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Genus OGDOCONTA Butler. 

 OGDOCONTA PLUMBEA, new species. 



Dark purplish brown; fore wing dark brown to beyond cell; fol- 

 lowing area lighter with a leaden purple shade, the margin agam 

 dark; lines faintly indicated by lighter scales, scarcely traceable 

 except the subtermmal which is twice waved. Hind wing dark gray, 

 a little hghter at base, a black hne on termen, followed by white in 

 base of fringe. Expanse, 29 mm. 



Coty pes. —M&le, No. 13894, U.S.N.M., Orizaba, Mexico, September, 



1909 (R. Miiller); female, Misantla, Mexico, July, 1910 (R. Miiller). 



This species was examined by Sir G. F. Hampson and determined 



as new. 



PERICONTA, new genus. 



Fore wing with an areole; tibiae of fore legs short and stout, 

 unarmed, the tarsi very short with large claws; front with conical 

 process with vertical ridge; abdomen mthout crests. 



GenotijiJe. — Periconta ohliqua, new species. 



PERICONTA OBLIQUA, new species. 



Dark purpUsh brown to the outer line; subbasal and inner lines 

 slender, pale, faint; a black spot on inner margin between; orbicular 

 and reniform faintly shown in pale; outer line an obliterate slender 

 wliitish line preceded by intensification of the dark shading; a" sub- 

 terminal broad shaded very dark band, obsoletely cut by the veins; 

 a pale hne at base of fringe. Hind wing very dark gray with pale 

 line at base of fringe. Expanse, 27 mm. 



Type. — Male, No. 13895, U.S.N.M., Tehuacan, Mexico, September, 



1910 (R. Miiller). 



The genus and species were determined by Sir G. F. Hampson and 

 the names kindly suggested by him. 



Genus SATRAPODES Hampson. 



SATRAPODES DOSCA, new species. 



Thorax and fore wing bronzy yellowish; a brown bronzy shading 

 from base along costa to below cell, narrowing at middle line, then 

 filling the whole terminal area to a point at apex; three slender brown 

 lines, the inner curved in an arc, the middle one bent at a sharp angle 

 beyond cell, the outer at a still sharper angle, running from costa 

 almost to outer margin, then straight to inner margin at its outer 

 third; reniform a blackish cloud with a bright white spot below it; 

 a white speck in cell; subterminal line nearly parallel to the outer 

 margin, dark, wavy, rather broad, contained in the terminal dark 

 shading. Hind wing dark brown, the fringe paler. Expanse, 30 mm. 



Type.— Female, No. 13896, U.S.N.M., Zacualpan, Mexico, Septem- 

 ber, 1910 (R. MuUer). 



