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dark brown basal lino. Hindwing bright golden ochreous with a 

 reddish tinge toward apex. Abdomen light ochreous with light red 

 tip. Legs light ochreous ; tarsi dark brown. 



Alar expanse. — 21-25 mm. 



Habitat. — Cabima and Trinidad River, Panama, May. 



In the United States National Museum is also a specimen from 

 St. Jean, Maroni, French Guiana, W. Schaus, collector. 



Type-specimen.— Cdit. No. 16739, U.S.N.M. 



A very showy species when fresh; rubbed specimens lose much of 

 the brilUancy and appear simply brown with a darker brown cross- 

 line and with light yellow hindwings. 



GONIOTERMA GERDA, new species. 



Labial palpi light clay j^ellow, with exterior side of second joint 

 blackish brown. Face and head light clay yellow. Thorax light 

 yellowish brown. Forewing light yellowish brown with costal and 

 terminal edges narrowly light yellow; on the middle of the fold is a 

 small black dot; at the end of the cell is a similar black dot; from 

 apical fourth of costa runs a faint darker brown Hno across the wing 

 to dorsum; this line is sharply inwardly bent just below costa, 

 thence evenly outwardly curved, termmating just before the begin- 

 ning of the ciha; ciha dark yellowish fuscous. Hindwing yellowish 

 fuscous with narrow yellow edge and light yellowish cilia. Abdomen 

 light yellowish brown with whitish yellow underside. Legs yellow, 

 anterior tibi?e and tarsi marked with blackish brown; posterior tarsi 

 light brown. 



Alar expanse. — 29 mm. 



Habitat. — Porto Bello, Panama, April. 



Type-specimen.— C2Lt. No. 16740, U.S.N.M. 



Very close to S. emma Busck, slightly larger and with more rounded 

 terminal edge in the forewing; at once distinguished from this species 

 by the lighter hindwing and the absence of the costal spot on the 

 fore wings. 



GONIOTERMA MINNA, new species. 



Second joint of labial palpi bluish white on the inner side, light 

 golden brown in front and dark brown exteriorly; terminal joint white. 

 Lower face light violaceous; upper face uidescent white. Head and 

 thorax light purplish brown. Forewuig light purplish fuscous; 

 extreme costal edge golden yellow; two triangular dark purple costal 

 spots, one on the middle of costa, one somewhat larger at apical fourth 

 extended nearly to apex; just before apex a small, bright ochreous 

 spot; from the two costal spots run very faint, outwardly strongly 

 angulated Imes of dark purple dots across the wing; a faint dark 

 streak also from basal third of costa; base of costa slightly darker; a 

 faint dark purple first and second discal dot; from the base of dorsal 



