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Fore wings lilacine with some fuscous striae; costal margin to median 

 and almost to apex brown; the inner margin purplish; a white point 

 edged with purple at end of cell. Hind wings purplish red. Fore 

 wings below purplish red, the outer margin lilacine. Hind winga 

 below white. 



Expanse. 70 mm. 



Habitat. — Joinville, Southeast Brazil. 



Type.—Qfit. No. 22447, U.S.N.M. 



Evidently closely allied to A. vinacea Rothschild. 



I am indebted to Mr. J. Arp, of Rio de Janeiro, for a specimen of 

 this species. 



ADELOCEPHALA SINALOANA, new species. 



Male. — Body above yellow, the patagia shaded with purple; un- 

 derneath lilacine, the legs dark gray. Fore wings in type: base and 

 termen purple; space between lines except inner margin yellow with 

 purplish striae, the inner line slightly sinuous; outer line straight 

 from costa near apex to middle of inner margin. Hind wings crim- 

 son, the termen yellow. Fore wings below crimson from base to near 

 apex; a yellow space on costa within line; termen lilacine shaded with 

 red toward inner margin; a large black spot with white center at 

 end of cell. Hind wings below whitish strongly tinged with lilacine 

 on costal half; a line from near apex not reaching inner margin. 



ExjMnse. — 54 mm. 



Hahitat.—Sm&loa, Mexico. 



Type.— Cat. No. 22448, U.S.N.M. 



A very variable species. Sometimes the fore wing is yellow thickly 

 covered with piu'ple striae, or dark gray with the medial space brown. 



ADELOCEPHALA ROSEILINEA, new species. 



Male. — Body and wings white; legs roseate. Fore wings: base 

 shaded with roseate; two roseate lines, the first from costa across dis- 

 cocellular then inbent, the outer line from costa near apex to inner 

 margin beyond middle. Hind wings with a fine and faint outer rose- 

 ate line. 



Expanse. — 43 mm. 



Habitat. — Guapiles, Costa Rica. 



Type.— Csit. No. 22449, U.S.N.M. 



Family HYFSIDAE. 



EUCYANE ESCUINTLA, new species. 



Male. — Palpi black; head, collar, and thorax black streaked with 

 blue, the sides of frons white. Abdomen above black shot with 

 blue and with brighter blue fine segmental lines, underneath red with 

 black segmental lines. Legs black streaked with white>. Fore wings 



