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SYSSPmNX MOLINA Cramer. 



2. Cabima, May, 1911 (Busck); Paraiso, Canal Zone, May, 1911 

 (Busck). 



ADELOCEPHALA ADOCIMA, new species. 



Fore vnng dark gray-brown; a white triangular patch at base; 

 outer line faintly indicated, nearly parallel to outer margin, starting 

 from costa at outer fifth, retreating a little below, relieved at costa 

 by a triangular violaceous shade within. Abdomen ocher-brown. 

 Expanse, 83 mm. 



Type.— Female, No. 15766, U.S.N.M.; Cabima, May, 1911 (Busck). 



Superfamily BOMBYCOIDEA. 

 Family SYNTOMID^. 



POMPILIODES ALIENA Walker. 



3. Paraiso, Canal Zone, February, 1911 (Busck); Porto BeUo, 

 March, 1911 (Busck). 



ISANTHRENE CRABRONIFORMIS Staudinger. 



1. Alhajuelo, April, 1911 (Busck). 



PHEIA ALIBISIGNA Walker. 



1. Cabima, May, 1911 (Busck). 



PHEIA UTICA Druce. 



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



PHEIA STRATIOTES, new species. 



Black, with many yellow spots; front, vertex, tegulse, streak on 

 patagia, spot in center of thorax, two beliind, all of constricted base 

 of abdomen, band on posterior edge of each segment, interrupted 

 dorsaUy, and venter yeUow. Palpi and legs darker yeUow, the latter 

 streaked with black. Antennae black, yeUow in the middle, wings 

 yeUow hyaline, veins black; fore wing with orange spot at base, an 

 apical black patch and very narrow outer and inner borders. Hind 

 wing with narrow apical border. Expanse, 23-25 mm. 



Cotypes. — Three males, No. 15771, U.S.N.M.; Trinidad River, 

 March, 1912 (Busck); Cabima, June, 1911 (Busck). 



The abdomen is distinctly constricted at the base, but the other 

 characters agree with Pheia. 



LOXOPHLEBIA LEITCOTHEMA, new species. 



Above as in L. imitata Druce; abdomen beneath black, the ventral 

 valve white. Expanse, 18-20 mm. 



Cotypes. — Three males, No. 15767, U.S.N.M.; Trinidad River, June, 

 1911 (Busck); Caura Valley and Aroa, Venezuela (Schaus collection). 



MESOTHEN PYRRHA Schaus. 



1. Corozal, Canal Zone, March, 1911 (Busck). 



PHCENICOPROCTA RUBIVENTER Hampson. 



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



