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hahneli Spiiler (Biol. Centralbl., xxvi, p. 690, 1906). Lord 

 Walsingham has from Staudinger one of the original speci- 

 mens taken by Hahnel in Brazil and, though in bad condition, 

 thinks it is certainly the same species as my Cryptoses cholccpi, 

 of which Mr. Schaus gave a specimen to the British Museum. 

 However, as the specimen of B. hahneli is in bad condition 

 and is a parasite on the other species of sloth, there is still a 

 chance that we may have two species of sloth moths. Sir 

 George refers the genus to the Schcenobiinse, on account of 

 the small tongue ; he gives " tongue absent " as the character 

 for that subfamily. I considered it to be present, but it is 

 certainly very small. He also sends me a reference by West- 

 wood to the occurrence of moths in the fur of the sloth (Trans. 

 Ent. Soc. London, 1877, p. 436), which appears to be the 

 earliest reference. 



A NEW SATURNIAN MOTH FROM THE SOUTHWEST." 



By HARRISON G. DYAR. 



A specimen standing under the name Agapema galbina in 

 the National Museum collection for the last fourteen years 

 was long since recognized as a distinct species, but no mate to 

 it had ever been received. Now a male specimen has been 

 sent by Mr. Roberto Miiller from Mexico City, which, while 

 more brightly colored, appears to be certainly the same species. 

 It is accordingly characterized herewith : 



Agapema homogena, n. sp. 



Male. Antennae very broadly, doubly bipectinated, ocher-yellow. 

 Body clothed with long blackish hair, paler at the tips of the segments, 

 the feet reddish. Fore wings grayish black, finely interspersed with 

 whitish hairs, the veins lined in carneous-ochraceous ; inner line angled 

 on the median vein, white, overspread with pink; discal mark ocellate, 

 black-edged and black-centered, containing an orange-ocherous annulus 

 and a blue crescent on its inner side; outer line white, rather broad 

 and straight, with a narrow inner pink edging; outer margin white, 

 shading to clay-color on the edge; a white subapical dash edged with 

 crimson below and outwardly. Hind wing similar, the inner line 

 wanting, the base broadly suffused with pink; discal mark with the 

 lumen wholly or nearly occluded; outer line indented slightly on the 

 veins; margin as on fore wings, the wing veins only obscurely pale- 

 lined. Expanse, 65 mm. 



" Published by permission of the Secretary of the Smithsonian 

 Institution. 



