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scales above the mouth and at bases of antennae. Thorax black, with 

 two large orange spots, the patagia orange, bordered narrowly with 

 black. Abdomen black, the first five segments broadly transversely 

 banded with orange, a row of metallic blue subdorsal spots, most 

 distant on the last two segments ; venter black ; legs black with white 

 spots on the coxae. Wings yellowish hyaline, veins black; a marginal 

 black band much expanded at apex and slightly at vein 2; a large 

 black discal mark : an orange stripe along costa to the marginal band ; 

 inner area broadly orange to the middle, cut by the black vein 1. Hind 

 wing with the black border broad, especially from inner angle to 

 vein 2; discal mark black; base orange shaded; veins 5 and 6 crossing 

 the hyaline area orange. Expanse, 37 mm. 



One female, Misantla, Mexico, October, 1908, from Mr. R. 

 Miiller. 



Type No. 12214, U. S. Nat. Mus. 



Family ARCTIID^E. 

 Prumala alinda, new species. 



Head yellow, crimson behind the eyes, palpi crimson at the sides, 

 brownish in front ; thorax yellow with a few crimson hairs, the 

 patagia bordered within with purple. Abdomen yellow, the dorsum 

 with crimson hairs. Legs yellow, the tarsi crimson. Fore wing yellow 

 marked with purplish a broad band from apex to tornus, widened 

 a little outwardly between veins 5 and 6 and at tornus, followed by a 

 row of small spots in the interspaces ; a large blotch, rounded quadrate, 

 the four corners touching respectively vein 1 at base, the subcostal 

 vein at basal third of cell, vein 3 near its origin, and vein 1 beyond 

 the middle ; three round spots at the end of the cell; the veins and costa 

 are narrowly marked with crimson wherever crossed by the purple 

 markings. Hind wing semitransparent, roseate, yellowish on the costa; 

 a faint purplish mark in the interspace below vein 2 shows through 

 from the under side. Expanse, 48 mm. 



One male, Mexico City, Mexico, May, 1908, from Mr. R. 

 Miiller. 



Type No. 12215, U. S. Nat. Mus. 

 Allied to Prumala lophocampoides Felder. 



Ecpantheria andromela, new species. 



Male. Head white on the vertex, the front and palpi black. Thorax 

 white, the tegulse and patagia black except their edges, three large 

 round black patches on the disk. Abdomen orange above, with long 

 black hair on the two basal segments, a row of dorsal black spots, the 

 last segment largely black; beneath white, black on the sides, and a 



