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Expause of wings : 44 mm. 



1 ? from Castro, Faraua (E. D. Junes). 



I have seen auotlier ? from tlie same locality, but no Jc?. 



148. Herbita castanea spec. nov. 



Foirtci/ii/ : deep fulvous with coarse dark speckling ; costa snow-white flecked 

 with lilack ; Hrst line at one-fourth, from subcostal vein to inner margin, marked 

 by dull blackish blotches between the veins and smaller ones with whitish dashes 

 on them ; cell-spot black ; outer and submarginal lines Innulate-dentate, marked 

 by blackish white-tipped teeth on the veins, the luuules themselves hardly visible ; 

 the outer line starts from a large white costal spot, runs obliquely outwards to 

 vein 0, then inwards to three-fourths of inner margin, the tooth on vein 5 displaced 

 basewards, large and black ; a large semi-oval costal blotch, filled up with blackish 

 and grey scales and with brown scales along costal edge, the white costal spot 

 standing on its innei' edge ; fringe concolorous, with the tips white ; marginal 

 area beyond outer line slightly darker than the rest of wing. 



IliitdiciiKj : with cell-spot and the two outer lines. 



Underside pale fulvous with dark speckles ; cell-spots black, distinct ; outer 

 and submarginal lines lunulate-dentate, finely whitish and marked by white points 

 on veins, the space lietween them darker ; marginal area sprinkled with whitish 

 scales, forming a blotch at apex. 



Face, vertex, and palpi whfte mixed with brown-grey ; back of vertex, 

 shoulders, patagia, and thorax bright fulvous ; abdomen fulvous ochreous, with 

 some dark spots on dorsum ; legs mottled brown and white. 



Expanse of wings : .56 mm. 



1 ? from Tuis, Costa Rica. 



Mr. 8chaus has two examples, both ? ?, wliich he is unable to refer with 

 certainty to any of the known male forms. 



140. Hygrochroma? cervinata spec. nov. 



ForetriiKj : reddish fawn-colour with a few darker striae ; costa rather paler, 

 and with a white spot shortly before apex ; first line deeper fawn at oue-fourth, 

 forming small curves between the veins edged inwardly by some slightly lustrous 

 lilac scales ; outer line from costa before the white spot, obliipie outwards and 

 angled on vein 7, then oblique inwards, luuulate-dentate, to three-fifths of inner 

 margin, finely edged outwardly with lustrous lilac and followed by lustrous grey 

 scales before a thick black straight shade running from below angle of line ; a 

 dark fawn median shade, curved at costa and touching outer line on inner 

 margin ; a small grey cell-spot ; marginal area lilac-tinged ; fringe dark fawn. 



JJiiif/niiii/ : with all the markings except first line, but fainter; cell-spot large, 

 round and black ; traces of a waved paler submarginal line. 



Underside of forewing paler, more lilac-tinged, with dark striations ; inner 

 and median shades faint ; a straight brown thick outer line from apex to two-thirds 

 of inner margin, the margin beyond IVrruginous ; hindwing yellow with brown 

 speckling; traces of the lines towards costa; a round brown cell-spot. 



Head, (iiorax, and abdomen like wings ; lace and i)alpi darker fawn-colour. 



Expanse of wings : oO mm. 



1 V from Canauche, Cundinamarca, Columbia, August 1903 (de Jlathau). 



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