488 noctuid.t:. 



excuvved below costa, tlien inwardly oblicjue ; orhicukr pui'plc- 

 grey with its centre and circumference slightly defined by brown, 

 oblique U-shajx-d ; renifonn with incomplete silvery annulus, very 

 strongly constricted at middle, some cupreous brown in its upper 

 part and some blackish in lower part, some cupreous brown before 

 and beyond it ; a silvery stigma below the cell formed by a small 

 U-shaped spot with round spot below it ; postmedial line cupreous 

 brown, exeurved from below costa to vein 5, then incurved and 

 slightly bent outwards above vein 1, some white points beyond it 

 on costa ; subterminal line indistinct, dark, exeurved below vein 7, 

 angled inwards at discal fold, then waved and ending at tornus ; 

 a slight whitish line before termen from apex to vein 4 ; a fine 

 dark tenninal line ; cilia ^\■hitis]i with traces of a brown line 

 through them. Hind wing grey-brown, the hair on inner margin 

 with a reddish tinge ; cilia whitish with a slight brown line through 

 them ; the underside with the basal half whitish tinged with brown, 

 the terminal half grey-brown, ti-aces of a curved postmedial line 

 and subterminal shade. 



Hah. Costa Rica, Juan Yinas (ScJiaus), 1 c? . Sxj). 44 

 mi Him. 



8314. Phytometra longicornis. 



Tltisia longicornis, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Aiii , Het. i. p. 332, pi. CO. f. 17 



(1889). 



S . Head and thorax dark brown mixed with purple-grey ; 

 antenniB with the basal joint white at sides ; pectus and legs 

 grey-brown, tlie tarsi ringed with white ; abdomen grey-brown, 

 the crests dark brown mixed A\ith purple-grey. Fore wing purple- 

 grey suffused in parts with brown, the uiedial area below the cell 

 and the area before the subterminal line deep cupreous brown ; 

 traces of a sinuous grey subbasal line from costa to submedian fold 

 on a patch of brown suffusion ; antemedial line dark slightly defined 

 on outer side by white, somewhat exeurved below costa, then 

 inwardly oblique ; orbicular and reniform Avith brownish centres 

 and purple-grey annuli defined by dark brown, oblique elliptical, 

 the latter with white points below on inner and outer sides ; a 

 silvery stigma below the cell formed by a small oblique U-shaped 

 mark with elliptical spot beyond its lower extremity ; postmedial 

 line dark brown, bent outwards belaw costa, exeurved to vein 5, 

 then incurved, and again slightly exeurved below submedian fold, 

 some white points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line dark brown 

 with cupreous brown suffusion before it and beyond it below apex, 

 exeurved below vein 7, then oblique ; a dark line before termen 

 from apex to vein 3 and a fine dark tenninal line. Hind wing 

 purplish grey sviffused Avith brown ; cilia whitish at tips ; the 

 underside whitish tinged with purple-grey and irn)rated with 

 brown, a dark broAvn discoidal lunule and broad postmedial shade. 



Hah. Costa Rica, Juan Yinas (SeJunis), 1 d ; Panama, 

 Chiriqui ; EcUADOii, Sarayacu. £jj). 3G millim. 



