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Lipocosma alegralis, new species. 



Male. Palpi: the second joint brown ringed with black at either end, the 

 third joint white. Head brown with white tufts on vertex. Collar brown 

 tipped with white. Thorax brown with white lines on patagia. Abdomen 

 above reddish yellow. Body below and legs silvery white; dark spots at 

 base of fore tarsi. Fore wings yellow brown, paler on costa, darker towards 

 termen ; a dark brown spot at base of costa, and some brown irrorations at 

 base of inner margin; an antemedial broad white line from median, inbcnt 

 to inner margin, followed by a short horizontal line below cell; a black line 

 on discocellular preceded by a broad hyaline lunule; a broad fuscous line 

 from vein 7 before termen inbent to vein 2; a black spot on costa before apex 

 with white on either side; a black line from vein 7 terminally to tips of cilia 

 on apex; a terminal white line from vein 7 to vein 4, the cilia white with a 

 brown line at base; a fuscous teminal line from vein 4 to near vein 2, fol- 

 lowed by fuscous cilia; cilia at tornus white. Hind wings white; a black 

 spot on discocellular; apex and termen broadly fuscous brown, narrowing 

 somewhat to vein 3, inwardly edged by a dark postmedial line which con- 

 tinues to vein 2, and is marked by a fuscous spot between veins 5 and 6; 

 a terminal white line from costa to vein 3 inwardly edged by a fine black 

 line, and outwardly by a brown line on base of cilia w r hich are white mottled 

 with brown; below vein 3 to anal angle the cilia are white; a small black 

 terminal point below vein 2. Fore wings below darker brown shading to 

 yellowish on costa; the markings as above. Hind wings below the same as 

 above. 



Expanse, 17 mm. 



Habitat. Cayenne, French Guiana; Panama; Guatemala. 

 Type. Cat. No. 23565, U. S. N. M. 



Lipocosma chiralis, new species-. 



Male. Palpi, head, collar, thorax, basal and anal segment of abdomen, 

 also anal tufts white; abdomen otherwise above dark ochreous; abdomen 

 below pale ochreous ; legs white streaked with ochreous, the tarsi with ochreous 

 spots. Fore wings: the base white to middle of costa and to one-third of 

 inner margin limited by a golden brown shade outangled on costa, then 

 incurved to inner margin; a dark brown streak on discocellular; postmedial 

 space white crossed by a vertical, rather broad, dull brown shade from vein 

 5 to inner margin; a subapical golden brown line outcurved from costa to 

 vein 4 ; apex and termen from vein 5 to inner margin silvery white ; terminal 

 black points. Hind wings silvery white; a black spot on inner margin just 

 beyond middle; a postmedial sinuous brown line from vein 2 to inner mar- 

 gin; a terminal brown shade at anal angle, edged above with some black 

 irrorations; terminal black points; cilia silvery white. Wings below silvery 

 white; fore wings streaked with black on base of costa, then with ochreous 

 brown to apex ; a subapical curved brown line; two black points on discocellular. 



