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more wavy, and there are no black terminal points ; a terminal pale line ; fringe rose- 

 ate, spotted with gray. Expanse, ^ , 34 mm., from Costa Rica. Expanse, 9. 35 

 mm., from Jalapa, Mexico. 



These two specimens have been identified by Sir George Hampson 

 as belonging to the same species ; personally I should consider them 

 distinct. 



Himella crocosticta, sp. nov. 



Head, thorax, and primaries lilacine brown. Abdomen and secondaries dull 

 brown. Primaries: lines fine, black, wavy ; the outer line slightly curved ; a median 

 darker shade ; reniform small, ochreous ; a subterminal wavy dark shade ; a pale ter- 

 minal line ; veins tipped with white ; some white spots on costa at apex. Second- 

 aries : a terminal dark line ; base of fringe pale. Expanse 28 mm. 



Habitat : Orizaba, Mexico. 

 Himella rubripuncta, sp. nov. 



Head, thorax, abdomen below and anal tuft light reddish-brown. Abdomen 

 above and secondaries blackish. Primaries dark reddish-brown ; basal line darker, 

 geminate on costa ; inner line wavy, black ; median shade darker, oblique from costa 

 to reniform, then straight to inner margin; reniform small, red, posteriorly shaded 

 with black; outer line black, wavy, followed by dark points; subterminal shade 

 black ; white points on costa near apex and at tips of veins ; a terminal whitish line. 

 Secondaries paler at base ; a black discal spot ; base of fringe whitish. Expanse 

 29 mm. 



Habitat : Orizaba, Mexico. 

 Himella diplogramma, sp. nov. 



Head, thorax and anal tufc buff; collar posteriorly shaded with light reddish- 

 brown. Abdomen dull gray brown. Primaries buff; an inner and a median short 

 brown streak on costa ; six black spots beyond middle of costa ; inner margin violace- 

 ous brown ; a median violaceous brown shade angled at reniform, followed by some 

 fine dark streaks ; orbicular as a black point ; reniform large, dark gray, widest pos- 

 teriorly ; an oblique dark band from vein 2 to outer margin below apex, partly divided 

 by a pale line, and preceded by some black streaks ; a few black irrorations on outer 

 margin ; fringe buff spotted with brown. Secondaries thinly scaled with brown gray. 

 Expanse 28 mm. 



Habitat : Las Vegas, Mexico. 



Himella ignescens, sp. nov. 



Head, thorax and abdomen below lilacine brown. Abdomen above blackish ; 

 anal tuft light brown. Primaries dark violaceous red ; the reniform brighter red ; no 

 lines visible, only a darker irregular subterminal shade ; a terminal pale line ; fringe 

 dark gray. Secondaries dark grayish-brown ; a dark discal point ; fringe light gray, 

 partly divided by a dark gray line. Expanse 24 mm. 



Habitat: Orizaba, Mexico. 



