( 199 ) 



Underside paler, with tlio margins deeper tinted. Head, thorax, ami iiliddiueii 

 like wings. 



Expanse of wings : U(.) mm. 



Both sexes from Costa Hica ( Under woodj. 



Souie specimens are darker fawn-colonr than others. 



229. Pergama albivena sp. ikjv. 



Forewinyg : with basal two-thirds chestnut-brown, the first line, formed of the 

 three usual curves, very indistinct, and marked chiefl\- li\- the difference in colour, 

 the basal one-third being sligiitl)' paler, especially towards costa, and showing traces 

 of transverse striation; edge of the dark two-thirds oblique, nearly straight, and 

 marked by a fine pale line; marginal one-third pinkish grey, clouded with brown-red 

 along margin; some blackish dusting at anal angle; three blackish spots, very 

 obscure, below apex; veins of the marginal one-third pale; fringe reddish brown. 



Hiiidwings : dull reddish grey brown; basal two-thirds darker, edged by a 

 curved whitish line; marginal one-third more pinkish, with dense grey or fuscous 

 striae; the veins paler; fringe reddish; one black subapical spot. 



Underside of forewings pinkish ochreous above the median as far as the obli(juc 

 line, which is white, below the median satiny whitish ; apical area chestnut, inter- 

 rupted below middle by the satiny tint. Hindwiiigs greyish pinjc, dusted with 

 fu.scous; inner margin paler; the transverse line whitish. Head, thorax, and 

 abdomen all greyish pink; a slight whitish bar across top of face between the 

 antennae. 



Expanse of wings: 4u mm. 



One i from S. America, without further locality. 



Forewings with tme blunt tooth at end of vein 6, the margin above slightly, 

 below shortly and more deeply concave, the lower portion bowed. Hiudwings 

 without any trace of teeth. Antennae subdentate beneath, with very short thick 

 fascicles of cilia. 



23ii. Pergama lignata sp. nov. 



Forctcinys: ochraceous brown, tinged with (dive, with line lilackish striae : the 

 ? more ochraceous than the S; first line dark brown, at oue-third, curved outwards, 

 as usual, in the cell and again below median, to inner margin at two-fifths ; outer line 

 from costa at three-fourths to inner margin at two-thirds, with a deep sinus inwards 

 between the cell and the submediau fold, where it is ])rominently rounded outwards, 

 preceded by a less distinct line and a deep brown or olive-brown shade, which colour 

 overspreads more or less the whole of the median area except the costal margin; 

 cell-spot white, semihyaline ; marginal area with obliipte brown or olive-brownish 

 clouds, most distinct in the ? , which also has an elongated blotch of dark grey and 

 ochreous scales, edged by ;i black line beyond the upj)er part of the outer line ; 

 one black submarginal spot below apex : fringe coucolorous. 



Hindwhujs: paler; a dark brown slightly irregular line at two-thirds, edged by 

 a darker shade within and a paler line externally; an indistinct dark round cell- 

 spot ; a black submarginal spot below each of the three median uervnles, and one 

 between the subcostals. 



Underside ochraceous, with black strigae; the inner area of forewings jaler; 



