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line arcuate; outer line with a sharp central outcurve, almost angled; 

 discal mark oblique, dark; a row of terminal black dots. Hind wing 

 with single outer line, dark within, white without. Expanse, 10 mm. 



Type.— Mule, No. 16112, U.S.N.M.; Porto Bello, April, 1912 

 (Busck). Also 4 others with additional localities, Cabima, May, 

 1911 (Busck); Trinidad River, May, 1911 (Busck). 



Allied to P. myrmidonalis Guenee, but the lines appear pale on a 

 darker ground instead of the reverse. 



LIPOCOSMA PARCIPUNCTALIS, new species. 



Whitish; inner line far out, fulvous-gray, bent; outer line excurved 

 above and angled outward on submedian; a brown shade at apex. 

 Hind wing w^ith a patch of dark scales representing the inner half of 

 mesial band; a slender brown line curved over a patch of brown-gray 

 on inner half of margin, containing four little black dots. Expanse, 

 11 mm. 



Type.— Female, No. 16170, U.S.N.M.; Corozal, Canal Zone, March, 

 1911 (Busck). 



LIPOCOSMA PUNCTISSIMALIS, new species. 



Fore wmg with veins 4-5 stalked; heavily irrorate with black, 

 leaving a triangular white patch at basal third of inner margin, extend- 

 ing up to cell; two black streaks on costa; a black discal mark; a 

 heavy semicircular black and brown shade on costa outwardly, fol- 

 lowed by the slender, curved outer line, which runs out near the 

 margin, then in along vein 3 and is dentate on submedian; this is 

 followed narrowly by black; tornus filled in with black; apex white 

 with dotted terminal line. Hind w^ing with the margin twice mcised; 

 white at base and in the indentations of the outer line, else powdered 

 with black; a black raised tuft below cell, followed by a dark area; a 

 row of seven minute black dots with coppery scales on lower half of 

 margin. Expanse, 10 mm. 



Type.— Male, No. 16171, U.S.N.M.; Taboga Island, June, 1911 

 (Busck). Also four males and one female from the same place, 

 February, 1912 (Busck). 



Allied to Amhia argyractalis Schaus (which is not an Amhia), but 

 much smaller and more diversified in markings. Also differing in 

 venation, having veins 4 and 5 of fore wing stalked, while they are 

 apart in argyractalis. 



LIPOCOSMA TELIFERALIS, new species. 



Similar to L. punctissiTnalis and with the same venation; fore wmg 

 whiter, the markings more open; a white area on costa; white 

 triangle narrower and followed by fulvous brown. Hind wing with- 

 out any conspicuous dark area below the cell-tuft which has long thick 

 hairs nearly reaching the margin; incision of outer line sharp. 

 Expanse, 10 mm. 



Type.—U&\e, No. 16172, U.S.N.M.; Taboga Island, February, 1912 

 (Busck). Also a female from Porto Bello, April, 1912 (Busck). 



