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from subcostal to submedian; a narrow spot inbent from costa to just below 

 vein 4, narrowest between veins 7 and 8; a faint whitish line on discocellular. 

 Hind wings: an antemedial fascia from within cell to inner margin; a spot 

 beyond cell from vein 4 to vein 6, slightly pointed anteriorly. 



Expanse, 17 mm. 



Habitat. Volcan de Santa Maria, Guatemala. 



Type. Cat. No. 23534, U. S. N. M. 



Desmia anitalis, new species. 



Male. Antennae minutely serrate with short cilia. Palpi brown, shortly 

 fringed with white, broadly so at base. Head, collar, thorax and base of 

 abdomen brown; lateral pale lines on frons and a whitish spot on vertex. 

 Abdomen above terminally fuscous brown; traces of white segmental lines; 

 a white spot on terminal segment; abdomen below white, the last three 

 segments brown. Fore femora and tibiae dark brown; tarsi ochreous white. 

 Wings dark cupreous brown, the markings white; cilia fuscous gray, a basal 

 line and tips mostly white. Fore wings: a broad, white, medial line from 

 costal margin to inner margin, slightly outcurved, followed from vein 2 to 

 inner margin by a narrower white line; postmedial spot broadest on costa 

 where it is ochreous, narrowing to a point at vein 4, its inner edge straight, 

 its outer edge dentate between veins 7 and 6 ; incurved below it and rounded 

 to vein 4. Hind wings: a medial line widest across cell, narrowing to a 

 point on inner margin below middle, edged by a dark line on discocellular 

 which is followed by a narrow white line from veins 6-4. Hind wings below 

 shot with silvery gray. 



Expanse, 24 mm. 



Habitat. Cayuga, Guatemala. 



Type. Cat. No. 23535, U. S. N. M. 



Desmia ilsalis, new species. 



Male. Antennae shortly ciliate. Palpi: the first and third joints ochreous 

 white, the second joint fuscous brown. Head fuscous brown. Collar and 

 thorax iridescent gray brown. Abdomen above purple brown, underneath 

 ochreous. Fore wings cupreous purple brown, the spots opalescent; an ante- 

 medial white point in cell; a medial spot across cell expanding below cell but 

 not reaching submedian; a large spot beyond cell, narrow between veins 8 

 and 7, expanding and widest between veins 5 and 4, not extending below vein 

 3; cilia tipped with white just above tornus. Hind wings semihyaline white, 

 the base and margins broadly cupreous brown; cilia tipped with white near 

 anal angle. 



Expanse, 24 mm. 



Habitat. Peru. 



Type. Cat. No. 23530, U. S. N. M. 



