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terminal bro'.vn line. Hind wings : costal and inner margins 

 bromlly i'uscous giey, the intermediate space and teiMnen 

 from vein 2 to apex t'liscous, iirorated with iiietaliic scales, 

 this space cros'^ed by a short postrnedial brown line, and a 

 suVjteimiiial and terminal line fiom vein 2 to costa ; cilia at 

 anal angle biifT- white. 



Expanse 21 mm. 



Hub. Limon. 



Mastixis, gen, nor. 



Male. — Antennse pubescent, ciliate. Palpi upcxtrvecf, _ 

 reaching thorax behind, the third joint with long tnt'ts on 

 inner side from base. Legs smootlily scaled. Fore wings: 

 coital margin long, convex toward apex; outer n>argin 

 obliqne ; vein 2 from near n)iddle of cell ; li before lower 

 angle ; 4 and 5 from lower angle ; 6 from near upper angle; 

 a minute areole ; vein 7 from end, 8, 9, 10 stallved from end. 

 Hind wings : cell short ; veins 3 and -i stalked ; 5 from near 

 lower angle ; 6 from close to upper angle. 



Type of genus, Mastixis chloe, Schs. 



Mastixis chloe, sp. n. 

 (J, Body above brownish grey, underneath white irrorated 

 with brownish grey. Fore wings brownish grey ; ante- 

 medial outbent on costa, fuscous, otherwise dark brown, 

 finer, wavy, vertical ; orbicular small, yellowish, finely circled 

 with dark brown ; reniform crescent-shaped, yellowish and 

 reddish brown, edged with dark brown, above it an outbent 

 fuscous line on costa, and traces of a tine brownish line from 

 below it to inner margin ; outer line straight, broad, yellowish 

 white, inwardly edged by a very fine dark brown line and 

 outwardly by a brown shade ; snbterminal fuscous spots 

 towards apex ; a terminal black line interrupted by veins. 

 Hind wings whitish, the outer margin broadly biownisli 

 grey, inwardly limited by an outer line as on fore vving, but 

 crossed by a whitish shade between veins 5 and 6 ; the outer 

 line angled near tornus and followed by a pale subterminal 

 line; some brownish-grey shading from cell to inner margin, 

 and a postmedial fuscous shade towards inner margin. Hind 

 wings below whitish irrorated witii brown, and with faint 

 medial, postmedial, and subterminal lines; all interrupted by 

 a clear white streak above vein 5 from cell to termeu ; black 

 discal spots on wings. 

 Expanse 23 mm. 

 Hab. Juan Vinas. 

 Near M. lineata, Schs. 



