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3. Byssodes miletia, sp.n. (Tab. L. fig. 27, ¢.) 
Male. Primaries and secondaries dove-colour ; the primaries with a small or indistinct white spot at the base, 
and crossed from the costal to the inner margin by two white bands—the first narrow and towards the base, 
the second very wide and slightly beyond the middle,—the fringe greyish-white ; the secondaries partly 
crossed from the costal margin to near the anal angle by a wide white band, which becomes narrower 
behind, the anal angle clouded with orange-yellow, the outer margin partly white and with two black 
spots near the anal angle; the underside with the bands as above, but less distinctly marked, and the 
orange-yellow on the secondaries wanting: head, thorax, abdomen, legs, and antenne pale dove-colour. 
The female very similar to the male, but with the white bands slightly wider; the secondaries with a 
narrow submarginal metallic line extending from the anal angle almost to the apex, and the outer 
margin from the apex to the anal angle pale yellow; the underside whiter. Expanse, ¢ 13, 9 13 
inch. 
Hab. Mexico, Jalapa (f. D. G.), Coatepec (coll. Schaus), Cuesta de Misantla 
(M. Trujillo); Guatemaua, San Gerdénimo (Champion); Panama, Chiriqui (Ribbe, in 
mus. Staudinger). | 
The five specimens of this species before me, one female and four males, do not show 
any variation, except the slight difference between the sexes. Our description and 
figure of the male are taken from the example captured by Mr. Godman at Jalapa. 
4. Byssodes saturniaria. 
Urapteryz saturniaria, Herr.-Schaff. Samml. aussereur. Schmett. pp. 63, 83, fig. 414°; Guen. Sp. 
gén. des Lép. ix. p. 337; Walk. Cat. xx. p. 9°; Snell. Tijdschr. voor Ent. xvii. p. 11+. 
Hab. Panama, Chiriqui (Trétsch, in mus. Staudinger), Volcan de Chiriqui 3000 to 
4000 feet (Champion).—CoLoMBIaA 4; VENEZUELA 1}? 8, 
The two specimens received from our region are both females, agreeing well with 
the male figured by Herrich-Schaffer. 
5. Byssodes nevia, sp.n. (Tab. L. fig. 26, 3.) 
Male. Primaries and secondaries white; the primaries crossed from the costal to the inner margin by five 
yellowish-fawn-coloured lines, the first four being streaked with metallic silvery scales (more distinctly 
so in some specimens than in others), the marginal line and fringe pale fawn-colour; the secondaries 
crossed beyond the middle by a single fawn-coloured line, the veins near the inner margin shaded with 
yellowish-fawn-cclour, the anal angle broadly clouded with yellow and with two oblique metallic golden 
streaks extending inwards, two small greyish-black spots at the angle of the outer margin, the fringe 
yellowish ; the underside pure white: head, thorax, abdomen, and legs white, the antenne pale brown. 
The female very similar to the male. Expanse, 5 9, 1? inch. 
Hab. Mexico, Cordova (Riimeli), Jalapa (M. Trujillo), Coatepec (coll. Schaus) ; 
GuaTEMALA, Coban (Champion); Panama, Chiriqui (Zrétsch, in mus. Staudinger), 
Volcan de Chiriqui 2000 to 3000 feet (Champion). 
This species is allied to Urapteryx quadrifilata, Feld. & Rogenh., = Micronia 
metargyria, Walk. (Journ. Linn. Soc., Zool. ix. p. 198). We have received a very 
large series of specimens of B. nevia from Chiriqui, which do not show any variation. 
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