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below costal vein to submedian vein ; an elongated blue-black spot at apex ; the 

 inner margin and lower veins tinged with orange. Secondaries thinly scaled, 

 yellowish ; the apex and outer margin near anal angle clouded with black. 

 Expanse 25 mm. 



Habitat. — Baracoa, Cuba. 



C'teiiiicha annulata. — Palpi black. Frons white. Head and thorax 

 bright metallic blue. Abdomen black, shaded with blue at base; transverse 

 yellow lines dorsally, wliite lines ventrally. Legs grey, mottled with white. 

 Wings black, shot with bright metallic blue on basal half. Primaries: abroad, 

 oblique, orange band from just below middle of costa to near inner margin close 

 to angle. Secondaries: an orange outer shade, irrorated with black from costa 

 to vein 3. Underneath similar, but the blue partly replaced by light grey. 

 Expanse 28 mm. 



Habitat. — Bolivia. 



ARCTIID^. 



Elysius barnesi. — 9. Body white. Abdomen dorsally pale ochreous, 

 except base, and last two segments; fore tibise outwardly ochreous. Wings 

 white. Expanse 54 mm. 



Habitat. — Matanzas, Cuba. 



ElysillS Sj'Stron. — Head and thorax dark brown; some yellow scales 

 near end of palpi ; a yellow line behind head and tegulse. Abdomen black, 

 with broad, yellow, transverse bands dorsally, divided into two spots on last 

 segment. Primaries dark brown; a cream-colored spot below vein 2; a few 

 cream-colored scales above vein 5, near cell; a minute whitish point above vein 

 5, and another above vein 6, near the outer margin. Secondaries greyish, 

 thickly irrorated with brown scales, especially at apex and along outer margin. 

 Underneath similar, but duller. Expanse 45 mm. 



Habitat. — Castro, Parana. 



HYPIDOTA gen. nov. 



Palpi short, porrect, not reaching vertex. Antenure })ectinate(l 

 to tips. Wings long, narrow ; outer margins oblique. Primaries — 

 vein 3 further from 2 than from 4 ; 4 and 5 on short stalk ; 6 from 

 upper angle; 8 and 9 stalked on 7 ; 10 from near end of cell. Sec- 

 ondaries — 3 and 4 from lower angle ; 5 absent ; 6 and 7 from upper 

 angle; & from before end of cell. 



This genus is near Thalesa Schaus. 



Hypidota iieuriHS. — Palpi outwardly blackish. Head, collar, thorax 

 and primaries pale buff, veins darker. Abdomen ochreous above, white under- 

 neath ; basal segment and secondaries whitish. Expanse 38 mm. 



Habitat. — Castro, Parana. 



TRANS. AM. ENT. SOC. XXX. (18) JUNE. 1904 



