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to the anal angle, and some white spots and a greyish line at 

 the end of the cell : secondaries dark brown, crossed below 

 the middle by some very fine waved dark brown lines ; a pale 

 brown line extends from near the apex to the anal angle ; the 

 fringe alternately dark and light brown. Head, antenna?, 

 thorax, and abdomen dark brown, the underside of the latter 

 and the legs pale brown. — Female very similar to the male, 

 but considerably larger. 



Expanse, $ If, ? 2 inches. 



Hah. Guatemala, Volcan de Atitlan {Champion) . 



Capnodes rhoda, sp. n. 



Primaries and secondaries fawn-colour ; the primaries 

 crossed beyond the middle from the costal to the inner margin 

 by two narrow waved yellow lines, edged with black and 

 brown scales, with a dark yellowish-brown oval spot at the 

 end of the cell and a few whitish spots crossing the wing 

 near the base, the marginal line spotted with black, the 

 fringe dark fawn-colour : the secondaries crossed below the 

 middle from the costal to the inner margin by a yellowish- 

 white line, which is widened towards the inner margin, and 

 with a submarginal row of minute yellow and black dots 

 extending from the apex to the anal angle ; the marginal line 

 black ; the fringe fawn-colour. Head, antenna?, thorax, and 

 abdomen pale brown ; the legs brown. 



Expanse 1^ inch. 



Hab. Mexico, Teapa in Tabasco (//. H. Smith). 



Capnodes (?) pira, sp. n. 



Primaries and secondaries brown ; the primaries crossed 

 from the costal to the inner margin by two narrow yellow 

 lines — the first near the base, the second beyond the middle — 

 and with a large black spot at the end of the cell, and a sub- 

 marginal row of very indistinct dark brown spots extending 

 from the apex to the anal angle : the secondaries very simi- 

 larly marked to the primaries, but with only one yellow line 

 crossing the wing. Head, antenna?, thorax, abdomen, and 

 legs brown. 



Expanse 1 inch. 



_ Hab. Guatemala, Volcan de Atitlan, San Gerdnimo ( Cham- 

 pion). 



Varies in colour and in the distinctness of the black spot at 

 the end of the cell of the primaries, this being almost oblite- 

 rated in some specimens. 



