PHOSTRIA. O55 
PHOSTRIA. 
Phostria, Hiibner, Verz. bek. Schmett. p. 130 (1816). 
This genus is not noticed by Guenée, Lederer, or Walker; it contains but few 
species. , 
1. Phostria tedea. 
Phalena Pyralis tedea, Cram. Pap. Exot. iv. p. 48, t. 312. fig. G'. 
Glyphodes (?) tedealis, Walk. Cat. xvii. p. 506”. 
Desmia (?) tedea, Leder. Wien. ent. Monats. vii. p. 433°. 
Hyalitis tedea, Guen. Sp. gén. des Lép. viii. p. 289°. 
Phostria tedea, Méschl. Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien, 1881, p. 480°; Warr. Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 
1889, p. 277°. 
Hab. GuatemaLa, El Reposo 800 feet (Champion) ; Nicaragua, Chontales (Belt) . 
Panama, Chiriqui (Ribde, in mus. Staudinger).—Guiana, Surinam 12%, Paramaribo ®; 
AMAZONS ©; BRAZIL. 
We have received two specimens of this species from our region, agreeing with others 
from Rio Janeiro in my own collection. 
2. Phostria oajacalis, 
Botys(?) oajacalis, Walk. Cat. xxxiv. p. 13893 '. 
Botys pelialis, Feld. & Rogenh. Reise der Novara, Lep. t. 185. fig. 46 *. 
Hab. Mexxtco, Coatepec (Brooks), Jalapa (Schaus), Chilpancingo in Guerrero 
4600 feet (H. H. Smith), Cuernavaca (Bilimek?), Oaxaca (Sallé!); GuatemaLa, San 
Gerdénimo (Champion). 
A well-marked species, which is widely distributed in Mexico. 
3. Phostria(?) cryptalis, sp.n. (Tab. LXII. fig. 22.) 
Primaries and secondaries purplish-black; the primaries with five semihyaline pearly-white spots—the first 
two small and close to the base, the second two larger, one in the middle of the cell and the other below 
it, the fifth large and at the end of the cell,—the fringe black ; the secondaries with the base and a broken 
band about the middle white, the fringe black: head, antenne, thorax, and abdomen black, the latter 
dusky white beneath; the legs dark grey. Expanse 13 inch. 
Hab. Panama, Volcan de Chiriqui 3000 feet (Champion). 
One specimen. 
4. Phostria(?) cyrisalis, sp.n. (Tab. LXII. fig. 23, ¢.) 
Male. Primaries pale purplish-brown, crossed from the costal to the inner margin by three broken rows of 
white spots, beyond which near the apex are two small white spots; secondaries semihyaline pale brown, 
paler at the base; the fringe dark brown: head yellowish-brown, the antenne brown; the thorax 
greyish-brown, yellowish-brown in front, white beneath; the abdomen greyish-brown above, white 
beneath ; the legs white.—Female, Very similar to the male. Expanse 1,5, inch. 
Hab. Panama, Chiriqui (Zrétsch, in mus. Staudinger), Bugaba 800 to 1500 feet, 
Volcan de Chiriqui 2000 to 3000 feet (Champion). 
The Bugaba specimen is figured. 
