306 HETEROCERA. 
on the termen above the tornus; cilia coppery red at the base, pale steel-blue on their outer half. 
Exp. al. 15-16 mm. Hindwings orange, paler. toward the base, becoming more reddish outwardly, 
flecked with fuscous about the apex, and with three or four fuscous spots near the flexus; a large 
ocelloid spot lies on the middle of the termen, its outer half bright steel-blue, its inner half coppery 
red broadly margined with black ; cilia pale steel-blue, with an orange line along their base. Abdomen 
dull ochreous. Legs pale ochreous, the ends of the tibiae and the hind tarsi barred with black. 
Type 3 (65378, Teapa) Mus. Wlism. (Godm-Salv. Coll.) BM. [PT. (4722) US. Nat. Mus. | 
Hab. Mexico: veracruz: Jalapa, 4500 ft., 1887 (W. Schaus) : tapasco: Teapa, III. 
(H. H. Smith). Three specimens. 
Most nearly allied to Mictopsichia ornatissima Dgn. [Gauris ornatissima Dgn. Ann. 
Soc. Ent. Belg. 53 94 (1909) Pebas, Peru] and to Mictopsichia argus W\sm. [‘Tr. Ent. 
Soc. Lond. 1897 54-6 Pf. 3:20 (1897) Kangwé, French Congo]—another very similar 
species occurs in South-East Borneo. | 
4, Mictopsichia hubneriana Stoll. 
= +t hubneriana Stoll; thubnerana Hb. | 
Phalaena Tortriz hubneriana Stoll Sppl. Crmr. Pap. Exot. 41, 883 Pf. 8-5 (1787) ’°. Mictopsichiu 
hubnerana Hb. Verz. Schm. 374 sp. 3581 (1826) *. Pyralis hubneriana Vrirn. Cat. Syst. Crmr. 
155, 263 (1837)°. Gauris hubneriana Wkr. Cat. Lp. BM. 28 414 sp. 6 (1863) *. Micto- 
psichia hubneriana F. & R. Reise Nov. Zool-Lp. 2 Pf. 188° 22 (1875) °. Simaethis hubnertana 
Z. Hor. Soc. Ent. Ross. 13 183-4 sp. 7 (1877) °. . 
Type o...-. (Coll. L. F. Holthuizen)'. 
Hab. AMERICA, C-S. Central America®°—Panama®: cHIRiqui® (H. Ribbe)®; La 
Caldera, 1500 ft., VIII. 1881 (G. C. Champion). South America *~° — CoLomBia : 
MAGDALENA: Minca, 2000 ft., VI. 1899 (H. H. Smith)—Britisn Guiana: Bartica, 
R. Essequibo, 6. V, 3. VII. 1901 (H. &. Parish)—Dvtca Guiana’ **: Suriname 
(Renaud) ** °—French Guiana: St. Jean, Rio Maroni (W. Schaus)— Brazu**: 
CEARA: Ceara, VIII. 1884 (J. H. Leech): para*: Para (J.P. G. Smith; H. W. Bates) *, 
6. VI. 1894 (A. Schulz); Santarem, X. 1884 (J. H. Leech); Apehu, 31. X. 1892 
(A. Schulz): amazons**: Manaos (B. Piffard) ; Ega (H. W. Bates)*—Perv : aMazonas: 
Rio Marafion (Dohrn). , 
Walker‘ recorded hiibneriana Stoll as from “Honduras. From Mr. Miller's 
collection,” but the specimen is labelled 1258 [1258=South America (Warwick) |— 
the occurrence of this species in British Honduras requires confirmation. 
5. Mictopsichia gemmisparsana Wkr. 
Gauris gemmisparsana Wkr. Cat. Lp. BM. 28 415 sp. 9 (1863) *. 
Type 2 (1857: 20) BM. 
Hab. AMERICA, C-S. Central America—MeExico: VERA orvuz: Atoyac, IV. 
(H. H. Smith): tapasco: Teapa, II. (4. H. Smith)—GuUATEMALA: ALTA VERA PAZ: 
Cubilguitz, 1050 ft., III. 1880 (G. C. Champion); Panima, 1800 ft., X. 1879 (G. C. 
