HETEROCERA. 393 
5. Huchetes elegans, 
Euchetes elegans, Stretch, Zygen. & Bomb. N. Amer. p. 189, t. 8. fig. 6 (1874) '; Wheeler’s Rep. 
Surv. W. 100th Merid. v. p. 797, t. 40. figg. 5, 6 (1878) *. 
Cycnia elegans, Kirby, Cat. Lep. Het. i. p. 2363. 
Hab. Nortu America, Owen’s Valley, California !?* Mexico, Jalisco (coll. Schaus). 
6. Euchetes antica. 
Halesidota antica, Walk. Cat. vii. p. 1708 (1856) °. 
Hab. Mexico, Paso de San Juan in Vera Cruz (coll. Schaus), Vera Cruz '. 
The type of this species is in the Saunders collection at Oxford. 
7. Euchzxtes pelopea, sp.n. (Tab. LXXVIL fig. 8.) 
Primaries creamy-white, with all the veins black; secondaries creamy-white, with the tips of the veins near 
the apex black; the fringe of both wings creamy-white: head and tegule chrome-yellow, the thorax 
ereamy-white ; abdomen chrome-yellow, with a row of black spots down the middle, the base and under- 
side creamy-white ; antenne and legs black. Expanse 13 inch. 
Hab. Mexico, Guadalajara in Jalisco (coll. Schaus). 
One specimen. 
CYCNIA (to follow the genus Euchetes, I. p. 119). 
Cycnia, Hiibner, Zutr. Samml. exot. Schmett. i. p. 7 (1818) ; Verz. bek. Schmett. p. 184. 
1. Cyenia (2?) raspa (Tab. LXXVII. fig. 11, ¢.) 
Cycnia (?) raspa, Druce, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. (6) xiii. p. 354 (d 2) (1894) '. 
Male. Primaries creamy-white, the costal margin shaded with yellow, four black lines crossing the wing from 
the costal to the inner margin—the first three near the base, the fourth beyond the cell,—the veins 
beyond the fourth line black, a short black streak at the end of the cell, the fringe yellow; secondaries 
uniformly pale yellow; the underside of both wings pale yellow, the primaries with black lines as above : 
head and thorax yellow, the collar and tegule white, the abdomen yellow; antenne white, the pectinations 
black.— Female. Similar to the male, but larger. Expanse, ¢ 1,5, 2 2,}; inches. 
Hab. Mexico, Teapa in Tabasco (H. H. Smith’). 
In this insect the wings are broader than in the other species of the genus, from 
which it may have to be separated. 
2. Cycnia lephassa, sp.n. (Lab. LXXVILI fig. 10, ¢.) 
Male. Primaries and secondaries semihyaline white, the primaries with the costal margin slightly yellowish : 
head and antenne yellowish-white, the thorax, abdomen, and legs white. Expanse 1} inch. 
Hab. Mexico, Xucumanatlan in Guerrero 7000 feet (H. H. Smith). 
Two specimens. ‘This species is very closely allied to C. tenera, Hubn., but is 
without the black spots on the abdomen. 
GINGLA (I. p. 120). 
4. Gingla equalis. (Tab. LX XVII. fig. 13.) 
Gingla equalis, Druce, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. (6) iv. p. 82 (1889) ‘ 
Primaries orange-red, broadly bordered with black from the apex to the anal angle; secondaries deep black ; 
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