THE SPECIES OF AFRIDA MOSCHLER 33 



large purple patch, covering tornus and extending inward below end of 

 cell, its upper edge indented by three black marks, two of them longitudi- 

 nal, the center one upright ; a black cusp on middle of inner margin; a 

 dot at outer third. Expanse, 1 4 to 15 mm. 



Cotypes, two males, three females. No. 15437, U.S. Nat. Mus.; 

 Castro, Parana, Brazil (Schaus collection). 



Afrida polyglotta Schaus. 



To be described by Mr. Schaus in one of his Costa Rican papers. 

 Close to A. superciliosa, the markings still more developed. 



Afrida superciliosa, new species. 



Allied to A . oligoglotta, with the markings more numerous ; at the 

 inner edge of the purple patch a slender black line runs upward, which, 

 with the erect dash, partly encloses the inner horizontal line, which is 

 rounded, forming an imperfect ocellus ; a small dot below the costal patch ; 

 a dentate looped line on basal third of inner margin, with an upward 

 branch, nearly enclosing an orange patch at base of wing. Expanse, 

 1 5 mm. 



Type, female. No. 1 5438, U. S. Nat. Mus.; Sao Paulo, Brazil (Schaus 

 collection). 



This is melicerta Ab. 1 Hampson (Cat. Lep. Phal. Brit. Mus., ii, 350, 

 1900). 



Afrida claricosta, new species. 



Fore wing silvery white ; three small broken black dashes on costa and 

 an arc before apex ; purple patch on outer margin indented above, with 

 three black marks, outer arcuate, center upright, inner longitudinal ; basal 

 field clear of markings. Hind wing cinereous tinged, margin and discal 

 dot darker. Expanse, 1 to 12 mm. 



Cotypes, four males. No. 1 5440, U. S. Nat. Mus.; St. Jean, Maroni 

 River, French Guiana, March and April, 1 904 (W. Schaus) ; 60 miles 

 up Maroni River, French Guiana, August, 1904 (W. Schaus), 



Afrida zolda Dyar. 



This will be described in my fourth Mexican paper. Besides the 

 Mexican type, I have another specimen from Costa Rica which agrees 

 in markings, but is much smaller. I have not ventured to separate it at 

 present. 



