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Lithosia peruviana Schaus, Hampson not Schaus, Catalogue of the Lepidoptera 

 Phalaenae in the British Museum, vol. 2, p. 518, 1900. — Draudt not Schaus, 

 in Seitz, Die Gross-SchmetterUnge der Erde, vol. 6, p. 243, 1919. — Strand 

 not Schaus, in Wagner, Lepidopterorum catalogus, pars 26, p. 837, 1922. 



Male. — Figure 21. Head yellow above with palpi, frons and 

 antennae fuscous. Thorax yellow tinged with pink. Abdomen en- 

 tirely straw yellow except for large black lateral spots (more or less 

 square in shape) on segments 3 and 4. Forewing above straw yel- 

 low with two large parallel fuscous fasciae extending length of 

 wing from base to apex. This species has more yellow along the 

 hind margin than does zaba. Foremng below similar to uppersurface 

 with thin yellow line dividing two fasciae almost obliterated. Hind- 

 wing on both surfaces with basal half, including costal margin, straw 

 yellow, and with outer portion, including apex down to middle of 

 wing, fuscous. 



Length of forewing 9-11 mm. (average 11 mm.). 



Male genitalia (not illustrated) as characterized in key and differing 

 from close relative draudti, with spinelike process of juxta appearing 

 to arise from posterior instead of anterior margin. 



Female. — Figure 22. Very similar to male, differing chiefly in 

 having hindwings and abdomen entirely fuscous. 



Female genitalia as characterized in key and as illustrated by 

 figure 13, differing from all other species in genus by shape of signum. 



Type locality. — Volcan de Chiriqui, Panama. 



Additional type data. — Originally described from unspecified 

 number of males. Hampson (1900, p. 370) selected a type (=lecto- 

 type); (collected by Champion; Godman-Salvin Collection). 



Location of type. — In the collection of the British Museum 

 (Natural History). 



Distribution. — Mexico south through Central America into 

 Colombia : 



Mexico. — State of Vera Cruz, C6rdoba (January, February, May), Jalapa, 

 Orizaba. Guatemala. — Department of Baja Verapaz, Purulha (July) ; Depart- 

 ment of Izabel, Cayuga (October) ; Department of Quezaltenango, Volcdn Santa 

 Maria (June, July, August, November). Costa Rica. — Province of Cartago, 

 Cachi (October), Juan Vinas (March, August, December); Province of San Jos6, 

 La Uruca, San Jos6 (January, November), San Pedro de Montes de Oca (No- 

 vember). Panama. — Province of Chiriquf, Volcdn de Chiriqui. Coloaibia. — 

 Intendencia de Choc6, La Cumbre (Valle Siato, Rio Siato, slopes of Choc6, 

 September) . 



Material studied. — 14 males, 17 females. 



Rhabdatomis draudti, new species 



Figures 5, 23 



Male. — Figure 23. Head and thorax as in R. laudamia. Abdo- 

 men entirely straw yellow except apex of harpe and terminal four 



