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lular; a luniilar, geminate postmedial fine black line terminating 

 at a dark streak before inner margin which extends to termen; a 

 small white spot on outer edge of the line adjoining the dark streak. 



Female. — Body and wings yellowish buff. Fore wings: the lines 

 more distinct filled in v.ith a slightly darker shade, the postmedial 

 marked with minute rufous spots on costa; some whitish shading at 

 middle of outer margin. Hind wings slightly tinged with rufous; an 

 antemedial rufous spot on inner margin; a postmedial geminate line 

 as on fore wing, but less lunular. Wings below yellowish buff, the 

 hind wings with a geminate postmedial dark line, outcurved, the 

 two lines almost meeting on inner margin where they arc shaded 

 with lilacine white; a dark shade on termen at anal angle. 



Expanse. — Male, 32 mm. ; female, 40 mm. 



Hahitat. — Volcan de Santa Maria, Guatemala. 



Type.— Cat. No. 22455, U.S.N.M. 



CARTHARA ALTLRA, new species. 



Male. — Palpi and frons brow^i, shaduig to -Ahitish gray on vertex; 

 antennae with the shaft whitish gray, the pectinations brovy-ii. Collar 

 dark sienna bromi. Thorax whitish gray. Abdomen shaded -with 

 dark gray, the base dorsally browTiish yellow. Fore wings light 

 gray, the basal third shaded with bro\\aiish yellov/; antemedial line 

 fiiie, dark, geminate, slightly outcurved, starting from dark points 

 on costa; a very fine dark line on discocellular; a fine postmedial, 

 lunular, line marked by a small dark spot on costa and followed 

 by another similar line parallel to it from vein 4 to inner margin; 

 above vein 4 this second Ime is white broadly edged outwardly with 

 sienna brovm, and there is a large shnilar patch on its in.ner side 

 between veins 4 and 6; veins 2, 3, and 4 are yellow from postmedial 

 line to termen, vein 5 yellov/ only on termen, vein 6 from cell and vein 

 7 from second line to termen. Hind v.ings rufous yellov/; a fine 

 gemmate dark })ostmedial line slightly lunular, outwardly edged 

 with white towards tlie darker shade on umer margm; alternate 

 white and dark gray lines on mner margin; veins on termen yeiiov/ish. 

 Fore wings below shaded with broT\Ti on outer half, the inner margin 

 yellow; famt traces of the postmedial lines. Hind wings below dark 

 yellow mottled vvdth rufous scaUng; a fine dark Ibie on discocellular; 

 the postmedial dark lines well marked; a dark streak between the 

 tv/o Imes before inner margin, the outer line also edged with white 

 outwardly towards inner margin. 



Female. — Frons and collar brown, the vertex white. Thorax 

 bromiish gray. Abdomen above bro\Mii3h gray with a dorsal fus- 

 cous Ime. Fore wmgs: The base browaiish gray lunited by the outer 

 of the antemedial gemmate line, which is darker broAMi, irregularly 

 outbent to median, then wavily down bent to mner margin; medial 



