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on the top of the head. Thorax dirty white with a small black 

 central spot, two small black lateral spots and two small black 

 posterior tufts. Forewings with coastal half blackish brown 

 nearly black dorsal half yellowish white; three obtuse trian- 

 gular projections from the dark coastal half into the dorsal 

 area and two in the intervals between the projections, one near 

 the dorsal edge at basal third and another far removed from 

 the edge on vein 3 at apical fourth ; there is a small white area 

 just above apex containing three black dots and four black 

 dots along the edge at tornus. Cilia white except for th>i 

 small spaces below apex, where the black part of the wing 

 reaches termen. Hindwings dark fuscous with dirty white 

 cilia. Abdomen blackish brown above with light fuscous un- 

 derside; anal tuft bright ochreous. Legs dark brown with 

 indistinct whitish tarsal annulations. 



Alar expanse : 19-22 mm. 



Habitat: Cayuga, Guatemala (W. Schaus). 



U. S. N. M., Type No. 22304. 



The species is very close and easily mistaken for E. penthica 

 Walsingham of Mexico and B. semiombra Dyar of Texas, but 

 clearly distinguished from both by small constant differences 

 in ornamentation ; E. penthica Walsingham is smaller and has 

 the dark color-projections on the forewings much sharper, 

 acute. From E. semiombra Dyar, which the present species 

 most resembles, it can be distinguished by the much darker 

 abdomen, by the lateral thoracic spots, and by the lack of white 

 color on the costal edge. 



Epagoge aurantica, new species. 



Labial palpi canary yellow with outer side darker, ochreous. 

 Face and head yellow. Thorax golden yellow. Forewings 

 shiny metallic light golden yellow with darker old gold orna- 

 mentations ; this consists of a curved and branched band from 

 base of the wing to apex ; one short branch goes to basal third 

 of costa, another longer to apical third, one to base of dorsum, 

 one to tornus, and one to termen ; all these branches are nar- 

 rowly edged with silvery white scales. Cilia golden yellow 



