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STI CTOPTERA CLARA Cramer. 



19. Paraiso, Canal Zone, January, 1911 (Busck); Porto Bello, 

 February, 1911 (Busck); Cabima, May, 1911 (Busck); Trinidad 

 Kiver, June, 1912 (Busck). 



STICTOPTERA HETEROGRAMMA Hampson. 



1, Paraiso, Canal Zone, January, 1911 (Busck). 



Subfamily S ARROTHRIPIN"^. 

 CHARACOMA NILOTICA Rogenhofer. 



15. Porto Bello, February and March, 1911 (Busck); La Chorrera, 

 April, 1912 (Busck); Corozal, Canal Zone, April, 1912 (Busck). 



LOPHOSEMA PURPURASCENS Schaus. 



1. Cabima, May, 1911 (Busck). 



CASANDRIA METAPHAEA Hampson. 



5. Cabima, May, 1911 (Busck). 



CASANDRIA CHIRICA Schaus. 



1. Taboga Island, February, 1912 (Busck). 



CASANDRIA LEUCOPIS Schaus. 



1. Cabima, May, 1911 (Busck). 



The single specimen is a female and much rubbed, but I thmk refer- 

 able to this species. 



CASANDRIA INTERSTITIA, new species. 



Similar to leucopis, more shaded with dark red; reniform mark 

 larger; lines similar, mesial Hue forming a coarser zigzag below; 

 subterminal spots distmct and separated, not shaded together, pre- 

 ceded rather than followed by whitish shadmg. Hind wing with 

 broader fuscous border. 



Ty^^e.— Female, No. 15912, U.S.N.M.; Cabima, May, 1911 (Busck). 



A male from Guapiles, Costa Pica (W. Schaus), has more white 

 shadmg, especially preceding the subterminal spots. Hind wing 

 pure white to the margm without terminal Ime. 



CASANDRIA ABSEUZALIS Walker. 



1. La Chorrera, May, 1912 (Busck). 



CASANDRIA FUGAX, new species. 



Fore wing rather dark soiled gray, the veins indicated; lines 

 slender, black, the inner curved, a little angled but not dislocated; 

 median line visible below cell, coarsely toothed; reniform circular 

 with central reddish dot; outer line indistuict; subterminal dots 

 clouded. Hmd wing pure white. Espanse, 26 mm. 



Cotypes.—Two males, No. 15913, U.S.N.M.; Cabrnia, May, 1911 

 (Busck); Porto Bello, May, 1911 (Busck). 



CASANDRIA ILLEGITIMA, new species. 



Fore wmg like fugax, rather darker and more sordid. Hind wing 

 translucent, opalescent, entirely shaded with smoky black, the veins 

 darker. Expanse, 25 mm. 



Type.— Male, No. 15914, U.S.N.M.; Cabima, May, 1911 (Busck). 



