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2. Azochis amplalis. 
Botys amplalis, Guen. Sp. gén. des Lép. viii. p. 330, Delt. et Pyral. t. 10. fig. 4'; Walk. Cat. 
xviil. p. 5907; Leder. Wien. ent. Monats. vii. p. 371°. 
Hab. Panama, Volcan de Chiriqui 3000 feet (Champion).—VenmzusLa? ; GUIANA, 
Surinam ! 2 3, Cayenne! 2 3. 
One specimen from Chiriqui, a female, very similar to Guenée’s figure. 
TERASTIA. 
Terastia, Guenée, Sp. gén. des Lép. viii. p. 211 (1854) ; Walker, Cat. xvii. p. 379 ; Lederer, Wien. 
ent. Monats. vii. p. 415. 
The type of this genus is 7. meticulosalis, Guen., from Haiti, an insect which is 
fairly common in our region. 
1. Terastia meticulosalis. (Tab. LXI. fig. 2.) 
Terastia meticulosalis, Guen. Sp. gén. des Lép. viii. p. 212°; Walk. Cat. xvii. p. 879%; Leder. 
Wien. ent. Monats. vii. p. 416°. 
Hab. Mexico, Mexico city (Hoge), Jalapa (Schaus, M. Trujillo), Atoyac in Vera 
Cruz (H. H. Smith), Coatepec, Rinconada (Schaus), Orizaba (Boucard, in mus. D.) ; 
GvuaremaLa, in the city (Rodriguez); Honpuras (Dyson?); Costa Rica, Candelaria 
Mts. (Underwood).—AntiLLEs, Haiti! *, San Domingo ?. 
This species appears to be confined to Central America and the Antilles. A 
specimen from Mexico city is figured. 
MEGASTES. 
Megastes, Guenée, Sp. gén. des Lép. vii. p. 375 (1854) ; Walker, Cat. xviii. p. 762; Lederer, 
Wien. ent. Monats. vii. p. 411. 
Guenée described this genus upon a single species from Brazil, which ranges 
northwards to Costa Rica. A very tine new form is now added from our region. 
1. Megastes grandalis. 
Megastes yrandalis, Guen. Sp. gén. des Lép. viii. p. 376, Delt. et Pyral. t. 5. fig. 6'; Walk. Cat. 
xviii. p. 7627; Leder. Wien. ent. Monats. vii. p. 412 *, 
Hab. Costa Rica, Candelaria Mts. (Underwood) ; Panama, Taboga I. (J. J. Walker). 
—VENEZUELA 2; Braziu! 2 °. 
‘Iwo specimens, very similar to Guenée’s figure. 
2. Megastes praxiteles, sp.n. (Tab. LXI. figg. 3,4; 4,2.) 
Male. Primaries and secondaries hyaline-white ; the primaries with the base dark greyish-brown, a small 
spot in the cell and one just below it pale yellowish, edged with dark brown, the middle part of the 
costal margin chalk-white, a large almost square mark at the end of the cell, from which two dark 
greyish-brown lines cross the wing to the inner margin, a double submarginal dark brown waved line 
