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the apex blackish ; outer line rather distinct, whitish, oblique 

 on costa, angled at veins 7 and 4, submedian and vein 1 ; a 

 black dash from end of vein 2 to outer line, then preceding it 

 along submedian ; the line is distinct below this and edged with 

 black ; veins outwardly black-lined. Hind wing pale gray ; 

 veins dark ; outer area broadly blackish brown ; fringe whitish, 

 interlined. Expanse, 46 mm. 



Type, male. No. 22015, U. S. Nat. Mus. ; Cachi, Costa Rica, 

 October 27, 1909 (W. Schaus). 



The specimen looks much like C. costariccnsis Hampson, 

 except that the outlines of the stigmata are absent. 



Amathes miastigma, new^ species. 



Fore wing straw-color, suffused with pinkish ; a round black 

 spot in lower part of renif orm ; markings otherwise faint and 

 not contrasted ; lines dark, the inner coarsely waved ; stigmata 

 outlined in dark ; a median shaded line from reniform to inner 

 margin ; outer line slightly excurved between veins 2 and 7 ; 

 subterminal line irregularly wavy, pale, with blackish spottings 

 between the veins, that at vein 6 the most distinct. Hind wing 

 whitish, gray-shaded outwardly and on veins. Expanse, 

 30 mm. 



Type, female. No. 22016, U. S. Nat. Mus.; Zacualpan, 

 Mexico, March, 1918 (R. Miiller). 



ACRONYCTIN^ 



Cropia maudaea, new species. 



Very similar to C. ruthaea Dyar. The pectinations of the 

 male antennae are shorter and disappear within 20 joints ofc 

 the end instead of 15 joints. The coloration is darker and 

 more sufiFused, the fore wing being nearly solidly dark instead 

 of having large open spaces basally and subterminally ; the 

 black dashes at veins 5 and (> are shorter and less distinct. 

 The hind wings are more uniformly dark. Expanse, 33 mm. 



Type, male, No. 22017, U. S. Nat. Mus. ; Zacualpan, Mexico, 

 July, 1918 (R. Miiller). 



