S/>ecies of Pyralida\ 2-43' 



(10 i) Desmia lacrima/iSj sp. n. 



Iliiid wing of raale with a sliglit fold from uiipcr angle of 

 cell to termen. Mhich is excised below apex. 



cJ . Black-brown with a cupreous gloss ; base of palpi and 

 throat white; tarsi white ; al)doraen with slight subdorsal 

 white streaks on anal segment which is very long, the ventral 

 surface white. Fore wing with rather oblique medial white 

 band from subcostal nervure to vein 1 rounded above and 

 Ijelow ; a white patch beyond the cell from below costa to 

 vein 3, rounded aljove and below and slightly angled out- 

 wards at vein 4 ; cilia with a fine white line at base. Hind 

 wing with large medial white patch from upper angle of cell 

 to submedian fold, rather attenuate above and rounded below, 

 the fold with pale streak ; cilia whitisli with a black line 

 through them. 



Hab. Brazil [Trumbill), 1 (^ type. F.rj). 31 mm. 



(11 a) Dexmia ffejninipunda, sp. n. 



(^ . Head, thorax, and abdomen black-brown, the last with 

 white segmental lines on medial segments and paired streaks 

 on anal segment; palpi white at base; pectus white; legs 

 black and white ; ventral surface of abdomen white except 

 anal segment. Fore wing black-brown ; a small medial 

 wliite spot in cell attenuate above, and small rather triangular 

 white spot below origin of vein 2 ; an oblique curved post- 

 medial white bar from vein 7 to 4. Hind wing black-brown ; 

 a white bar across end of cell and small white spot below end 

 of cell ; cilia white with a black line through them. 



Hab. W. Colombia, Jiminez, 1 (^ type. Ea-p. 30 mm. 



{lib) Desmia mortualis, sp, n. 



JEdiodes intermicalis, Driice, Biol. Centr.-Am., Ilet. p. 2G1 (part.), nee 

 G uen. 



o . Black-brown with a cupreous gloss ; palpi at base and 

 throat white ; coxse, bands on fore tibire at base and ex- 

 tremity, mid femora at extremity, hind femora at base and 

 extremity and the tarsi white ; abdomen with slight dorsal 

 segmental whitish lines, the ventral surface white. Fore 

 wing with narrow medial white bar from subcostal nervure 

 to submedian fold and postmedial patch between veins 7 and 

 3 with rather irregular outer edge. Hind wing with small 

 white spot in end of cell with bar from it to submedian fold 

 where it becomes obsolescent and ends in a point ; a small 



