116 Mr. Butler on the Lapliloiitaruuti (jcuas Dioptis. 



Genus Hyrmina. Wallier. 



Group 10. Hyrmina. Wall-er. 



This and the following genera will come after Erbessa, heing 

 succeeded hj.Gunora, Scaptia A/etis, Curoha, Bytharia, Secusio, 

 Nydeniera, and allies ; all of which may l)e referred to the 

 Nyctemeridai. 



Hyrmina areolata. 



Dioptis (Hyrmina) areolata, Walker, Cat. Lep. Het. 2, p. 

 332, n. 20 (1854). 



Epilais melda, Boisduval, Lep. Guat. p. 78. 

 Brazil, (Argent). Type B.M. 



Mr. "Walker confounded several species under this name, but 

 it would be useless to describe them without hgures, as they 

 differ in points which can scarcely be made clearly intelligible 

 by description alone. 



Mr. Boisduval gives Nicaragua and Quito as the localities of 

 this species. 



Hyrmina onega. 



Dioptis Onega, Bates, Trans. Linn. Soc. XXllI, pi. LV, hg. 

 12 (1862). 



Laurona onegia, Walker, Cat. Lep. Het. 8uppl. 1, p. 149 

 (1864). 



Ega, (Bates). Type B.M. 



Hyrmi;na nodiluces. 



Dioptis nodiluces, Butler, Cist. Ent. 1, p. 88 (Jan. 1872) ; 

 Lep. Exot. p. 176, n. 2; pi. LXI, fig. 7 (1874). 



Var. Dioptis evycinoides, Felder, Reise der Nov. Lep. 4. Tab. 

 CV, fig. 4 (1874). 



Cartago, Costa Rica, (Van Patten). Type B.M. 



Hyrmina ithomeina. 



Dioptis ithomeina, Butler, Cist. Ent. 1, p. 87 (Jan. 1872), 

 Lep. Exot. p. 175, n. 1 ; pi. LXI, fig. 8 (1874). 



Dioptis Salvini, Felder Reise der Nov. Lep. 4, Tab. CV, fig. 

 5 (1874). 



Cartago, Costa Rica, (Van Patten). Type B.M. 



