3G6 ARCTIAD.E. 



Al». 1. Thorax without fuscous patch. — Texas. 



Ab. 2. Foro winj,' with the basal orauge patch not conjoined to 

 postmcdial band. — Mexico. 



Ab. :}. tenmfiisdd. Fore wing with the postmcdial baud narrow 

 and slightly expanding at costa and inner margin — Texas. 



Ab. 4. Fore wing with the postmcdial baud interrupted at 

 middle. — Alabama. 



Ab. 5. Fore wing with yellow fascia on costa from base to apex, 

 without exi)ansion above the postmcdial patch on inner area. 



Ab. 0. Hind wing yollow. 



Hab. U.S.A., New York, 3 6 , Texas, 5 S , Alabama, 1 d" , 1 ? , 

 Grote Coll. ; Mkxico, Guerrero (H. H. Smith), 1 $ ab. 2, Darango 

 (Becker) 1 2 » Coatepcc (Broolcs) 1 2 , Jabipa (ffoeife) 1 2 , Yucatan 

 (Gaumer) Id, 1 $ , Godman-Salvin Coll. Kvj). 18-24 millim. 



771. mice hilaris. 



Cisthene hilaris, Feld. Reis. Nov. pi. VS9. f. 3 (1875) ; Kirby, Cat. Het. 

 p. 289. 



2 . Head and thorax fuscous brown ; palpi, lower part of frons, 

 and tegula; yellow ; legs orange-yellow mai'ked with brown ; 

 abdomen crimson. Fore wing purplish brown ; a golden-yellow 

 patch at base of inner area, and a broad almost straight and erect 

 band just beyond middle: the cilia yellow towards apex. Hind 

 Aving crimson, with terminal dark brown band broad at costa, 

 narrowing to termen. 



I/ab. Venezuela, 1 $ , Ea-j). 18 millim. 



772. Illice metoxia. 



Cisthene metoxia, Hmpsn. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1898, p. 243. pi. 17. f. 8. 



Head and thorax fuscous, the vertex of head and tegulse orange- 

 yellow ; palpi yellow at base ; legs yellow banded with fuscous ; 

 abdomen deep crimson, the ventral surface yellow to near extremity. 

 Fore wing fuscous ; an orange-yellow patch on inner area from 

 base to middle, with a crimson mark on the margin near base ; a 

 rounded patch at tornus, usually with some crimson on margin ; 

 the median and submedian nervures streaked with yellow ; the 

 costa from niid'He to apex and the termen yellow. Hind wing 

 fuscous ; the inner area crimson, expanding subterminally above 

 tornus ; a slight crimson streak usually present below vein 2. 



Jlal). St. Vinxe.vt, 1 $ ; Grenada, 1 J > 1 ? {H- H. Smith), 

 type. Exj^>. 16 millim. 



773. Illice phaeoceps, n. sp. (Plate XXIX. fig. 16.) 



Cisthene U7iiJ'as'jiu, Druce, liiol. Centr.-Ara., Het. ii. p. 395, part (nee 

 Orote). 



J . Head and thorax black-brown ; abdomen crimson. Fore 

 wing black-brown, with very slight orange streak on basal half of 



