178 XOCTLJD.E. 



brown patch bevond it ; ))()stineilial lino black defined on outer side 

 by pale red-brown, oblique to below vein 7, dentate at vein 3, then 

 retracted to lower an<?le of cell, then oblique and angled outwards 

 at vein 1, some wlutish jwints beyond it on costa ; subtenninal line 

 double, blackish filled in \\-ith pale red-brown, slightly waved to vein 

 G, tlien incurved ; a senes of black striae before tennen ; a sinuous 

 blackish terminal line and fine pale line at base of cilia. Hind 

 wing dark reddish brown ; an indistinct sinuous dark postraedial 

 line defined on outer side by pale brown, a minute white striga on 

 it at vein 1 defined on each side by blackish ; subtenninal line 

 blackish, obsolescent towards costa, slightly angled outwards at 

 discal fold, then defined on outer side by pale brown and ending on 

 termen at vein 1 ; a terminal black spot below vein 7 ^\^th white 

 point on its inner side and minute white streak below it ; the 

 terminal area cupreous reddish between veins 5 and 2 with round 

 black spots in the intersixices and black streaks on the veins, veins 

 5 and 2 with minute white streaks ; a sinuous blackish terminal 

 line and fine pale line at base of cilia ; the underside gi-eyish broAATi, 

 the costal area in-orated witli gi-ey to beyond middle, a di.scoidal 

 lunule with dark ovitline, double medial line excurved beyond 

 the cell, waved postmedial line defined on outer side by whitish, 

 subtenninal shade slightly defined on outer side by wliitish, terminal 

 black spot with white point in centre below vein 7, and dark strisB 

 before termen below veins 4 and 3, the lower defined on inner side 

 by white. 



Hah. Costa Rica, Juan Vinas {Schaus), 1 J , 1 2 . Exp. 

 58 millim. 



7965. Safia pacifica. (Plate CCXXVII. fig. 3.) 



Homnpiera pacifica, Wlk. xiii. \Oi\h (1857). 



Ccenipeta laurena, Schaus, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxx. p. 117 (1906). 



Head and thorax dark reddish brown, the tips of tegulse with 



some white scales ; palpi black-brown with two white streaks in 



front ; sides of frons with white lines ; pectus and legs brown 



mixed with grey, the tai-si blackish ringed with white ; abdomen 



fuscous brown, the ventral surface brownisli white. Fore wing dark 



red-brown with a faint p\n-plish gloss and irronited in parts with 



some blue-white scales; subbasal line slight, jiale, sinuous, fi-om 



costa to submedian fold ; antemedial line dark brown, oblique, 



waved, defined on each side liv ])ale brown towards costa and with 



some pure white on its outer edge in submedian interspace ; an 



oldiipie blackish medial line defined on outer side by pale brown, 



angled outwards at median nervure and vein 1 ; reniform with 



whitish annulus except below, its centre defined by dark brown, its 



outer edge oblicpie and connected with the costa by a whitish bar ; 



postmedial line blackish defined on outer side by pale brown, waved, 



obli(pie to below vein 7, at vein 3 retracted to lower angle of cell, 



then oblique and angled outwai-ds at vein 1, the costa beyond it 



blackish with some wliite ])()ints; a wedge-shaped dark brown patch 



on costal area bef<>re the sul)terininal line, which is doulile, black- 



