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Nav^s (1935, p. G7, fig. 37) translated the original description into 

 Spanish with certain alterations and used the same figure. In the 

 first line "with hairs of the same color" was added; second line, 

 "head black above" instead of "fuscous." In the paragraph on the 

 forewing, changes included: "beyond the radius" instead of "beyond 

 the subcosta"; "between the veins," omitting "and branches"; 

 omitted "3 long branches" and added "a cross-vein between the 

 first and second branches"; "between the first branch of the sector 

 and forking of the procubitus" instead of "between the first branch 

 of the sector and the sector." In the paragraph on the hindwing, 

 Navas omitted "radial sector with 3 branches, apex forked." 



Examination of the type showed that the wings agreed essentially 

 with the original description. The membrane of the forewing appears 

 to be streaked from the subcosta to the inner margin as in the original 

 description, not the radius as in the later description, and the costal 

 area showed about 12 costal crossveins before the pterostigma. MA, 

 MPl+2, MP3+4 have terminal forks basal to the level of junction 

 of Sc and Rl; MPl+2 has an even fork to the margin; there are five 

 branches of Cu to the margin; 1st r is basad to the midpoint of the free 

 stem of Rs, 2d r is near the longitudinal midpoint of wing at forking 

 of R2 and R3;r-m is between Rs and MA; and 3d m-cu reaches Cul 

 proximal to the fourth branch of Cul. In the hindwing there is 

 one radial cross-vein and seven branches of Cul to the margin. 



Since neither of the wings is whole, it is not known how accm-ate 

 the moasm-ements of Navas are. The widths, however, appear to 

 be about 1.8 mm. for the forewing and 1.7 mm. for the hindwing. 



Neither collecting data nor type designation accompanied either 

 description. In a supplement to the original in the same volume but 

 in fascicle 4 of Broteria, Navds (1932a, p. 155) included the following: 



A la descripci6n de esta especie (p. 115) anadase lo seguiente: Patria. Hon- 

 duras: Galas, 16-X-1893 atraido por la luz. Dr. Dampf leg. 



Un ejemplar en muy mal estado que por esta raz6n habia quedado en mi 

 colleccion sin nombre, pero que ahora ha sido precise describir de alguna manera. 



Upon examination of the labels attached to the type specimen it 

 was noticed that what apparently looked like "Calas" to Nav^s, 

 appeared to be "Cacao," and that what Nav^s had interpreted as 

 "1893," looked like "23" on the label. Investigation into the liter- 

 atm-e revealed that Alfonso Dampf had made collections at Rio 

 Cacao in British Honduras during the period of Oct. 15, 16, 18, 1925 

 (see E. Martini, Departmento de Salubridad Publ. Bol. Teen., ser. a.. 

 No. 1, 65 pp., 11 figs., 1935). Dr. C. P. Alexander stated in a letter 

 dated May 1952 that, after checking his earlier correspondence with 

 Dampf, to the best of his knowledge Dampf was in British Honduras 



