HETEROCERA. 509 
PROMETOPUS (to follow the genus Gadirtha). 
Prometopus, Guenée, Sp. gén. des Lép. v. p. 88 (1852); Walker, Cat. xiii. p. 1119. 
1. Prometopus ordinarius, sp. n. (Tab. XCVI. fig. 20.) 
Primaries blackish-brown, almost black at the base and along part of the inner margin, with a greyish spot at 
the end of the cell, another one below it, and a few black spots along the outer margin; secondaries 
brownish-white, dark brown from the apex to the anal angle, the fringe pale brown: head, antenne, 
collar, and tegule dark brown, the thorax and abdomen pale brown, the anal tuft yellowish. Expanse 
14 inch. 
Hab. Mexico, Jalapa (4M. Trujillo); Costa Rica, Candelaria Mts. (Underwood) ; 
Panama, Volcan de Chiriqui 2000 to 3000 feet (Champion). 
There are specimens of this species in the British Museum labelled with the above 
name, but I am unable to find any published description of the insect. An example 
from the Volcan de Chiriqui is figured. 
TRISULOIDES (to follow the genus Prometopus). 
Trisuloides, Butler, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. (5) vii. p. 36 (1881). 
This genus was referred to the Liparide by Mr. Butler, who notes the resemblance 
of his Indian type to the genera Chrysorithrum, Allotria, and Catocala. 
1. Trisuloides pata. (Tab. XCVI. fig. 21.) 
Trisulodes pata, Druce, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. (6) xi. p. 862 (1894) ’. 
Primaries greyish-brown, crossed from the costal to the inner margin by several waved black lines, with a 
round grey spot in the cell,a pale grey band beyond it, this being widened towards the costal margin, and 
a wide black streak near the anal angle, the fringe alternately black and grey; secondaries pale yellow, 
broadly bordered with blackish-brown from the apex to the anal angle: head and thorax dark grey, the 
abdomen black. Expanse 2 inches. 
Hab. GuatEmata, in the city (Rodriguez '). 
COCYTODES (to precede the genus Stietoptera, I. p. 353). 
Cocytodes, Guenée, Sp. gén. des Lép. vii. p. 41 (1852); Walker, Cat. xiii. p. 1122. 
1. Cocytodes schneideriana. 
Phalena Noctua schneideriana, Cram. Pap. Exot. iv. p. 37, t. 308. fig. A*; Stoll, Suppl. Cram. Pap. 
Exot. v. p. 109, t. 22. fig. 8 (larva) *. 
Letis schneideriana, Guen. Sp. gén. des Lép. vii. p. 149°; Walk. Cat. xiv. p. 1269°. 
Achea schneideriana, Méschl. Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien, 1880, p. 429°. 
Hab. Mexico, Orizaba (Boucard, in mus. D.), Jalapa (M. Trujillo); GUATEMALA, 
Guatemala city (Rodriguez); Costa Rica, Candelaria Mts. (Underwood). — Guiana, 
Surinam ! 2345, 
Of this species I have seen five specimens from our region. It is very closely allied 
to the Indian C. cwruda and ©. granulata, Guen., but has the primaries narrower and 
more pointed at the apex. | 
