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T. Townsend). Druce's type, if really representing the species before 

 me, is abnormal. None of my specimens have the mesial band constricted 

 in the cell, though it varies somew^hat in outline. The marginal purplish 

 shadings, also, fill most of the terminal space, whereas there are only traces 

 present in Druce's type. Moreover, the light areas are all marked wdth 

 pale olive sceJes, of which no trace shows in the figures or descriptions of 

 minuta. It may be found that there are several closely allied species 

 here, but at present at least I will retain the name minuta. 

 Afrida charientisma, new species. 



Fore wing white with faint olive tint ; a patch at base of purplish brown, 

 its edge dentate and distinct, base diluted ; mesial band broad, brown, edged 

 with black lines, dentate, constricted on submedian ; a terminal dark patch 

 with some brownish scales and a dark dot before it centrally. Hind wing 

 whitish, with faint discal dot and terminal border. Expanse, 1 mm. 



Cotypes, two males, four females, No. 1 5432, U. S. Nat. Mus.; 

 Baracoa, Cuba, September, 1901 (A. Busck) ; Baracoa and Santiago, 

 Cuba, June, August, September and October, 1 902 (W. Schaus). 

 Afrida pnixis Dyar. 



This will be described in a forthcoming report dealing wdth the results 

 of the Smithsonian Biological Survey of the Panama Canal Zone. The 

 present diagnosis in the table may hold the name. The single male type 

 is in rather poor condition. 



I have before me a specimen allied to this form from French Guiana 

 (60 miles up the Maroni River, W. Schaus), but the single female is 

 unfit to describe. 

 Afrida phasma, new species. 



Fore wing white, a little creamy in tone ; basal patch and mesial band 

 defined by their edges, the outer edge of mesial barid breaking down, 

 incompletely filled, the basal space dark on costal half, the mesial band 

 only on the inner third of upper half, where a dark central line approaches 

 the inner border, the rest of the band vaguely brownish. Two dark specks 

 on costa at apex ; a point on middle of outer margin and a few dark scales 

 in the fringe. Hind wing whitish, nearly immaculate. Expanse, I 5 mm. 



Type, male, No. 15439, U. S. Nat. Mus., Castro, Parana, Brazil 

 (Schaus collection). 

 Afrida sceletozona Schaus. 



This will be described by Mr, Schaus in one of his Costa Rican 

 papers, appearing in the Annals and Magazine of Natural History. The 



