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NEW THYRIDIDAFj, UBANIIDAE, AND GE03IETBIDAE 

 FROM SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA. 



BY \V. WAEEEN, M.A., F.E.S. 



Family TflYllTniDAE. 



1. Zeuzerodes fasciata spec. nov. 



Forcicing : ochroons, covered with brown striae and shadings, which assnine 

 the form of bands parallel to hindmargin ; that along hindmargin itself broader 

 and distinct, dark brown at anal angle, broad and paler brown at apex, where 

 it curves ronnd to costa; it is preceded by a distinct pale fascia, and this again 

 b}' a dark central one which is broader towards costa and angled ontwards beyond 

 cell, containing an ill-defined dark cell-spot ; basal half of wing crossed by three 

 or four indistinct bands, one of which is marked by a blackish dash in the cell ; 

 extreme apex of wing whitish with a few black scales ; fringe reddisli brnwn, with 

 darker mottlings lieyond veins. 



Iliriihrimj : with the central and marginal brown bands very distinirt ; the 

 pale intervals with irregnlar lines of lirown striae: fringe with basal half dark 

 brown, apical half paler. 



Underside the same, the markings on the whole clearer. 



Head, thorax, and abdomen dark brown, the shoulders pale ochreons. 



Expanse of wings : 40 mm. 



1 ? from Santo Domingo, (!arabaya, S.E. Fern, 6.")00 ft., Dec. 1002, wet season 

 (Ockenden). 



Forewing acute, hindmargin very oblique, as long as inner margin ; himlwing 

 triangular with acute apex. 



Distingnished from the other s])ecies liy tlie absence of any pale patcli at 

 anal angle of hindwing. 



Family URAyilDAE. 

 Subfamily EPIPLEMINAE. 

 2. Coelura dissocia sjiec. nov. 



?. Forewing: grey-brown, covered with faint striae, which are distinct 

 only in the marginal area ; the produced apex and hindmargin narrowly black- 

 brown ; a black-brown line oblique from apex to four-fifths of inner margin, but 

 the line is really retracted close before apex to costa; from two-thirds of costa 

 a straight black-brown line meets the outer line on vein ; a faint dark cell- 

 dot ; the basal line is very obscure, but is strongly curved and bent in cell ; fringe 

 ilark brown with a pale base. 



Hindwing : with a distinct doulile postmedian line, curved inwards above 

 middle and obsolescent before costa ; marginal striae pale, mixed with blackisli 

 above anal angle; fringe dark brown with pale base bej'ond a blackisli 

 marginal line. 



Underside dull grevish ochreons, striated and snffused with grev brown, 



