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fuscous. Thorax light brick-red with a broad collar, the base of the 

 patagia and two lateral spots yellow. Fore wings bright lemon yellow 

 with reddish brown marking as follows : The entire edge narrowly red- 

 dish brown, a longitudinal streak from base along the upper edge of the 

 cell to base of vein 10-1 1 , a large round spot near inner angle and an- 

 other lairger, obliquely above and touching the longitudinal streak, an out- 

 wardly oblique streak from the middle of the dorsal edge to the end of 

 the ceU, where it turns at nearly right angles down to tomus ; a large 

 round dot above the apex of this angulated line at the middle of the cell. 

 Cilia red. Hind wings pale brick-red. Undersides of both fore and 

 hind wings pale brick-red, those of the fore wings with a golden lustre. 

 Abdomen brick-red. Legs brick-red with dark brown tarsi. 



Aljir expanse, 23-27 mm. 



Habitat, Juan Vinas, Costa Rica, February, Wm. Schaus, collector. 



U. S. Nat. Mus. type No. 1 5805. 



The clear yellow ground color of the fore wing at once separates this 

 from any described species of the genus. 



Mieza irrorata, new species. 



Labial palpi red. Antennae dark brown. Head light ochreous. 

 Thorax ochreous strongly mixed with dark purple. Fore wings with 

 light yellow ground color but strongly and evenly overlaid with dark pur- 

 ple so as to obscure the yellow except below the fold where the dark 

 scales are less dominating emd on a large triangular dorsaJ spot at apical 

 third which is nearly unmottled yellow ; this yellow triangle is bordered 

 by a reddish purple streak, oblique from the middle of the dorsum to the 

 end of the cell, thence sharply deflected to tomus ; this streak corresponds 

 in position to the outer streak or row of dots in the allied species, while 

 the iimer row and the subcostal basal streak in these allied species are but 

 very faintly represented in the present species by slightly dsirker blotches 

 in the purple color. Hind wings and underside of both wings light 

 brick-red. Abdomen brick-red with a lighter ochreous ventral streak. 

 Legs red with light brown tarsal joints. 



Alar expanse, 2 1 mm. 



Habitat, Juan Vinas, Costa Rica, February, Wm. Schaus, collector. 



U. S. Nat. Mus. type No. I 5806. 



Closely allied to M. citrina, hrom which it differs in the smaller size 

 and deirk scaled fore wings. 



