348 



ABCTIAD^:. 



interspaces of basal half, in end of cell, and in interspaces of terminal 

 urea. Jliiul wing pale brown. 



//«/>. Ukazil, Silo Taulo, 1 $ type t in Coll. Schaus. Exp. 

 L^b uiillim. 



732. Thyone tiucta, n. sp. (Plate XXVIII. fig. 5.) 



$ . White ; frons, legs, and abdomen tinged with fuscous ; 

 antenna; ringed with black. Pore wing with the costa black 

 towards base ; the inner area and underside tinged with fuscous. 



Hub. UoLiviA, Chaco {Gurhj'jj), i $ type. Kvj). 2G miliiiu. 



733. Thyone melanocera. (Plate XXVIIJ. fig. 29.) 



Thyone mdaiiocera, Schaus, J. N. Y. Ent. Soe. vii. p. 217 (1899). 



Pure white ; antcnnic black ; fore legs and the last joint of mid 

 and hind tarsi blackish. 



IJab. Trinidad, 1 (S ; Venezuela, Aroa, 1 $ ; Surinam. Exj). 

 22 uiillim. Type t in Coll. Schaus. 



734. Thyone simplex. 



Thr/one simplex, Wlk. ii. 553 (1854) ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 440. 



Liihosia alba, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Ilet. i. p. lal (1885); Kirby, Cat. 



11 et. p. 338. 

 Crambidia parvita, Schaus, J. N. Y. Ent. Soc. iv. p. 151 (1890). 



Pure white. Fore wing with 

 vein 6 from angle of cell. 



Hub. Mexico, Atoyac {H. H. 

 Smith), 1 (S ; Honduras, 1 § 

 type ; Panama, liugaba {Cham- 

 pion), 1 $ , typo alba, Godiuan- 

 Salvin Coll. ; Jjrazil, Sao Paulo 

 (Jones), 4 (S . Exp. 22 niillim. 

 Type f parvita in Coll. Schaus. 



Fig. 255. — Thyone simplex, cJ. \. 



Genus AFRIDA. 



Type. 



Afrida, Moschl. Abli. Senck. Gcs. xiv. p. 3U (1886) tortriciformis. 



iS'<05cfcrt, Hmpsn. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1898, p. 244 minuta. 



ProboBcis fully developed ; palpi porrect, extending to just beyond the 

 frona ; tibi:v with the spurs long. Fore wing sliort and rather broad ; vein 2 

 from middle of cell, curved at base ; 3 from well before angle; 5 from above 

 nngle; from bt-low upper angle; 7, 8, and lU stalked, 9 absent; 11 free. 

 liiud wing with vein 2 troui beyond middle of cell ; 3 from close to angle ; 

 5 from far above angle ; 0, 7 stalked ; 8 from middle of cell. 



