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beyond cell, oblique below; discal mark narrow, oblique, white; a 

 dotted white line before the double black marginal line. Hind wing 

 with the inner line curved, white, at about the inner third, followed 

 distantly by a bluish duplicating shade; subterminal white line more 

 continuous than on fore wing; fringes whitish. Expanse, 14 mm. 



Type.— Femsi\e, No. 16141, U.S.N. M.; La Chorrera, May, 1912 

 (Busck). Also another, apparently the same, but w^orn, Corozal, 

 Canal Zone, March, 1911 (Busck). 



No male is at hand. The species may be recognized by its very 

 small size and the unusually basal position of the line on hind wing. 



NACOLEIA INDICATA Fabricius. 



14. Taboga Island, June, 1911 (Busck) ; Corozal, Canal Zone, July, 

 1912 (J. Zet'ck), August and November, 1912 (C. P. Crafts). 



NACOLEIA XANTHODYSANA, new species. 



Fore wing reddish browai, the lines as in indicata Fabricius, butfaint, 

 the outer denticulate. Hind wing fuscous shaded, the lines faint. 

 Outer margin of fore wing straight from apex to vein 3, then roundedly 

 prominent; fringe yellow, blackish at the prominence; a faint double 

 terminal line. Hind wing with the fringe yellow, interlined with 

 brown, interrupted at submedian fold. Expanse, 19 mm. 



Type.—Femsi\e, No. 16142, U.S.N.M.; Trinidad River, June, 1912 

 (Busck). 



Mr. Schaus sent two females from Costa Rica labeled " N, indicata 

 Fab. 9 ", but I have numerous females of that species agreeing en- 

 tirely with the males. 



NACOLEIA PERSINUALIS Walker. 



1. Corozal, Canal Zone, August, 1912 (C. P. Crafts). 



NACOLELA STYGIALIS Hampson. 



4. Taboga Island, February, 1912 (Busck) La Chorrera, May, 

 1912 (Busck). 



NACOLEIA PELEALIS Walker. 



4. Taboga Island, February, 1912 (Busck); Alhajuelo, April, 1911 

 (Busck); Cabima, May, 1911 (Busck). 



NACOLEIA XANTHLALIS Guenee. 



3. La Chorrera, May, 1912 (Busck); Corozal, Canal Zone, August, 

 1912 (C. P. Crafts). 



NACOLEIA VERITALIS, new species. 



Wliite, with slight bronzy brown tint; lines slender, blackish, the 

 inner gently curved; outer line wavy from costa tornus, then recurved 

 to below reniform and again to inner margin; orbicular and reniform 

 annular. Hind wing with median segment of outer line projected, 

 touching the margin beyond tornus; a terminal row of close dots on 

 both \\dngs. Expanse, 15 mm. 



Colypes. — Two specimens, selected from a series of 11, No. 16149, 

 U.S.N.M.; Trinidad River, March, 1912 (Busck); Alhajuelo, April, 



