224 HETEROCERA. 
before the apex; a few scattered black scales, accompanied by slight ferruginous shading, are distributed 
over the outer half of the wing; cilia cream-white, a few scales in the black markings appear to be 
slightly raised; underside much mottled. Zap. al. 15 mm. Hindwings broader than the forewings, 
somewhat trapezoidal, the termen sinuate; pale cinereous, mottled on the outer half with brownish 
fuscous; cilia pale cinereous, with a brownish fuscous streak running through them on the costa before 
the apex; underside much mottled, -Abdomen brownish, anal tuft inclining to ochreous. Legs white, 
the two anterior pairs shaded with brown externally. 
Type 3 (66321) Mus, Wlsm. (Godm-Salv. Coll.) BM. 
Hab. Mexico: auerreRo: Amula, 6000 ft., IX. (H. H. Smith). Unique. 
4, Sparganothis xanthista, sp. n. 
Antennae brown, Palpi extending more than the length of head beyond it; pale yellow, tinged with brown 
externally. Head pale yellow; with projecting frontal tuft. Thorax yellow, tegulae partly brown. 
Forewings shining, pale golden yellow; a costal spot at the base, an outwardly oblique fascia before 
the middle, contracted on the cell, a costal spot at one-third from the apex, and a few scattered scales 
about the apical nervures, brown; cilia scarcely paler than the wings. xp. al. 17 mm. Hindwings 
and cilia shining, ivory-white. Abdomen and Legs whitish ochreous. 
Type 3 (66315) Mus. Wlsm. (Godm-Salv. Coll.) BM. [PT. (66316) US. Nat. Maus. | 
Hab. Mexico: auerrero: Amula, 6000 ft., VIIL (4. H. Smith). ‘Two specimens. 
5. Sparganothis nephela, sp. n. 
Antennae ¢ biciliate 13; ochreous. Palpt projecting more than twice the length of the head beyond it, 
acutely triangular; canary-yellow, with a triangular brown mark on the outer side of the median joint. 
Head with projecting tufts in front; canary-yellow. Thorax tawny brown, the tegulae tipped with 
yellow. Forewings shining, pale canary-yellow, reticulated by oblique transverse bands of shining lilac, 
narrowly margined on both sides with ferruginous; these bands, to the number of six, running in 
opposite directions, intersect each other mapping out the pale wing-surface into about twelve quadrate, 
or triangular patches, some of which are sprinkled with lines of small ferruginous scales; cilia 
shining, pale yellowish. Hap. al. 14 mm. Hindwings and cilia white. Abdomen and Legs whitish 
ochreous. 
Type 3 (66317, V. de Chiriqui); Q (66319, Bugaba) Mus. Wlsm. (Godm-Salv. Coll.) BM. [PT. (66318) 
US. Nat. Mus. ] 
Hab. Panama: cuiriqui: Volcan de Chirigui, 2000-3000 ft., 1881-2 (G. C. Champion); 
Bugaba, 800-1500 ft., 1881-3 (G. C. Champion). Three specimens. 
Fam. 11, OLETHREUTIDAR. 
ANCYLIS Hb. 
=§ Errcuaris Hb.; = +tAwonyroprra Stph. ({AncyLopera Wlsm.) ; =Pasoxopreris Tr. 
(+ Paoxorrerrx Sdf.) ; =Puivaucea Stph. (§4wrrcerza Stph.). 
Type 1: Pyralis laetana F. (Wlsm. 1907). 
Ancruis Hb. Verz. Schm. 876 sp. 3607-14 (1826) ; Stph. Ill. Br. Ent. Haust. 4 109 (1834), 418 
no. 1109 sp. 3607-14 (1835). Puxoxorrerrs Tr. Schm. Eur. 7 232 no. 127 (1829): 8 231-46 
no. 128 sp. 1-1] (1830); Crt. Guide Br. Ins. 170 no. 956 sp. 1-12 (1831). § Awrrozea Stph. 
Ill. Br. Ent. Haust. 4 113-17 no. 287 sp. 1-12 (1834). Puzzazoxza Stph. lll. Br. Ent. Haust. 
