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Type. Cat. No. 23812, U. S. N. M. 

 Received from Mrs. J. Pusey. 

 Near M. holophoenica Hampson. 



Margaronia brevilinealis, new species. 



Male. Palpi fuscous brown, white at base. Head, collar and thorax 

 dark brown. Abdomen above fuscous brown; anal hairs whitish broadly 

 tipped with black, the lateral tufts opalescent. Abdomen below whitish 

 gray with dark transverse shades. Thorax below and throat silvery white. 

 Legs ochre white, the fore tibiae and tarsi shaded with brown. Wings dark 

 brown faintly tinged with purple; a fine pale line at base of cilia. Fore wings: 

 basal half faintly tinged with lilacine; a semihyaline yellowish fascia adjoin- 

 ing discocellular, incurved below vein 3, and with only a small spot below 

 vein 2, darker edged, outwardly lunular dentate. Hind wings: costa to be- 

 yond middle narrowly white; a broad medial semihyaline line terminating 

 below vein 2, its proximal edge somewhat 'ndentate at lower angle of cell. 



Expanse, 30 mm. 



Habitat. Volcan de Santa Maria, Guatemala. 



Type. Cat. No. 23813, U. S. N. M. 



Margaronia guatemalalis, new species. 



Male. Palpi fuscous brown fringed below with white. Head and thorax 

 dark grayish brown. Abdomen above fuscous, a white transverse line near 

 base; terminal segment white in front yellowish behind; anal hairs black; 

 lateral tufts opalescent. Wings dark brown faintly tinged with purple; 

 cilia dark silvery gray with a fine pale line at base. Fore wings: a semihyaline 

 broad white line beyond cell from vein 8 terminating in a small spot below 

 vein 2. Hind wings: basal half of costa narrowly white; a broad medial 

 semihyaline whitish line, vertical, narrowing to a point, but not reaching 

 anal angle; a fuscous line on discocellular. Wings below paler. 



Kxpanse, 22 mm. 



Habitat. Cayuga, Guatemala. 



Type. Cat. No. 23814, U. S. N. M. 



Near M. albicincta Hampson. 



Margaronia marginepuncta, new species. 



Male. Palpi dark brown, the base white. Head brown. Collar gray 

 brown tipped with white. Thorax gray brown. Abdomen above darker 

 gray-brown; a white transverse line near base; anal segments and hairs 

 yellow-white, the latter tipped with black, the lateral tufts opalescent. Ab- 

 domen below yellowish white. Legs white, the fore tibiae shaded with light 

 brown. Wings brown tinged with purple. Fore wings: a whitish dark edged 

 line on discocellular followed by a broad semihyaline whitish fascia from 

 vein 7, incurved at vein 3 to below end of cell, terminating in a small spot 



