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Pt.y4thopotla caiithema.— Wings pale buff, irrorated with black and 

 grey scales; a cluster of black scales iu the cell; inner and median lines very 

 indistinct, except at costal blotches on primaries ; outer line dark grey, dentate ; a 

 subterminal line, parallel and similar to outer line ; a terminal dark line inter- 

 rupted by veins. Expanse 22 mm. 



Hab. — Oaxaca, Mexico. Antennae with long hairs, not so dense 

 as in P. jamaicensis Warr. 



Cosyiiibia jarata. — Wings whitish, thinly irrorated with gray scales; 

 black discal points in cells; inner and median lines wavy, grey; outer line 

 slightly dentate and punctiform on veins, black ; outer margin broadly grey, 

 with a whitish subterminal wavy line; terminal intervenal dark spots; fringe 

 white. Expanse 20 mm. 



Sab. — Rio Janeiro. Very much like Ptyehopoda jamaiceyisis 

 Warr., but has pectinate antennae. 



Deptalia atoniaria.— Wings pale buflF, thinly irrorated with violaceous 

 brown scales; the costa of primaries more thickly irrorated, also a median line ; 

 an inner and an outer row of black points on the veins; a terminal reddish 

 brown line, interrupted on either side of veins. Expanse 19 mm. 



Hab. — Orizaba, Mexico. Deptalia was created by Hulst for 

 Acidalia htsulsaria Gn. Other species belonging to the genus 

 are Ephyra ribdimentaria Gn. :^ A. tepidata Walker, A. asthe- 

 naria Walker, A. invariata Walker, A. numitoria Druce, Pleu- 

 roprucha roseipuncta Warr. Pleuroprucha Mosch., has an acces- 

 sory cell which is not present in Deptalia. 



Deptalia obsciirior.— Wings light brown, irrorated with darker scales, 

 especially on costa of primaries; a dark line at end of cells; an outer row of 

 black points on veins; a terminal row of dark spots; an indistinct inner line on 

 primaries. Expanse 18 mm. 



Hab. — Orizaba Mexico. 



Deptalia niiniita. — Wings pale bufiF, crossed by wavy pale violaceous 

 bands; the costa of primaries broadly pale buff; primaries with three inner, a 

 broad median, an outer, a broad submarginal, and a terminal band, the latter 

 broadest at apex. Secondaries with two basal, a median, an outer, a broad sub- 

 terminal and a terminal line; a black point in the cells; fringe yellowish buif. 

 Underneath luteous, with a distinct black point in the cells. Expanse 11 mm. 



Hab. — ^lianii, Florida. 



Hieinalea damaria. — Wings with basal half violaceous, containing a 

 yellow discal spot; outer half yellow; an outer and subterminal, wavy, viola- 

 ceous line; a terminal violaceous line; the subterminal on primaries interrupted 

 and extending to terminal at inner angle. E,xpanse 17 mm. 



Hab.— Sao Faulo, S. E. Brazil. 



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