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Subfamily HYPENIN"^:;. 



RILESENA NELIASALIS Walker. 



2. Porto Bcllo, February, 1911 (Busck). 



RH^ffiSENA ZOUM, new species. 



Aspect of neziila Schaus, but the male without the fovea m the disk 

 of hind wing. The outer Ime makes a smaller loop beyond the vertical 

 shade; subterminal Ime without white, etc. 



Type. — Male, No. 15944, U.S.N.M.; selected from a series of nine, 

 Trinidad Kiver, June, 1912 (Busck) ; La Chorrera, May, 1912 (Busck); 

 also one from Zcnt District, Costa Rica, February, 1907 (W. Schaus), 

 this latter labeled as nezula. 



RH^SENA DARCONIS Schaus. 



2. Trmidad River, June, 1912 (Buock). 



HOMOPYRALIS VIRIDIS Schaus. 



2. Cabima, May, 1911 (Busck); La Chorrera, May, 1912 (Busck). 



HOMOPYRALIS ELONGATA Schaus. 



1. Trinidad River, June, 1912 (Busck). 



HOMOPYRALIS NIREUS Schaus. 



1. Trinidad River, June, 1912 (Busck). 



HOMOPYRALIS PRiEUSTALIS Hubner. 



2. Trinidad River, March and June, 1912 (Busck). 



METALECTRA PRffiCISALIS Hubner. 



1. Cabima, May, 1911 (Busck) 



METALECTRA PUNCTILINEA Walker. 



2. Porto Bello, April, 1912 (Busck); La Chorrera, May, 1912 

 (Busck). 



Two males in poor condition, apparently referable to this species. 



METALECTRA CONTACTOIDES, new species. 



Hind wing rounded, finely crenulate on the margin. Brown, rather 

 light and a little purplish. Fore wing black at base, the mner line 

 just beyond, fhie, obscure; orbicular a dot; reniform a quadrate patch, 

 crossed by the heavy mesial band, slightly incurved below; outer line 

 slender, black; subterminal crenulate, near margin; terminal line 

 crenulate and dotted. Hind wing with large discal patch, duplicated 

 below by heavy mesial line; outer line straight, rather heavy, obsolete 

 above cell; termen as on fore wing. Expanse, 24 mm. * 



Type.— Hale, No. 15937, U.S.N.M.; Trinidad River, June, 1912 

 (Busck). 



Resembles the North American M. contacta Walker. 



METALECTRA MONOPAIS, new species. 



Small; black mixed with whitish to a dark gray; discal marks of 

 both wdngs large, round, black; anal tuft of male ocher. Lines 

 black, indistinct, with whitish borders more distinct than the lines; 

 subtermmal Ime white, sinuous; terminal black dots with white 

 ones in the fringe. Hmd wing with mesial line without white edge. 

 Expanse, 15 mm. 



