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AFRIDA GYMNES, new species. 



Fore wing grayish white, white irrorated with ohve yellow; a sub- 

 basal oblique half-Une from costa, dark gray; a small square patch 

 on middle of costa, connected by a slender, broken dentate outcurved 

 line to a triangular patch on inner margin; a large diffused patch on 

 termen forming a larger triangular patch above and a smaller one 

 below, joined; terminal black dots. Hind wing soft grayish fuscous, 

 with faint darker border and central line, the latter crossing the ob- 

 scure discal dot. Fringe pale. Expanse, 12 mm. 



Coty pes. —Seven specimens. No. 15793, U.S.N.M.; La Chorrera, 

 May, 1912 (Busck); Tabernilla, Canal Zone, May, 1907 (Busck). 



AFRIDA PNIXIS, new species. 



Base of fore wing dark, heavily blackish irrorate, followed by a 

 broad band of grayish white, Hmited by a zigzag black line, and run- 

 ning in toward base on inner margin; median space irrorated with 

 gray, hmited by a hne similar to the inner one, running from apex 

 inward, then downward to inner margin before tornus; the line is 

 followed by white below, but above touches the blackish marginal 

 marking, which becomes purphsh toward apex; marginal dots not 

 reheved. Hind wing uniformly dark grayish fuscous. Expanse, 

 11 mm. 



Type.— Male, No. 15794, U.S.N.M.; Cabima, May, 1911 (Busck.) 



GAUDEATOR, ne^AT genus. 



Fore wing with vein 3 before angle of cell; 4 and 5 well separated, 

 6 below upper angle of cell; 7 to 9 stalked, 7 after 9; 10 and II free, 

 11 somewhat curved. Hind wing with 3 and 4 from angle of cell, 5 

 from middle of cross vein, 6 and 7 long-stalked, 8 from middle of cell. 

 Hind tibiae with four spurs; palpi short, slender, upturned to middle 

 offrons; tongue distinct. 



Type of the genus. — Gaudeator paidicus, new species. 



GAUDEATOR PAIDICUS, new species. 



Yellow; abdomen more or less red dorsally. Fore wing yellow; a 

 purple-black bar near base to vein 1; an obUque inner band joined 

 by a longitudinal bar to a curved outer one to costa; outer band 

 broken below this bar, its lower segment lying parallel upon inner 

 margin next tornus. Hind wing pink with yellow fringe. Expanse, 

 13 mm. 



Type.—Msile, No. 15783, selected from 38 specimens, Cabima, May, 

 1911 (Busck). Other specimens from Porto Bello, April, 1912 

 (Busck); Tabernilla, Canal Zone, May, 1907 (Busck); La Chorrera, 

 May, 1912 (Busck); Trinidad River, March and June, 1912 (Busck). 



Resembles Nudur fractivittarum Dyar. 



LYCOMORPHODES SORDIDA Butler. 



12. Taboga Island, February, 1912 (Busck); Triiiidad River, 

 March, 1912 (Busck); Porto Bello, April and May, 1912 (Busck); 



