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edge runs a slightly curved dark piu'plish brown streak longitudinally 

 across the fold and terminatmg just below the second discal spot at the 

 end of the cell ; termmal edge dark brown ; cilia dark purple. Hind- 

 wing dark golden fuscous with yellowish piu-ple cilia; the males have 

 a strong yellowkh costal tuft of long sense hau*s from base of the hmd- 

 wings. Abdomen fuscous with lighter underside. Legs light ochre- 

 ous with darker brown tarsi. 



Alar expanse. — 22-23 nmi. 



Habitat. — Porto Bello and Alhajuela, Panama, March. 



Type-specimen. — Cat. No. 16741, U.S.N.M. 



Differs from all species in this genus known to me by the longitudinal 

 dark streak from base of dorsal edge to the end of the cell. 



GONIOTERMA CORA, new species. 



Labial palpi dark bluish brown with base and inner side whitish. 

 Lower edge of the face and the tongue silvery white; upper face, head, 

 and thorax dark brown. Forewings dark brown with a j^urplish sheen 

 and with indistinct, darker blackish brown markmgs; from the black- 

 ish brown costal edge run three thin, irregular, zigzag Imes of the 

 same color across the wing; one from basal third of costa to middle of 

 dorsum, one from middle of costa to apical thkd of dorsum, and one 

 from apical third of costa to tornus; a very faint row of small blackish 

 brown dots along termen; cUia dark purplish brown. Hindwing 

 dark fuscous. Abdomen dark brown above, light ochreous on the 

 underside. Legs silvery ochreous, shaded with dark brown exte- 

 riorly. 



Alar expanse. — 22 mm. 



Ilahitat. — Trinidad River, Alhajuela and Porto Bello, Panama, 

 AprO, May. 



Type-specimen. — Cat. No. 16742, U.S.N.M. 



Nearest to the foregoing species but with darker head and without 

 any costal spot or longitudinal line. 



FamHy SPARGANOTHID^. 



Genus HOMONA Walker. 



Type. — Homona coffearia Nietner. 



HOMONA AQUILA, new species. 



Male. — Labial palpi saffron j-ellow. Face and head bright saffron. 

 Thorax brownish ochreous. Forewings arched at base; costa de- 

 pressed beyond the middle; termen sinuate below apex; basal thhd 

 light ochreous, reticulated with brown lines; rest of the wing, except 

 a small ochi'eous, reticulated area on termen, suffused with dark 

 brown, in which two irregular, outwardly curved, darker brown 

 fasciae are barely discernible, one from just before middle of costa, 



