170 PR0CEEDIXG8 OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



TALARA MESOSPILA, new species. 



Head and thorax white; abdomen crimson. Fore wmg wliite; a 

 browTi patch at basal one-third of inner margin and another obhque 

 one on torniis. Hind wing crimson. Expanse, 11 mm. 



Type.—Msile, No. 15797, U.S.N.M.; La Chorrera, May, 1912 

 (Biisck). 



TALARA MONA, new species. 



Fore wing gray, variegated with whitish scales, especially on lower 

 half; inner line pale, faint, forming three small pale spots; sub ter- 

 minal line dark, straight, bent at vein G, followed by a light mark at 

 tornus and fringe and two dots on costa, one before, one after. Hmd 

 wing crimson at base, apex broadly dark gray, running as narrow 

 border to tornus. Body gray; abdomen crimson dorsally. Ex- 

 panse, 11 mm. 



Type.— M&le, No. 15796, U.S.N.M.; Trinidad River, March, 1912 

 (Busck). 



AlHed to unimoda Schaus and diversa Schaus, rather mtermediate 



between them. 



ABROCHOCIS, ne\A^ genus. 



Fore wing with vems 2 and 3 from before angle of cell, 4 and 5 long- 

 stalked, 7 to 9 stalked, 7 before 9, 10 free, 11 anastomosing with 12. 

 Hind wing with vein 2 from before angle of cell, 3 and 4 coincident, 

 5 from lower angle of cell, 6 and 7 coincident, 8 before middle of cell. 

 It falls in the table with Barsinella Butler, differing in veins 3 and 4 

 of fore wing bemg stalked and 6 and 7 of hind wmg coincident. 



Type of the genus. — Talara esperanza^ Schaus. 



ABROCHOCIS ESPERANZA Schaus. 



12. Tabernilla, Canal Zone, May, 1907 (Busck); Cabuna, May, 

 1911 (Busck); La Chorrera, May, 1912 (Busck); Trmidad River, 

 June, 1912 (Busck). 



BARSINELLA DESETTA, new species. 



Fore wing orange, tinged with red; crimson discal bar and termen; 

 three black dots beyond base followed by four digitate streaks, then 

 the inner line, thrice dentate, central tooth largest; outer line with 

 one long tooth, followed by eight streaks on the veins. Hind wing 

 crimson with apical black spot; fringes orange tinted. Expanse, 9 

 mm. 



Type.— Female, No. 15797, U.S.N.M.; La Chorrera, May, 1912 



(Busck) 



GERIDIXIS, new genus. 



Generic characters of ClirysocUorosia Hampson, by the table, but 

 vem 11 free, obhque, not anastomosmg with 12, cell of hind wing 

 moderate, etc. 



Type of the genus. — Geridixis minx, new species. 



> Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (8), vol. 7, 19n, p. 365. 



