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and suffusing with a similar shade adjoining the postmedial line from 

 vein 5 to inner margin; a large dark brown space below cell from base 

 to middle of inner margin, this dark space having its anterior edge 

 somewhat rounded, its outer edge oblique, slightly inset on submedian 

 vein; a small dark gray shade in end of cell, and a similar shade below 

 discocellular; a broad dark brown streak at discocellular, edged with 

 roseate white; a large grayish brown space on costa from above end 

 of cell to postmedial line crossed by a fuscous shade from costa to 

 vein 5; postmedial defined by the pale shading on inner side, and a 

 broad fuscous brown shade on outer side expanding to tornus ; a black 

 brown spot on costa at apex, edged with whitish; termen mostly brown 

 with a dentate subterminal pale roseate line from vein 5 to tornus; cilia 

 brown with white spots at veins. Hind wings roseate, more deeply 

 colored at base; a thick black medial line, preceded by a thick black 

 streak on discocellular; a broad fuscous subterminal shade; the veins 

 on outer half streaked with brown. Fore wings below pale roseate 

 gray, the basal hah shaded with ocherous; a fine dark line on disco- 

 cellular and a distinct postmedial line. Hind wings below shaded 

 with pale brown; a straight medial line; a dentate subterminal line. 



Expanse. — 52 mm. 



Habitat. — Jalapa, Mexico. 



Type.— Cat. No. 23417, U.S.N.M. 



Closely allied to D. rosea Druce. 



DIRPHIA TUSINA, new species. 



Male. — Head and collar dark brown. Thorax and base of abdomen 

 black-brown with a few yellowish hairs. Abdomen above orange with 

 transverse black bands; a lateral black line, a sublateral white line 

 with black points. Abdomen below deep rose color. Thorax below 

 brown, the legs fuscous brown. Fore wings roseate brown; a black 

 point on base of costa; a large fuscous brown space below cell from 

 base to middle of inner margin limited by black lunules mottled with 

 orange scales; two small lunules in cell; medial space more roseate; a 

 large black spot somewhat triangular suffusing with the discocellular 

 line; a black postmedial line outbent on costa, angled on vein 7, then 

 slightly incurved to inner margin, consisting chiefly of thick lunules 

 mottled with orange scales; a small brown shade on costa at apex. 

 Hind wing purple red to postmedial line, paler beyond it and on 

 termen; a large round black spot at and beyond cell, touching the 

 postmedial line, which is broad and black; a broad subterminal fuscous 

 shade. Wings below roseate; fore wings with the discocellular broadly 

 black and a black postmedial line; hind wings with a straight dark 

 medial line and a curved black line on discocellular. 



Expanse. — 61 mm. 



Habitat. — Tuis, Costa Rica. 



Type.— Cut. No. 23418, U.S.N.M. 



Belongs to the D. rosea group. 



