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before middle, sliglitly diffused on outer side below lower angle of 

 cell; postmedial line white with a narrow black-brown band on its 

 outer side, oblique and very slightly incurved from eosta towards 

 apex to inner margin ; a subterminal series of black points on the 

 veins and a terminal series ; cilia brown at tips. Hind wing dull 

 reddish brown, a faint oblique pale line from vein 3 to tornus and 

 subterminal fuscous shade ; a terminal series of black points ; cilia 

 pale at base ; the underside grey-white in-orated with fuscous, the 

 hair on basal and inner areas pale i-ufous. 



2 ■ Fore wing with the ante- and postmedial lines slightly 

 defined on outer side by dark brown. 



Hab. Mexico, Oaxaca, 1 5 type, Jalapa (Tn/Jillo), 1 c5' , 

 Godman-Salvin Coll. Exj). 48-50 millim. 



7902. Nymbis lineolaris. (Plate CCXXIV. fig. 18.) 



Koctua lineolaris, Hiibn. Eur. Scbniett., Noct. f. 454 (1818) ; Driice, Biol. 



Ceiitr.-Ain., Het. i. p. 385. 

 Phiirys helvina, Dnice, Biol. Oentr.-Ain., Het. i. p. 384 (part.), nee Guen. 

 Phurysjugis, Driice, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. i. p. 385 (part.), nee Wlk. 



S . Head, thorax, and abdomen ochreous tinged with brown. 

 Fore wing ochreous tinged with red-brown and slightly irrorated 

 with dark brown ; a small round l)lack spot above inner mai'gin 

 before the very oblique black line from lower angle of cell to inner 

 margin before middle, rather diffused on outer side ; a slight oblique 

 red-brown discoidal striga ; two faint obliquely curved red-brown 

 lines beyond the cell ; postmedial line arising from costa towards 

 apex, oblique and slightly incurved, pale yellow defined on inner 

 side by a fine red-brown line and on outer by blackish brown 

 followed by a red-brown band then a rather diffvised blackish line ; 

 a subterminal series of small black spots on veins 6 to 1 ; the 

 temien with a faint brown shade and a series of black points ; cilia 

 with a dark line near base. Hind wing greyish suffused with 

 brown ; a faint oblique brown postmedial line and broad subterminal 

 fuscous shade ; a slight terminal line with a series of black points 

 on it ; cilia with a fine pale line at base ; the underside greyish 

 irrorated with brown, the hail* on ba.sal and inner ai-eas tinged witli 

 rufous, a dark subterminal shade. 



$ . Head, thorax, abdomen, and fore wing greyish suffused with 

 red-brown, the last without tlie black spot above inner margin, the 

 oblique line arising from upper angle of cell which it crosses ; three 

 distinct lines beyond the cell ; hind wing reddish brown. 



Hab. Mexico, Durango (Forrer), 1 d" ; Guatemala, Zapote 

 (Champion), 1 $ ; Costa Rica, Candelaria Mts. {Undenoood), 

 i $ ; P.v>'AMA, Chiriqui {Champion), 1 d" , 1 $, Gotbiian-Salvin 

 Coll. Exp. 40-44 millim. 



