84 Mr. H. Drnce oyi neiv Species of Lepidoptera. 



Hah. Mexico, Teapa, Tabasco, February, March, and April 

 {H. H. Smith). 



A small species allied to L. stryma, Druce, froni wliicli it 

 is at once distinguished by the wide black apex of the pri- 

 maries. 



Gymnopoda, Felder. 



Gymnopoda mecrida^ sp. n. 



Primaries and secondaries uniform sooty black, slightly 

 hyaline at the base of the wings. The head, tegulre, and 

 base of the thorax black, the tliorax and abdomen bright 

 scarlet ; the antennae and legs black. Expanse 1 j inch. 



Hab, Mexico city [F. D. Godman). 



This beautiful little species is allied to G. suhfamma, 

 Druce, from Chiriqui, from which it is at once distinguished 

 by the entirely different colour of the thorax and abdomen. 



CosMOSOMA, Hiibn. 

 Cosmosoma ethodcea^ sp. n. 



Primaries and secondaries yellowish hyaline ; the costal 

 margin from the base to near the apex edged with bright 

 yellow and the inner margin from the base to beyond the 

 middle edged with briglit orange-yellow ; the apex and outer 

 margin broadly black, and a black spot at the end of the cell : 

 secondaries with the apex and outer margin as far as the anal 

 angle black, and a black line crossing the middle of the wing 

 from the costal margin to the anal angle. The underside as 

 above. The head and the underside of the thorax and abdo- 

 men black ; the antennae black, whitish at the tips ; collar 

 dark blue, the upperside of the thorax and abdomen bright 

 orange, banded with dark blue ; the two anal segments dark 

 blue ; the tegulge orange, edged with black ; the legs black. 

 Expanse IfV inch. 



Hah. Mexico, Atoyac, Vera Cruz, April {H. H. Smith). 



A beautiful species, allied to C. elegans, l)ruce. 



Dycladia, Felder. 

 Dycladia lydia^ sp. n. 



Primaries black, with the hyaline spaces as in D. mexi- 

 cana, but slightly larger : secondaries hyaline, bordered with 

 black at the apex and outer margin, but not so deeply as in 

 D. mexicana. The front of the head bright dark blue ; the 



