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thorax ochreous white, sprinkled with darker ochreous scales, 

 thorax with black posterior tuft. Forewings with ochreous 

 white iridescent ground color heavily overlaid with darker 

 ochreous scales ; an indistinct and ill-defined large triangular 

 costal shade of dark ochreous contains a small black center; 

 opposite is a large much more prominent darker dorsal semi- 

 circular spot containing a black dot and a sprinkling of black 

 scales ; a small black dot at the end of the cell ; an imperfect 

 outwardly curved line of dark ochreous and black scales across 

 the wing at apical fifth followed by an ill-defined black spot 

 just before the edge on the middle of termen ; extreme terminal 

 edge and apex ochreous ; cilia ochreous with small black equi- 

 distant pencils. Hindwing dark golden brown. Abdomen dark 

 brown, with yellowish underside containing median and lateral 

 rows of black dots. Legs light ochreous with dusky tarsal 

 annulations. 



Alar expanse : 33-24 mm. 



Habitat: Cayuga, Guatemala (W. Schaus). 



U. S. N. M., Type No. 22313. 



Gonioterma rita, new species. 



Labial palpi pale fawn-colored, second joint with inner side 

 white and with a black posterior streak at base. Face white. 

 Head pale fawn. Thorax and f orewing light fawn colored ; 

 costal edge light yellow with a thin black streak at base of the 

 wing, a triangular purplish black spot on the middle of costa, 

 and a similar smaller costal spot at apical fourth. A small 

 black dot at the end of the cell ; a marginal series of light or 

 more equidistant small black dots along termen and a sub- 

 marginal slightly outwardly bent, transverse row of similar 

 black dots from the last costal spot to tornus. Cilia yellowish 

 fuscous. Hindwings light yellowish fawn, with cilia on inner 

 edge and at tornus pure white. Abdomen pale fawn with 

 golden white underside and with three small blackish brown 

 lateral dots. Posterior legs pure white ; tarsal annulation black 

 above, rusty brown below. Anterior legs light brown. Under- 

 side of body white. 



