HETEROCERA. 471 
MICROCCELIA (to precede the genus Panthea, 1. p. 259). 
Microcelia, Guenée, Sp. gén. des Lép. v. p. 38 (1852) ; Walker, Cat. ix. p. 30. 
1. Microcelia vesta. 
Microcelia vesta, Schaus, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. xxi. p. 223 (1894) *. 
Hab. Mexico, Coatepec (coll. Schaus +). 
PANTHEA (I. p. 259). 
2. Panthea illudens. 
9. Diphtera illudens, Walk. Cat. ix. p. 37°. 
g¢. Panthea pythion, Druce, antea, i. p. 259, t. 26. fig. 6. 
To the locality given, add :—Mexico, Orizaba (Boucard, in mus. D.), Jalapa 
(M. Trujillo). —Venezuela '. 
We have now received specimens of both sexes of this insect from Mexico. 
LICHNOPTERA (to follow the genus Panthea, I. p. 259). 
Lichnoptera, Herrich-Schiffer, Samml. aussereur. Schmett. pp. 14, 16 (1856) ; Walker, Cat. xxxi. 
p. 307. 
This genus is very closely allied to Panthea, Hiibn., and may prove to be inseparable 
from it. 
1. Lichnoptera felina, sp.n. (Tab. XCIII. figg.1, 4; 2,2.) 
Male. Primaries white, crossed from the costal to the inner margin by a number of waved black lines, and 
srrorated about the middle with a few black scales, the fringe alternately black and white; secondaries 
white, with a narrow black streak at the anal angle, the fringe white: head, thorax, and tegule white, 
the latter with three black spots; abdomen chrome-yellow, with a row of black spots edged with white 
down the middle, the anal tuft white— Female. Very similar to the male, but considerably larger, the 
primaries with wider and more distinct lines. In some specimens, both male and female, the secondaries 
are clouded with black. Expanse, ¢ 13, 2 22 inches. 
Hab. Mexico, Durango city (Becker), Guadalajara in Jalisco (Goldsmith, in mus. D.), 
Amula in Guerrero (H. H. Smith), Jalapa (M. Trujillo), Orizaba (Boucard, in mus. D.), 
Coatepec (Brooks), Cordova (Riimeli); Guatemata, Guatemala city (Rodriguez), 
Quiche Mts. 7000-9000 feet (Champion); Costa Rica (Van Patten), Candelaria Mts. 
(Underwood). 
This species appears to be common throughout our region. We figure a male and 
female from the Candelaria Mountains. 
