species of Heterocera. 49 



secondaries brownish liyaline, bordered with black from the 

 apex to the anal angle, and a submargiiial row of white dots ; 

 the veins and fringes of both wings black. Head, antennaj, 

 thorax, and abdomen black ; the collar and tegulte spotted 

 with white; miderside of the abdomen pale yellowish brown. 

 — Female very similar to the male, but paler hyaline. 



Expanse, ^ 3yV, ? 4 inches. 



Ilab. Ecuador {Mus. Bruce), 



LaparidsB. 



Xenosoma gigantea, sp. n. 



Primaries and secondaries semihyaline white; primaries 

 slightly shaded with yellow at the base and along the inner 

 margin ; the fringe of both wings white. Head, underside of 

 thorax, and legs pale yellow ; antennoj black ; thorax and 

 abdomen yellowish white. 



Expanse 2| inciies. 



Hab. British Honduras {Mas. Druce). 



Notodontidge. 



Tifama (?) dardania, sp. n. 



Female. — Primaries : the base and the costal margin nearly 

 to the apex dark brown, shading inwardly to about the middle 

 of the wing to bright reddish brown, where it is thickly 

 irrorated with white scales ; from the middle of the wing to the 

 outer margin pale primrose-colour ; the apex almost pink ; 

 two small dark yellow spots on the middle of the outer margin ; 

 the fringe primrose- colour, excepting at the apex, where it is 

 almost pink : secondaries greyish brown, shading to pale 

 primrose-colour on the outer margin ; the fringe primrose- 

 colour. Head and antenna? reddish brown ; collar pale 

 yellow, shot with reddish brown ; tegulas silver-grey ; thorax 

 and abdomen brown, the sides of the abdomen and the anus 

 yellow ; legs brown. 



Expanse '6 inches. 



Ilab. Costa Rica. 



Heterocampa argentata, sp. n. 



Primaries silvery grey ; the costal margin, inner margin, 

 and veins near the inner margin spotted with black; a rather 

 large black spot close to the anal angle; the fringe alter- 

 nately black and grey : secondaries pale greyish fawn-colour, 

 dusky at the apex and round the outer margin ; a small 



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