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JONACA OLIVACEA, new species. 



Second joint of labial palpi ochreous white, with a broad blackish 

 brown band just before the apex; terminal joint with the extreme 

 tip ochreous white. Face blacldsh brown, with a few scattered 

 ochreous scales. Head and thorax dark olive brown; patagina ohve, 

 with whitish tips. Basal fourth of forewing greenish brown; the rest 

 of the wing is deep blackish brown, nearly black except for a large, 

 light ochreous, costal spot at apical third and a similar, duller, oppo- 

 site dorsal spot, which, together form a nearly complete, broad, light 

 fascia across the wing; this light fascia is poorly defined outwardly, 

 and the light color is somewhat diffused over the apical part of the 

 wing, which is otherwise blacldsh brown; cilia blackish brown. Hind- 

 wing deep blackish brown, nearly black, with a largo spot on the 

 upper part of the cell ochreous white, a small spot following this 

 golden ochreous, and with costal area white; the short cilia is pure 

 white. Underside of forewings black, w^th a large golden yellow 

 spot on the base of the apical veins; underside of the hindwings black, 

 a large y3llow costal spot at apical third and with the white semi- 

 transparent spot of the upper side showing through. Abdomen 

 above black, each segment posteriorly edged with white; last segment 

 all black; underside of body ochreous white, slightly sprinkled with 

 black scales. Legs whitish ochreous, broadly barred with black exte- 

 riorly; tarsal joint black with narrow golden annulations. 



Alar expanse. — 15-18 mm. 



Habitat. — Cabima, Trinidad River, La Chorrera, and Taboga Is- 

 land, Panama, January to June. 



Type-specimen.— Csit. No. 16758, U.S.N.M. 



Genus TORTYRA VS^alker. 

 Type. — Tortyra spectabilis Walker. 



TORTYRA CUPRINELLA, new species. 



Second joint of labial palpi violaceous silvery; terminal joint dark 

 purple. Face violaceous silvery. Head dark metalHc blue. An- 

 tennae with the thickened basal part deep blue, a white annulation 

 beyond it and tips gray. Thorax and patagina light bluish gray; 

 thorax with two, dark purplish brown, lateral streaks. Extreme base 

 of forewings silvery, followed by a short, obhque, blackish brown, 

 costal streak and a similar, dorsal streak; basal two-thirds of the fore- 

 wings dark brown, finely and evenly stippled with white dots, with 

 the effect of a fine, white, transverse gi-ain; at basal third is a trans- 

 verse, bluish silvery fascia, of even width throughout, but slightly 

 convex and broadly edged with blackish brown; terminal third of 

 the wing strongly metallic, dark coppery with violet and blue reflec- 

 tions; the limit between this part and the basal grained part of the 



