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$ . The female only differs from the male 



in its larger size, the greater obscurity of the 



median band on the primaries, and the 



greater distinctness of the subapical marks. 



Expanse, £ , 25 mm. ; $ , 32 to 38 mm. 



Laelia, Steph. 



S6. L. hypoleucis, sp. nov. £. Front 

 whitish. Antennae testaceous. Thorax and 

 the forward portion of the abdomen on the 

 upper side vinaceous. The abdomen at its 

 extremity is tipped with white. The lower 

 side of the body is whitish. The legs are 

 pale fawn. The primaries are vinaceous with 

 a darker longitudinal streak running from 

 the base below the cell and curving outwardly 

 toward the apex. The costa near the base 

 and the apex are whitish. There is a small 

 spot in the middle of the cell, a somewhat 

 larger spot at the end of the cell followed bv 

 a zigzag very narrow, transverse limbal line, 

 which beginning on the costa three-fourths 

 of the distance from the base runs inwardly 

 to the middle of the inner margin. That 

 portion of this line which lies between the 

 submedian and the first median assumes the 

 form of a V-shaped mark with its point turned 

 outwardly. In some specimens there is a 

 faint curved transverse basal line. The 

 markings of the primaries are somewhat 

 variable and in some instances the large spot 

 at the end of the cell in the primaries is 

 obsolete. The secondaries are uniformly 

 pure white above, and both primaries and 

 secondaries are white below with the fringes 

 of the primaries light brown checked with 



gray- 



$ . Like the male, but the markings of 

 the fore wings in the specimens before me 

 are more obscure. 



Expanse, $ , 33 to 40 mm. ; $ , 45 mm. 



87. L. (?) barsineides, sp. nov. £. 

 Antennae long, culmen white, and pectina- 

 tions grey. Palpi and head pale luteous. 



Abdomen brown above. Thorax and abdo- 

 men pale yellow beneath. Legs pale lute- 

 ous, the tibiae encircled on the middle by a 

 brown band. The primaries are pale luteous 

 marked with ferruginous, somewhat after the 

 style of some species of Barsine. There is a 

 broad ferruginous subbasal band, an oblique 

 oval annular spot at the end of the cell and 

 a small spot above it on the costa. A broad 

 irregularly curved and geminate ferruginous 

 submarginal band runs from the apex to 

 the inner margin followed by faint brownish 

 marginal lines. The secondaries are uni- 

 formly pale buff, semi-translucent. ' The 

 under sides of both wings are pale buff, the 

 markings of the upper side of the primaries 

 being faintly indicated on the under side. 

 Expanse, 23 mm. 



I refer this species with some doubt to the 

 genus Laelia, owing to the fact that the 

 antennae are heavier than in most species of 

 the genus, and the wings are narrower than 

 in typical Laelia. 



SS. L. lignicolor, sp. nov. £ . Palpi, 

 front, and thorax pale reddish-brown, abdo- 

 men paler. Body whitish beneath. Legs 

 pale fulvous. The primaries are wood-brown 

 with the basal third darker, a darker spot at 

 the end of the cell, and a broad diagonal line 

 running from the apex to the middle of the 

 base followed by a curved series of small 

 black dots running likewise from the apex to 

 the inner margin. The posteriors are uni- 

 formly reddish-buff. The under side of both 

 wings is pale buff. The secondaries have a 

 discal dot at the end of the cell and an 

 obscure submarginal series of fuscous mark- 

 ings. Expanse, 27 mm. 



89. L. setinoides, sp. nov. <$ Palpi, 

 front, and thorax pale luteous. Abdomen 

 pale fawn, under side lighters Eegs and 

 antennae concolorous. The primaries are 

 pale luteous with a small brown dot beyond 

 the end of the cell followed bv another near 

 the apex and with three similar spots, one 



