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front and pectus smoky brown ; tarsi white ; male antennae 

 reddish ocherous. It is the largest species. 



I am unable to distinguish our North American Carama 

 cretata from this widely distributed form. Mexican speci- 

 mens are of about the same size as those from Washington, 

 D. C., but farther south they get larger. My largest specimens 

 are from British Guiana. Southward in Brazil they are again 

 a little smaller, about the size of Costa Rican examples. 



I have given Carama pura Butler as a synonym of this spe- 

 cies, but am inclined at present to consider it distinct. Sepp 

 mentions no yellow color, but this is often obscure in females. 

 The size and striped appearance of the wings, which he repre- 

 sents, compel the present identification. 



Norape plumosa Butler. 



Carama plumosa Butler, Cist. Ent., ii, 204, 1877. 

 Carama plumosa Kirby, Cat. Lep. Het., 436, 1892. 



This is probably only a variety of ovina. Butler separates 

 it by being smaller, with the anterior legs black on one side. 

 The size is of no account, while the amount of black on the 

 fore legs is variable. In Guiana specimens the femora are black, 

 tibiae and tarsi white; in Venezuelan, Mexican, and North 

 American specimens the tibiae also are black on one side, while 

 in Brazilian and occasional Mexican specimens the tarsi also 

 are invaded by the dark color. There is a tendency toward 

 an increase of black on the fore legs toward both extremes of 

 the range of the species, most pronounced toward the south- 

 ern extreme. It is these southern or Brazilian specimens on 

 which plumosa was founded. 



Mr. Schaus has recently sent to the National Musemn some 

 specimens from Costa Rica, which he identifies as phimosa 

 Butler; but with this identification I am inclined to disagree. 

 I consider the specimens to belong to pura Butler, as they 

 have no yellow on the abdomen, nor bands of shining scales 

 on the wings. However, as I have not compared Butler's 

 type, Mr. Schaus may be right. Differences of opinion may 

 easily arise with these closely allied forms. See the remark 

 under N. cat hams below. 



Norape hadaca, new species. 



Vertex of head yellow, abdomen pure white; front legs black on one 

 side to the tips. Expanse, 33 to 37 mm. 



Two males, Motzorongo, Mexico, June, 1906 (R. Miiller); 

 Mexico, without definite locality (H. T. Heyde). 

 Type: No. 13105, U. S. National Museum. 



