CATACLYSTA. 273 
Las Mercedes, Cerro Zunil (Champion) ; Honpuras (Dyson”); Costa Rica, Volcan de 
Irazu 6000 to 7000 feet (Rogers), Candelaria Mts. (Underwood); Panama, Chiriqui 
(Ribbe, in mus. Staudinger),— VENEZUELA”; Braziu?®. 
6. Cataclysta cerrussalis. 
Cataclysta cerrussalis, Feld. & Rogenh. Reise der Novara, Lep. t. 136. fig. 8°. 
Hab. Mexico, Durango, Presidio (Forrer), Jalapa (M. Trujillo), Orizaba (Ff. D. G.), 
Atoyac in Vera Cruz (H. H. Smith, Schumann), Cuernavaca in Morelos, Teapa in 
Tabasco (H. H. Smith); Guatemaua, Zapote, Cahabon, San Gerénimo (Champion) ; 
Costa Rica, Caché, Volcan de Irazu 6000 to 7000 feet (Rogers), Santa Clara Valley 
(Ziircher); Panama, Volcan de Chiriqui 3000 to 4000 feet, David (Champion). — 
CoLomBl1A, Bogota 1. 
A common species in Central America. It varies in size and colour. The Costa 
Rica specimens are a little darker than those from elsewhere. 
7. Cataclysta catenalis. 
Cataclysta catenalis, Guen. Sp. gén. des Lép. viii. p. 2677; Walk. Cat. xvii. p. 440°; Leder. Wien. 
ent. Monats, vii. p. 454, t. 18. fig. 9°. 
Hab. Mexico, Omilteme in Guerrero 8000 feet (H. H. Smith); Panama, Volcan de 
Chiriqui (7rétsch, in mus. Staudinger).—Braziu ! ? >, 
I have seen two specimens of this beautiful species from our region. 
8. Cataclysta romanalis, sp.n. (Tab. LXIIL. fig. 14.) 
Primaries with the base and the apical half fawn-colour, the central portion white, thickly irrorated with minute 
black scales, a white band crossing the wing near the base from the costal to the inner margin and two 
silvery-white lines crossing near the apex, the fringe greyish-white; secondaries white, thickly irrorated 
with brownish-black scales, the outer margin bordered with black and with a row of small metallic 
golden spots, the fringe white: head, thorax, and abdomen yellowish-white. LExpanse ;% inch. 
Hab. Mexico, Amula in Guerrero 6000 feet (Hl. H. Smith). 
One specimen. 
9. Cataclysta cumalis, sp.n. (Tab. LXIII. fig. 15.) 
Primaries fawn-colour, with a large white mark extending from the inner margin partly across the middle of 
the wing, two silvery-white lines partly crossing from the costal margin near the apex to the anal angle, 
and a small metallic streak at the anal angle, the fringe fawn-colour; secondaries white, the base irrorated 
with minute brownish-black scales, below which two black lines cross the wing from the costal to the 
inner margin, the outer margin black, and with four metallic spots and a marginal row of yellow dots, the 
fringe blackish-brown: head, thorax, and abdomen brownish-white, the antenne brown, the legs white. 
Expanse 3 inch. . 
Hab. Gvatemaa, El Reposo 800 feet (Champion); Panama, Volcan de Chiriqui 3000 
feet (Champion). 
Two specimens ; the one from the Volcan de Chiriqui is figured. | 
BIOL. CENTR.-AMER., Heter., Vol. II., March 1896. 2nn 
