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secondaries hyaline, yellowish-fawn-colour on the outer margin near the apex, the inner margin and anal 
angle shaded with bright reddish-pink: head and thorax yellowish-fawn-colour, the antenne brown ; 
abdomen bright red, the anus yellow; a small black spot on the tegule. Expanse 2 inches. 
Hab. Mexico, Orizaba (Boucard, in mus. D.), Jalapa (M. Trujillo 3). . 
We figure a specimen from Orizaba, whence we have received a good series. A 
female in Mr. Schaus’s collection differs from the types in having the bands on the 
primaries blackish-brown. 
5 (s). Phegoptera rhoda. (Tab. LXXIV. fig. 17.) 
Phegoptera rhoda, Druce, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. (6) xu. p. 173 (1894) °. 
Primaries hyaline, the costal, outer, and inner margins shaded with pale brown, a submarginal row of indistinct 
brown spots extending from the apex to the anal angle, the fringe pale brown ; secondaries hyaline, 
slightly shaded with pink at the anal angle: head, antennae, and thorax pale greyish-~brown ; abdomen 
dull red, the anus yellowish. Expanse 23 inches. 
Hab. Guatemata, in the city (Rodriguez*). 
This species differs from P. daraba in having the head and thorax dull brown, 
instead of yellow. 
Phegoptera alba (I. p. 95). 
To the locality given, add:—Mexico, Real del Monte in Hidalgo (MZ. Trujilo), 
Orizaba (Boucard, in mus. D.); GUATEMALA, in the city (Rodriguez). 
6 (4). Phegoptera hyalina. (Tab. LXXIV. fig. 16.) 
Phegoptera hyalina, Druce, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. (6 ) iv. p. 87 (1889) *. 
Primaries and secondaries entirely hyaline, the veins slightly whitish: head and thorax creamy- -white, the 
abdomen yellow, with the anus and underside white, the antenne yellow, the legs white. Expanse 
23 inches. 
Hab. Mexico, Sierra de las Aguas Escondidas in Guerrero 7000 feet (H. H. Smith’). 
Allied to P. cornea, Herr.-Schaff., and P. alba, Druce. 
Phegoptera superba (I. p. 95). 
To the locality given, add:—Mexico, Jalapa (M. Trujillo), Orizaba (Boucard, in 
mus. D.); Costa Rica, Candelaria Mts. (Underwood). 
We have received numerous specimens of this species from Costa Rica, showing 
some variation in the form of the dark bands crossing the primaries. 
8. Phegoptera proba, (Tab. LXXIV. fig. 20.) 
Phegoptera proba, Schaus, P. Z. 8. 1892, p. 281°. 
Hab. Mexico, Guadalajara in Jalisco (Goldsmith, in mus. D.), Paso de San Juan in 
Vera Cruz and Oaxaca (coll. Schaus1); Honpuras ( Witthugel, in mus. Staudinger). 
This insect closely resembles Ammalo chrysogaster (Walk.). 
