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Lithacodia veternosa, sp. n. 



? . Palpi inwardly buff, outwardly fuscous brown ; third 

 joint buflf, tinged with i'uscous." Fore wings fuscous brown; 

 anteniedial buff-bro^Yn, heavily edged with black, oblique on 

 costa, inset on subcostal, slightly outcurved below median, 

 and more so below submedian ; orbicular a white point 

 edged with black; a medial wavy black line; reniform long, 

 consisting of a brown line on discocellular, inwardly finely 

 edged with white, outwardly broadly edged with white, and 

 surmounted by a buff spot on costa; postmedial from vein 8, 

 fine, black, wavy, followed by a creamy-bufF shade and a 

 heavier black line from 8-3; below vein 2 the buff shade is 

 crossed by a fine brown line ; a subterminal black shade, 

 heaviest from costa to vein 4, very irregular, and partly 

 shaded outwardly with buff- brown ; terminal lunular dark 

 velvety-brown spots between the veins, inwardly edged with 

 pale scales. Hind wings fuscous brown ; a terminal lunular 

 fuscous line, edged with whitish scales ; whitish streaks on 

 cilia at veins. 



Expanse 38 mm. 



Hab. Sixola, Banana River. 



Lithacodia Iwmojyteridia^ sp. n. 



? . Palpi brown, irrorated with buff. Head light reddish 

 brown. Collar and thorax dark brown, the scales tipped with 

 lilacine grey. Abdomen dull grey-brown, with dark dorsal 

 tufts at base. Fore wings dark brown, the shadings and 

 lines almost black ; a medial and four outer white points on 

 costa; a basal line on costa; a finely dentate anteniedial 

 line, velvety black, geminate, most heavily marked on inner 

 margin ; an irregular medial shade, followed by a large spot 

 in cell; a white point at origin of vein 3 ; postmedial gemi- 

 nate, wavily dentate; a subterminal dark greyish-brown line, 

 faintly lunular, inwardly broadly shaded with fuscous ; 

 terminal velvety black lunules, inwardly edged with dark 

 grey-brown, and separated by minute buff ])oints on veins. 

 Hind wings fuscous brown ; a whitish-bufi: spot at anal 

 angle; terminal lunules and points as on tore wings. Under- 

 neath lighter fuscous brown, irrorated with lilacine white; a 

 finely lunular postmedial line with whitish streaks on veins; 

 inner margin of fore wings white. 



Expanse 32 mm. 



Hab. Carillo. 

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