teapa in Tabasco (ZH. H. Smith); Panama (Ribbe, in 
mus. Staudinger).—Braziu } 2, 
Mr. Herbert Smith captured a good series of specimens of this species in Eastern 
Mexico, during the months of March, April, and May 1888. 
4. Apicia medusa, sp.n. (Tab. XLIV. fig. 20, 2 .) 
Female. Primaries and secondaries pale citron-yellow, thickly irrorated with small brown spots, the primaries 
crossed from the apex to the inner margin by a narrow faint brown line (which is more distinct in 
some specimens than in others) and with the outer margin slightly shaded with brown, the fringe pale 
yellow ; the underside very much as above: head, thorax, antenne, legs, and abdomen yellow shaded 
with pale brown. Expanse 17 inch. 
Hab. Honpuras, Ruatan Island (Gaumer). 
Three specimens, all females. 
5. Apicia atilla, sp.n. (Tab. XLIV. fig. 21, ¢.) 
Male. Primaries dark brown, crossed from the apex to the inner margin by a rather wide cream-coloured line, 
which is edged on the inner side with reddish-brown, and with a <-shaped line close to the base extending 
from the costal to the inner margin, the fringe dark brown ; secondaries paler brown, almost cream- 
colour on the costal margin, with a cream-coloured line partly crossing from the inner margin about the 
middle but not reaching the costal margin, the fringe silky-brown ; the underside pale brown with a 
yellowish tinge, thickly irrorated with brown scales, the outer margins bordered with darker brown: 
head, thorax, abdomen, antenna, and legs brown. Expanse 1,2, inch. 
Hab. Mexico, Amula in Guerrero 6000 feet (H. H. Smith). 
One specimen. 
6. Apicia mesada, sp. n. (Tab. XLIV. fig. 22, ¢ .) 
Male. Primaries and secondaries very pale brownish-white, irrorated with minute brown scales, both wings 
crossed by a narrow brown line, that on the primaries extending from the apex to the inner margin, the 
primaries with four black spots on the outer side of the line close to the apex, and a black dot at the end 
of the cell, from which a very faint brown line crosses the wing to the inner margin, the fringe brown; 
the underside coloured as above, but with the lines very indistinct : head, thorax, abdomen, and legs 
pale brownish-white, the antenne brown. Expanse 1 inch. 
Hab. Mexico, Paso de San Juan in Vera Cruz (coll. Schaus). 
One specimen. 
7. Apicia melenda, sp.n. (Tab. XLIV. figg. 23, ¢; 24, 2.) 
Male. Primaries creamy-white, irrorated with brown scales, the base and outer margin broadly bordered with 
dark brown, a narrow brown line crossing the wing from the costal to the inner margin: secondaries 
creamy-white to beyond’ the middle, thickly mottled with pale brown, a narrow brown line crossing 
beyond the middle from the costal to the inner margin, the outer margin broadly bordered with brown ; 
the underside very much as above, but considerably paler in colour: head, thorax, abdomen, antenne, 
and legs pale brown. The female differs from the male in not having dark margins to the wings, which 
are thickly irrorated all over with very fine brown lines and scales; the underside i is coloured nearly as 
above. Expanse, ¢ 15%, 9 14 inch. 
. Hab. Mexico, Jalisco (Schumann), Dos Arroyos in Guerrero 1000 feet, Atoyac in 
‘Vera Craz, Teapa in Tabasco (H. H. Smith), Coatepec (Brooks), Paso de San 
