Spenies of FyvsiWdM. 333 



(1 c) Megastes brunnealis , sp. n. 



$ . Head and thorax grey-brown mixed with rufous ; 

 pal[)i, pectus, and legs grey-brown ; abdomen grey-brown, 

 with some rufous at baj^e of dorsum. Fore wing rufous 

 slightly sutfuscd with l)r()wu, the basal area e\'ce[)t towards 

 inner margin, eostal area, and the tcrmiuul area grey-brown ; 

 antemediul line fuscous, waved ; brown annuli in and below 

 middle ot" cell, a quadrate discoidal patch, ami some dark 

 suffusion beyond lower angle of cell ; postmedial line dentate, 

 oblique to vein 6, at vein 2 retracted to below angle of cell 

 and oblique to inner margin, a series of hyaline luuulate 

 spots beyond it from below costa to vein 2 and beyond the 

 retracted portion; the dark terminal area expanding widely 

 on inner area. Hind wing semihyalinc white tinged in parts 

 with brown; brown points at middle of discoccllulars and 

 lower angle of cell ; postmedial line brown, waved, bent 

 outwards between veins 5 and 2, then retracted to below 

 angle of cell and oblique to tornus, the area beyond it 

 brown, leaving a luuulate hyaline band beyond the line. 



Hub. Jamaica, Prattville, 1 ? type. Exp. 52 mm. 



(1 d) Megastes septentrionis, sp. n. 

 Megostes praxiteles, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Ilet. ii. p. 215 (part.). 



Head, thorax, and abdomen ochreous mixed with red- 

 brown. Fore wing ochreous, the basal and costal areas 

 suffused with reddish brown ; antemedial line brown, ex- 

 curved below the cell and slightly angled inwards at vein 1, 

 brown annuli beyond it in and below cell, and a brown- 

 defined mark below vein 1 ; a large quadrate brown discoidal 

 patch ; postmedial line brown, oljliquely incurved from costa 

 to vein 5, slightly bent outwards and waved to vein 2, then 

 retracted to lower angle of cell, and oblique and sinuous to 

 inner marjiin, a series of spots beyond it defined by a waved 

 brown subterminal line from costa to vein 2 and a brown 

 mark below vein 2 ; a slight brown terminal line. Hind 

 wing ochreous ; a subbasal brown bar below the cell ; an 

 antemedial line from cell to inner margin ; an ochreous 

 discoidal lunule defined by brown ; postmedial line brown, 

 oblique and slightly waved to vein 6, bent outwards and 

 waved between veins 5 and 2, then retracted to lower angle 

 of cell and oblique to above tornus, a series of spots beyond 

 it defined by an irregularly waved subterminal line ; a brown 

 terminal line. 



