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includes it amongst the Pyralide, in his section Homalochroide, placing it at the 
beginning of that family. Mapeta is represented in Central America by three species. 
1. Mapeta xanthomelas. 
Mapeta xanthomelas, Walk. Cat. xxvii. p. 177%, and xxxv. p. 1701’; Ragon. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 
1891, p. 646 (260)°. 
Homailochroa estivalis, Lederer, Wien. ent. Monats. vii. p. 383, t. 6. fig. 3°. 
Pyralopsis divisa, Boisd. Lép. Guat. p. 94 (1870) ’. 
Hab. Muxtco, Orizaba (H. J. Elwes; Boucard, in mus. D.), Coatepec (coll. Schaus) 3 
Guatema.a, in the city (Rodriguez), San Gerénimo and Sabo in Vera Paz (Champion) ; 
Costa Rica (Van Patten, in mus. D.), Candelaria Mts. (Underwood); Panama, Chiriqui 
(Ribbe, in mus. Staudinger; Arcé, in mus. D.), Bugaba 800 to 1000 feet (Champion), 
Colon (Boucard, in mus. D.).—CotomBia, Bogota!; Vennzugta! 4; Trinipap; Jamarca!, 
A common and widely distributed species in Central America; it closely resembles 
Pyralopsis homalochroa, Feld. & Rogenh., from the same country. 
2. Mapeta schausi, sp.n. (Tab. LIX, fig. 14, 3.) 
Male. Primaries golden-green, the costal and outer margins pale pea-green ; secondaries bright orange-yellow ; 
the fringe yellow; the underside bright yellow, the costal margin, apex, and outer margin of the primaries 
black: head pale greyish-green, the palpi black, the tegule, thorax, and abdomen bright orange-yellow, 
the antenne, anus, and legs pale grey. Expanse 13 inch. 
Hab. Mexico, Rinconada in Vera Cruz (coll. Schaus). 
Mr. Schaus informs me that he captured two specimens of this fine species; I have 
much pleasure in naming it after him. | | 
3. Mapeta cynosura, sp.n. (Tab. LIX. fig. 13, ¢.) 
Male. Primaries yellowish-green, the costal, outer, and inner margins edged with white; secondaries yellow, 
the fringe white; the underside yellowish-white, the primaries darker than the secondaries: head, palpi, 
and thorax white, the antenné, abdomen, and legs yellowish-white. Expanse 1} inch. 
Hab. Mexico, Cuernavaca in Morelos (H, H. Smith). 
Allied to M. schausi, but a much smaller insect. 
AZAMORA. 
Azamora, Walker, Cat. xv. p. 1757 (1858). 
Torda, Walker, Cat. xxviii. p. 436 (1863). 
Arica, Walker, Cat. xxviii. p. 489. 
Thylacophora, Ragonot, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1890, p. 490 (56). 
The species of this genus are all from ‘'ropical America. Mr. Warren, Trans, Ent. 
Soc. Lond. 1889, p. 238, has made a separate family for this and several closely allied 
genera under the name Azamoride, including all the species that have a membranous 
pouch at the base of the primaries in the male. Mons. Ragonot (Ann. Soc, Ent. Fr. 
