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with white segmental lines; a double white streak on last segment, not reach- 

 ing end; anal hairs ochreous; underneath white with segmental brown lines. 

 Legs brown, the tarsi white with brown spots. Wings fuscous brown with a 

 cupreous tinge, the markings white. Fore wings: an antemedial white spot 

 in cell; a medial broad line from costal margin, expanding outwardly in a 

 curve across cell, constricted on medial vein, then expanding somewhat, 

 terminating at submedian, edged throughout with fuscous and followed be- 

 tween vein 2 and submedian by a fine white line; a faint whitish streak on 

 discocellular with fuscous edging; a spot edged with fuscous beyond cell, 

 from vein 8 to vein 3 surmounted on costa by an ochreous streak, its inner 

 edge lunular, its outer edge inangled at vein 7, outangled below 7, and inbent 

 to vein 3, followed from costa to vein 5 by a fine ochreous white line; terminal 

 ochreous points at veins; cilia brown with a pale and a black line at base, 

 and a white spot above tornus. Hind wings: an antemedial small quadrate 

 spot in cell, and a wavy outset line from below cell to near middle of inner 

 margin; a medial line, broad at vein 6, projecting outwardly at vein 5, below 

 vein 5 inset, and narrow to near anal angle; a fine postmedial line from vein 

 6 to vein 4; cilia fuscous with a pale and black line at base; cilia tipped with 

 white from below vein 2 to near anal angle. 

 Expanse, 21 mm. 



Habitat. Volcan de Santa Maria, Guatemala. 

 Type. Cat. No. 23532, U. S. N. M. 



Desmia Jonesalis, new species. 



Female. Palpi fuscous, at base white. Body black tinged with brown. 

 Wings dull fuscous brown, the markings white. Fore wings: a small medial 

 spot in cell ; a broad incurved spot beyond cell from vein 8 to vein 3 ; cilia from 

 vein 4 to tornus shortly tipped with white. Hind wings: an antemedial 

 white spot from just within cell, where it is pointed, to near middle of 

 inner margin; its proximal edge slightly incurved ; a large spot beyond cell 

 from vein b to vein 3; cilia tipped with white near anal angle. Fore wings 

 below similar; the inner margin whitish; a very small white spot below vein 2. 



Expanse, 20 mm. 



Habitat. Sao Paulo, Brazil. 

 Type. Cat. No. 23533, U. S. N. M. 



Desmia angustalis, new species. 



Male. Antennae simple. Palpi fuscous brown fringed with w-hite at base 

 and tips. Frons dark brown with lateral white lines. Vertex black. Col- 

 lar and patagia fuscous shot with blue; thorax fuscous brown. Abdomen 

 above fuscous shot with blue; a broad, transverse, white line at base and a 

 finer line on fourth segment. Abdomen below brown with a white segmental 

 line on fourth segment. Legs brown with white spots at segments of tarsi; 

 fore and hind femora silvery. Wings very narrow, fuscous brown, slightly 

 cupreous, the markings semihyaline opalescent. Fore wings: an outbent spot 



