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vertical below cell; orbicular a small light brown spot darkly edged; 

 a fine medial vertical shade; reniform large, constricted in front, 

 light brown, containing two fuscous brown spots; postmedial and 

 subterminal lunular, parallel, faintly incurved below vein 4, out- 

 wardly edged with some grayish scales, chiefly on subterminal; a 

 lunular fuscous brown terminal line. Hind wings: A few grayish 

 scales below vein 2 ; a small white and brown spot on inner margin 

 near angle. Wings below fuscous brown; a subterminal lunujar 

 fine gray line, partly obsolete on fore wings. 



Expanse. — 26 mm. 



Habitat. — Cayenne', French Guiana. 



Type.— Cat. No. 19733, U.S.N.M. 



PHYSULA CRISTINA, new species. 



Female. — Body and wings dark olive brown, the lines fine, fuscous. 

 Fore wings: The costa darker shaded; antemedial faintly wavy, 

 vertical; medial line very indistinct; reniform lighter brown, in- 

 curved, edged and divided by dark lines; postmedial outcurved on 

 costa, then wavy and slightly inbent; subterminal whitish points 

 on veins. Hind wings: Traces of a postmedial dark line; a few 

 subterminal white points. Wmgs below dark gray brown; a dark 

 postmedial line ; a point on discocelluar of hind wing. 



Expanse. — 30 mm. 



Habitat. — Carillo, Costa Rica. 



Type.— Cat. No. 19734, U.S.N.M. 



Near Physula aristina Schaus. 



PHYSULA INSCITALIS, new species. 



Male. — Body and wings dull grayish brown, the markings darker, 

 browner, indistinct. Fore wings: A fine antemedial line; a medial 

 shade, more distinct in the female; orbicular a point; reniform 

 darkly outlined, sinuous; postmedial line outcmwcd, partly puncti- 

 form; subterminal consisting of a yellowish line on costa, and irregu- 

 lar spots below, the latter mwardly shaded with dark brown; termi- 

 nal dark brown points. Hind wmgs: Traces of brown lines above 

 angle on inner margin; an interrupted terminal line. Hmd wings 

 below whitish, irrorated with brown; a dark line on discoceUular ; a 

 fine postmedial line; a subterminal pale line, inwardly dark shaded. 



Expanse. — 23 mm. 



Habitat. — Jalapa, Mexico. 



Type.— C&t. No. 19735, U.S.N.M. 



PHYSULA PAGANACALIS, new species. 



Female. — Palpi upcurved, long; second joint with longer hairs be- 

 hind; third joint nearly as long as second, acute, more smoothly 

 scaled, with only a few long hairs behind. Head, collar, thorax, and 

 fore wings dull dark brown. Abdomen dark brown with some whitish 



