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. One example, a female, from Honduras, almost identical with Walker’s type, which 
is now in my own collection. We figure Dr. Staudinger’s specimen. : 
2. Ergavia calvina, sp.n. (Tab. XLVIII. figg. 21, 3; 22,.9.) 
Male. Primaries and secondaries pale greyish-brown, irrorated with darker brown scales ; the primaries 
crossed beyond the middle by a very faint waved narrow black line, and with three black spots crossing 
near the apex, the marginal line black, the fringe pale brown ; the secondaries crossed from the apex to 
the inner margin by a narrow waved black line, the marginal line black edged with white on the inner 
side ; the underside pale brown, with a pinkish shade in some lights, a small black spot at the end of the 
cell on both wings: head, thorax, and abdomen pale greyish-brown, the antenne darker brown, the legs 
pale brown.—Female. Primaries and secondaries pale greyish-brown, shaded with greenish-grey and mottled 
with pale brown; the primaries crossed from the costal to the inner margin by two narrow black lines— 
the first near the base, the second considerably beyond the middle,—and between these lines thickly shaded 
with pale pinkish-brown scales, a fine submarginal waved white line extending from the apex to the anal 
angle and a large tuft of raised greyish-brown scales at the end of the cell, the fringe greyish-brown ; 
the secondaries ‘crossed beyond the middle from the costal to the inner margin by a waved very distinct 
black line, the wing on the inner side of this line’ broadly banded with dark brown, the inner margin 
irrorated with black scales, a narrow submarginal waved white line extending from the apex to the anal 
angle, the marginal line black, edged with white, a large tuft of greyish-brown scales at the end of the 
cell, the fringe greyish-brown ; the underside pale pinkish-brown, greyish near the base, both wings 
crossed beyond the middle by a waved brown line, and with several indistinct brown spots on the outer 
margin and a brown streak at the end of the cell: head and thorax greyish-brown; the abdomen above 
pale brown, banded with grey, beneath greyish ; the legs greyish, the antenne brown. Expanse, ¢ 13, 
Q 2,2, inches. 
Hab. MeExico, Paso de San Juan in Vera Cruz (coll. Schaus). 
One pair. Allied to £. bogotaria, Walk. — 
3. Ergavia caletra, sp.n. (Tab. XLVIII. fig. 23, 3.) 
Male. Primaries and secondaries dark grey, crossed from the costal to the inner margin by indistinct waved 
darker grey lines; the primaries with a black spot at the end of the cell and a submarginal row of black 
dots extending from the costal margin to the anal angle, the marginal line black with white points, the 
fringe grey; the secondaries with a tuft of greyish-black scales at the end of the cell, the marginal line 
black, edged on the inner side with white, the fringe dark grey ; the underside paler than above: head, 
thorax, abdomen, and legs dark grey ; the abdomen with a row of black spots down the middle, one on 
each segment; antenne greyish-brown. Expanse 14 inch, 
Hab. Muxico, Paso de San Juan in Vera Cruz (coll. Schaus). 
One specimen. Allied to £. calvina, but differing from it in colour and markings. 
4. Ergavia assecoma, sp.n. (Tab. XLVIII. figg. 24, 3; 25, 2.) 
Male. Primaries and secondaries reddish-fawn-colour, crossed from the costal to the inner margin by fine, 
indistinct, slightly darker lines: the primaries with the marginal line black and the fringe reddish-fawn- 
colour ; the secondaries with a distinct submarginal dark brown waved line extending from the costal to 
the inner margin, the marginal line black, edged with white on the inner side, a tuft of blackish scales 
at the end of the cell; the underside paler than above: head, thorax, abdomen, and legs reddish-fawn- 
colour, the antennee brown.— Female. Primaries and secondaries pale fawn-colour, with the lines dusky 
and very indistinct, a tuft of bldckish scales at the end of the cell on both wings ; the underside palur 
than above and with the lines even more indistinct: head, thorax, and abdomen pale fawn-colour, the 
_ antennee and legs slightly darker. _. Expanse, d 2, 1,/5 inch.. oo 
