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the cell is a curved blackish brown line; cilia blackish. Hind- 

 wings light carmine red with somewhat lighter ciha. Abdomen car- 

 mine red above with light yellow underside; legs yellow shaded with 

 carmine. 



Alar expanse. — 28 mm. 



Habitat. — Cabima, Panama, May. 



Type-specimen.— Qsii. No. 16746, U.S.N.M. 



A showy species, allied to CrypfolecJiia miniata Dognin. 



CRYPTOLECKIA ILLUMINELLA, new species. 



Labial palpi dark purplish red dusted mth black. Antennae dark 

 brown. Face reddish ocherous. Head red. Thorax brown. Fore- 

 wings golden brown; costal edge brick red; extreme base black; 

 three indistinct darker brown transverse lines, one across the middle 

 of the cell, one on the middle of the wing reaching across the wing, 

 and at apical fourth inwardly cm-ved at costa and not quite reaching 

 the dorsal edge; terminal edge broadly dark brown with cilia dark 

 reddish; dorsal cilia light brick red. Hindwings bright aniline red 

 with shghtly paler cilia. Legs golden brown, shaded externally 

 with dark brown. 



Alar expanse. — 17 mm. 



Habitat. — Trinidad River, Panama, March. 



Type-specimen.— Odii. No. 16747, U.S.N.M. 



The hindwings have the same strildng shade as C. ignicolor Busck., 

 from which it differs by its smaller size and brown striped forewings. 

 It is nearer in size and ornamentation to Cryptolecliia incensatella 

 Walker, and Cryptolecliia fervida Zeller, described from Brazil, in 

 which the forewings, however, are also of a carmine red, not brown, 

 as in the present species. 



CRYPTOLECHIA SULPHIJREA, new species. 



Second joint of labial palpi brick-red, mottled with yellow; ter- 

 minal joint light yellow. Face brick red. Head sulphur yellow. 

 Antennse reddish. Thorax light yellow. Forewings glossy white 

 with a strong violet sheen and overlaid w^th yeUow scales; extreme 

 base of costa, a longitudinal central line from base to termen and 

 the apical edge, reddish yellow; cilia brown with purplish base and 

 a black transverse line. Hindwings glistening light violet yellow 

 with light yellow cilia. Abdomen and legs yellow. 



Alar expanse.— 30 mm. 



Habitat. — Porto Bello, Panama, June. 



Type-specimen.— C?it. No. 16748, U.S.N.M. 



A large showy species, allied to Cryptolecliia crossota Walsingham. 



