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the other from apical fifth; entire wing sparsely speckled wdth small 

 black atoms tending to form transverse striation; cilia concolorous 

 with the dark browii part of the wing. Ilindwmg dark brownish fus- 

 cous, much darker than the forewings, with apex and terminal edge 

 broadly mottled with browTi and black. Underside of both wings 

 light ochreous, mottled with dark fuscous, transverse striation. 

 Abdomen dark fuscous above, underside light ochreous with a longi- 

 tudinal row of three deep black spots; male genital tufts blackish 

 fuscous. 



Alar expanse. — 34 mm. 



Eahitat. — Cabima, Panama, May. 



Type-specimen.— Cat. No. 16743, U.S.N.M. 



Very similar in wingshape and ornamentation to Homona sehasta, 

 Walsingham, but somewhat larger and distinguished from all described 

 species in the genus by the very dark hindwings and abdomen. The 

 longitudmal row of black spots on the underside of the abdomen is 

 common to all the species of the genus known to me. 



HOMONA CONSOBRINA, new species. 



Female. — Labial palpi light saffron yellow mottled with dark red. 

 Face and head light ochreous with a dark red, transverse line below the 

 antennae ; collar reddish brown. Thorax and patagina hght violaceous 

 brown. Forewing with base of costa strongly arched and middle of 

 costa depressed; apex prominent; termen strongly sinuated below 

 apex and strongly convex on the lower part; light brown, clouded 

 wdth darker brown and evenly sprinkled with blackish brown dots, 

 which tend toward transverse striation ; costal edge from before mid- 

 dle to apex broadly wliite, which color gradually mixes with the brown 

 color of the wing; base of costal edge narrowly dark reddish brown; 

 cilia dark mahogany brown strongly contrasting mth the lighter 

 brown scaling. Hindwings reddish brown, mth white costal area and 

 with faint, blackish brown, irregular, transverse spots. Underside of 

 forewing reddish brown with apical part lighter ochreous, and sprin- 

 kled with brown, transverse striation. Underside of hindwing light 

 oclireous with brown, transverse striations; tliree round black dots in 

 a longitudinal row between veins 5 and 6 and scattered black dots at 

 the base of the light ochreous ciha. Abdomen light brown ; underside 

 ochreous with the usual row of black spots; terminal joint on the un- 

 derside with a large cushion of peculiar, erect, thickened scales, such 

 as are found in the females of all the American species. Legs ochre- 

 ous; tarsi marked with dark brown. 



Alar expanse. — 32 mm. 



Habitat. — Porto Bello, Panama, May. 



Type-specimen.— Qui. No. 16744, U.S.N.M. 



