THE SPECIES OF AFRIDA MOSCHLER 29 



angular one on inner margin with a tooth inward on vein 1 ; following 

 are several angular broken lines, not appearing without a lens ; purplish 

 suffusion on margin preceded by a round red dot near middle. Hind wing 

 whitish, with fuscous marginal band and discal dot. Expanse, II to 1 3 mm. 

 Cotypes, six specimens. No. 1 5429, U. S. Nat. Mus.; San Francisco 

 Mountains, Santo Domingo, September, 1905 (A. Busck). 



Afrida parvula Schaus. 



Afrida parvula Schaus, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., (8), vii, 363, 191 1. 



A medium sized species, much suffused with olive ocherous, rendering 

 the markings crowded and confused. I have only Mr. Schaus's two 

 specimens from Costa Rica. 



I have another species near this from Bahia, Brazil (A. Koebele), but 

 the single female specimen is unlit to describe. 



Afrida basiposis, new species. 



Fore wing heavily shaded with olivaceous, the markings dense, crowded 

 and confused ; a broad, oblique, square black patch subbasally ; central 

 band dark, with irregular angled edges; dark suffusion on margin pre- 

 ceded by a purple-black spot above middle. Hind wing white, hardly 

 tinged with fuscous ; discal dot faint. Expeinse, 1 mm. 



Type, male. No. 1 5430, U. S. Nat. Mus.; San Francisco Mountains, 

 Santo Domingo, September, 1905 (A. Busck). The single specimen 

 is not in perfect condition. 



Afrida interdicta, new species. 



Fore wing sordid white, irrorate throughout with olive scales ; costa at 

 base black, with a broad half-band subbasally, slightly oblique; mesial 

 band illy defined, broken into scattered irrorations, the bordering lines 

 hardly distinct, strongest on costa ; three costal spots beyond ; termen with 

 patches of dark scales among the olive ones ; a round red spot centrally 

 before the margin. Hind wing whitish, with daurk discal dot cind dusky 

 terminal border. Expanse, 1 mm. 



Type, male. No. 15431, U. S. Nat. Mus.; Baracoa, Cuba, August, 

 1902 (W. Schaus). 



Afrida minuta Druce. 



Nolo minuta Druce, Biol. Cent.- Am., Lep. Het., i, 140, 1885. 

 Described from Costa Rica. I have seven specimens from there, three 

 from Mexico and one from Texas (Brovrasville, June 19, 1895, C. H. 



