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male and 1 female paratype reared from buds of alfalfa, February 

 15, 1915 (E. Gandron), all from the type locality; also 1 male 

 paratype from Matucana, Peru (Cornell University Expedition, lot 

 607, collected May 27, 1920). 



In addition to the above I have examined a male from Purulha, 

 Guatemala, a male from La Florida, Costa Rica, and three females 

 from Costa Kica that are presumably conspecific, certainly nothing 

 more than a local race of this species. In the fore wings of both 

 sexes there is a black streak extending back to the cell from the 

 curved line over the ocelloid patch much as in aporevia Walsingham. 

 I am unable to find any trace of this in the Peruvian specimens. 

 There are no other differences and the genitalia (male and female) 

 of the two forms agree. 



This species is very close to patriciana Walsingham and the fol- 

 lowing new species (accessa). All three have similar sex scaling in 

 the male, a similar pattern scheme, and similar scale tufts under 

 the costal fold in male fore wing. They differ rather strikingly in 

 genitalia and in several male characters. In accessa the costal fold 

 extends to w^ell beyond middle of costa, the thick hair tuft on cubitus 

 of hind wing is dark smoky fuscous, and the hair pencil from base 

 of hind wing is lacking. In patriciana the costal fold is short as in 

 op2^osita, but the hair pencil and cilia at inner angle of hind wing 

 are black and the pecten on cubitus is not developed into a tuft as 

 in the other two species. 



EPINOTIA ACCESSA. new species 



Plate 6, Figuke 20 ; Plate 7, Figtjkb 24 



Description. — Similar to E. opposita in pattern and color; but 

 showing important genitaiic and other differences. 



The fore wing of the male has a rolled-over costal fold, which ex- 

 tends to well beyond middle of costa ; a black suft'usion on dorsum at 

 base; an extended blackish suffusion over costal half of wing from 

 base to beyond cell. Hind wing dark brown with black sex scaling 

 on anal area and more or less along veins; a blackish fuscous scale 

 tuft on cubitus near base; no appreciable hair pencil from extreme 

 base of wing. Black sex scaling on under side of fore and hind 

 wings, abdomen, and hind tibiae, as in opposita. 



Female as in opposita., except for a very slight olive-green shading 

 on dorsal dark areas of fore vving and for the position of the genital 

 opening, the latter being more caudally placed in opposita (compare 

 pi. 7, figs. 24 and 2G). In superficial appearance females of accessa 

 also resemble those of Grocidoseina plebeiwiia Zeller and Epinotia 

 lantana Busck. Both of these are easily separated on genitaiic char- 

 acters (see pi. 7, figs. 23 and 25). Their males need not be confused. 



