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and central area of hindwings whitish ; this last more extended iu the S. Head, 

 thorax, and abdomen coucoloroiis with gronnd-colonr of forewings ; shonlders with 

 a largish lateral orange spot. 



Expanse of wings : tj, 40 mm. ; ? , 44 mm. 



One S , one ¥ from Chiriqui, Panama. 



The palpi in the S are upcnrved in front of face and bent back over the vertex, 



24. Phaeochlaena circumfumata sp. nov. 



Closely allied to P. ohtiisa Wlk., with which it agrees in the forewings ; but in 

 the hindwings, instead of the black border of the hindmargin ending sharply at anal 

 angle, it is joined by a smoky black snffnsion from base of inner margin, containing 

 a slight whitish streak on the fold. 



Expanse of wings : 26 mm. 



Two <S <S from Cncnta, Venezuela. ■ 



25. Scea servula sp. nov. 



Forewings : orange, the veins only partially and thinly blackened, the costal 

 and inner margins narrowly black ; the apical third together with the fringe dull 

 black, its edge irregularly waved or jagged from about two-thirds of costa to close 

 before anal angle. 



lliiKliriru/s : dull black. 



Underside like upper, but the veins of forewings not marked with black at all, 

 and the apical black area narrower. Head, thorax, and abdomen all smoky black. 



Expanse of wings : 48 mm. 



Two ? ? from Colombia, the one from River Dagua, the other from Pichinde, 

 December 1894, 5000 ft. (Rosenberg). 



20. Tithraustes albifera sp. nov. 



Foreiviiigs: dull grey-brown with tlie veins rufous; a white toadstool-shaped 

 blotch from middle of costa reaching to subniedian fold ; a small yellowish subapical 

 blotch from veins to 8 ; fringe brownish. 



Hindwings : white, with a grey-brown border from before apex to anal angle, 

 much narrowed at middle of hindmargin. 



Underside the same. Face and vertex white ; thorax and abdomen dark grey 

 varied with j)aler ; antennae black. 



Expanse of wings : 26 mm. 



One i from S. Jos6, Costa Rica, May and June 1899 (Underwood). 



27. Tithraustes approximans sp. nov. 



? Forewings: black, with a dull hyaline roundish blotch beyond cell. 



Hindwings : whitish hyaline ; the costa narrowly, the hindmargin to vein 3 

 more broadly, and the whole inner margin to median vein black. 



Underside of forewings like upper, but the whole basal area sprinkled witli 

 bluish white scales ; hindwings wholly bluish white except tiie hindmargin. Palpi 

 rubbed : apjjarently yellowish at base, the terminal joints blackish externally, 

 whitish internally ; base of patagia orange ; vertex, thorax, and abdomen blackish. 



