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with gray; the tips of veins darker. Hind wings semihy aline 

 grayish white, somewhat darker at apex and on inner margin. 



Expanse. — 35 mm. 



Habitat. — Purulha, Guatemala. 



IVpe.— Cat. No. 22431, U.S.N.M. 



PARANEBITA IRMA. new species. 



Male. — Palpi yeUow rose in front, crimson laterally. Frons 

 purple brown; vertex bright yellow, edged in front and behind with 

 crimson. Collar and thorax purple brown; a large crimson spot in 

 center of thorax. Abdomen above deep crimson; a small black 

 dorsal spot at base, and one on anal segment; anal hairs yeUov/; 

 underneath pale yellov»^ Fore wings deep purple; a crimson streak 

 on basal third of inner margin; a round antemedial spot below cell; 

 a small medial spot on inner margin and postmedial spots above and 

 below submedian, all crimson with a few central yellow scales; costal and 

 marginal costal spot yellow with crimson edges ; a large medial costal 

 spot to median, its hind edge rounded; a small postmedial costal spot 

 its hind edge straight; a larger spot near apex; the terminal spot wide 

 and straight on vein 5, only a little downbent on termen, narrowing to 

 a point at tornus; cilia on termen yellow mottled with crhnson toward 

 apex. Hind wings yellow v/ith some crhnson hairs; termen black. 

 Fore wings below fuscous; spots as above; inner margin yeUow to 

 near tornus. 



Expanse . — 23 mm. 



Habitat. — Cayuga, Guatemala. • 



Type.— Csit. No. 22432, U.S.N.M. 



Family AGARISTIDAE. 



ALYPIA AUSTRALIS, new species. 



Male.— Body black; some fine white scaling on neck; a white spot 

 on shoulders. Fore wings fuscous brown; a cream color space from 

 base to middle of wing, its anterior edge barely entering cell at 

 base, then expanding to near subcostal, curved down across median 

 and base of vein 2, the lower edge from just below submedian at 

 base, then upcurved toward cell; a subterminal cream color spot 

 from vein 2 to vein 8, cut by veins mostly finely black, vein 5 being 

 more heavily marked. Hind wings orange yellow, the termen 

 broadly black, especially from vein 2 to inner margin; a black dis- 

 cocellular streak. Wings below similar; vein 5 on fore wing not 

 more heavOy marked. 



Expense. — 31 mm. 



Habitat. — ^La Farga, Argentina. 



Type.— C&t. No. 22433, U.S.N.M. 



I am indebted to Don Pedro Jorgensen for this interesting species. 



