fin -4 noctuim:. 





half of median nervure and thence in discal fold to termen ; patches 

 of rufous on costa beyond middle and at apex ; cilia with a 

 blackish-brown patch at middle. Hind wing ochreous white, the 

 costal area towards apex and the terminal area suffused with brown; 

 cilia white with a brown line near base ; the underside yellowish 

 white, the costal area and the termen to vein 2 suffused with brown. 



2 . Abdomen dark brown ; fore wing black-brown suffused with 

 pale greenish yellow ; some yellow on outer edge of the rufous 

 basal patch towards costa and an oblique patch at apex ; cilia dark 

 brown except at apex; hind wing uniform dark purple-brown. 



Ab. 1. 2 > Tore wing with the apical yellow patch replaced by 

 an oblique streak. — Centr. America. 



Hah. U.S.A., 8. States, N. Carolina, 3^,6$ type truncatella, 

 Florida, Tallahassee, 1 c? , Texas; Mexico, Vera Cruz (H. If.' 

 Smith), 1 <J , Guerrero (H. H. Smith), 3 J, 1 $; Guatemala, 

 S. Geronimo (Champion), 3 <$ , 1 $, Zapote (Champion), 1 S, Las 

 Mercedes (Champion), 1 $ ; Paxama, Chiriqui (Rihbe, Champion), 

 1 6 , 1 $ , Godman-Salvin Coll. ; Jamaica ( Mrs. Swainson), 1 2 > 

 Runaway Bay ( Walsingham), 1 $ , Constant Springs ( Wahingharn), 

 1 S ; Colombia, Sta. Marta (Bouchard), 1 S • Exp. 18-20 millim. 



Larva. Mrs. Swainson, J. N.Y. Ent. Soc. viii. p. 33 (1900). 



Brown with five fine pale yellow lines, the sublateral line 

 broader and containing bright orange spots ; two black bands on 

 medial segments ; head black and white ; a semilooper. Food- 

 plant : Yellow Brown-weed ; the pupa enclosed in a leaf, brown. 



Sect. II. Fore wing with vein 7 from 8 before 9. 



A. Pore wing without black sjiots on costa. 



a. Fore wing with oblique rufous basal patch lepus. 



b. Fore wing without oblique rufous basal patch. 

 a 1 . Fore wing without subterminal white spot on costa. 



a 2 . Fore wing with the postmedial line distinct, 



d o u ble pyralidia. 



b". Fore wing with the postmedial line indistinct, 



single Valeria. 



b 1 . Fore wing with subterminal white spot on costa ... margana. 

 E. Fore wing with antemedial, medial, and postmedial 

 black spots on costa. 



a. Fore wing wilh the inner medial area blackish perstriictana. 



b. Fore wing with the inner medial area orange- red cleta. 



6005. Heliocontia lepus. (Plate CLXV1TI. figs. 30 <$ , 31 2 •) 



Ayrophila lepus, Guen, Noct. ii. p. 204 (1852). 



Aphasia marmorea, Butl. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1879, p. 27 ; Druce, Biol. 



Centr.-Am., Het. i. p. 302, $ . 

 Spragueia inversa, Schaus, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. xxx. p. 163 (1904), $. 

 Spragueiit taragina, Schaus, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. xxx. p. 164 (1904), c?. 



J . Head and thorax bright rufous slightly mixed wdth ochreous; 

 pectus, legs, and abdomen greyish tinged with rufous. Pore wiug 

 with deep rufous patch at base, its outer edge obliquely curved and 



