260 HETEROCERA. 
1. Desmia tages. 
Phalena tages, Cram. Pap. Exot. il. p. 2, t. 97. fig. D'. 
Hyalitis tagesalis, Guen. Sp. gén. des Lép. viii. p. 291 , 
Desmia tagesalis, Walk. Cat. xvii. p. 343°; Herr.-Schaff. Corr.-Blatt zool.-min. Regensb. 1871, sep. 
p- 64‘; Snell. Tijdschr. voor Ent. xviii. p. 250 °, 
Desmia tages, Leder. Wien. ent. Monats. vii. p. 433 *, 
? Phalena funerata, Fabr. Ent. Syst. tii. 2, p. 210 - 
? diodes orbalis, Guen. Sp. gén. des Lép. viii. p. 192°; Leder. Wien. ent. Monats. vii. p. 434°. 
Desmia orbalis, Walk. Cat. xvii. p. 338°; Snell. Tijdschr. voor Ent. xviii. p. 251". 
Desmia propinqualis, Méschl. Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien, 1881, p. 430, t. 18. fig. 37°. 
Hab. Mexico, Paso de San Juan and Rinconada in Vera Cruz (Schaus), Jalapa, 
Cuesta de Misantla (I. Trujillo), Dos Arroyos in Guerrero (#. 11. Smith), ‘Temax in 
North Yucatan (Gawmer); Guaremata, Zapote (Champion); Costa Rica (Van Patten, 
in mus. D.), Volcan de Irazu 6000 to 7000 feet (Rogers), Candelaria Mts. ( Underwood) ; 
Panama, Chiriqui (Ribbe, in mus. Staudinger ).—SovTH Amurica®; Guiana, Cayenne ®9, 
Surinam 27, Paramaribo 12; Amazons, Ega?; Braziu?; ANTILLES, Cuba‘, Jamaica 1° 1), 
San Domingo °. 
A common species in our region. It varies in size, and also in the form of the spots 
and bands on the secondaries. 
2. Desmia geminalis. 
Desmia geminalis, Snell. Tijdschr. voor Ent. xviii. p. 249, t. 14. fig. 5 , 
diodes vulcanalis, Feld. & Rogenh. Reise der Novara, Lep. t. 135. fig. 40°. 
Hab. Mexico, Jalapa (M. Trujillo), Atoyac in Vera Cruz (Schumann); GuaTEMALA, 
Cerro Zunil 4000 to 5000 feet (Champion); Costa Rica, Volcan de Irazu 6000 to 
7000 feet (Rogers); Panama, Volcan de Chiriqui 2000 to 38000 feet (Champion), Chiriqui 
(Arcé?; Ridbbe, in mus. Staudinger), Veraguas (Mus. Vind. Ces.”).—CoLOMBLA. 
A well-marked species, of which we have received a few specimens from within our 
limits. ‘The exact locality for D. geminalis is not given by Snellen’. 
3. Desmia funeralis ? 
Pyralis funeralis, Hiibn. Europ. Schmett. vi., Pyral. fig. 103°. 
Anania funeralis, Hiibn. Verz. bek. Schmett. p. 360°. 
Desmia funeralis, Guen. Sp. gén. des Lép. viii. p. 190°; Walk. Cat. xvii. p. 337°; Leder. Wien. 
ent. Monats. vil. p. 433°. 
Desmia maculalis, Westw. in Guérin’s Mag. Zool. 18382, Ins. t. 2°; Guen. Sp. gén. des Lép. viii. 
p. 1897. 
Hab. Norru America’, Canada4, Nova Scotia4®, United States *+.—Mexico, Jalapa 
(M. Trujillo), Rinconada in Vera Cruz (Schaus). 
Two specimens from Mexico, both females, very similar to Hiibner’s and Westwood’s 
figures. 
