Species of VyidWilvo. 245 



\\\np^ with the band broad tliroujjjhout and with a fine bi- 

 sinuate black line just before its outer edge from vein 2 to 

 above tornus. 



//ab. Jamaica (A'«yt'), 1 ? ; Pauaguay, Sapncay (Fo^^cr), 

 1 cJ , 1 ? type. Kvp. 28 mm. 



(11/) Desmin rxiptUinealls, sp. n. 



JEdiodes intermicaUs, Driice, Biol. Centr.-Am., Ifet. ii. p. 2G1 (part.), 

 nee Guen. 



$ . Dark brown witli a cupreous pfloss ; palpi black, white 

 at base; throat white; fore tarsi whitish; abdomen ventrally 

 banded with white except at extremity. Fore Aving with 

 small round antenicdial wdiite spot in cell ; a medial white 

 spot in cell conjoined to an elliptical spot below the cell ; a 

 postmedial white patch from vein 8 to below 4, attenuate 

 below and with irregular outer edge ; cilia whitish at tips 

 above tornus. Hind wing M'ith narrow white discoidal bar; 

 a narrow line from origin of vein 2 to middle of inner 

 margin ; cilia with very slight white line at base. 



Hub. Costa Rica, Irazu [Rogers), 1 2 type, Godman-Salvin 

 Coll. E.vp. 26 mm. 



(12 a) Desmia tristigmalis, sp. n. 



(^ . Brown wuth a slight cupreous gloss ; palpi at base, 

 throat at sides, tibiae, tarsi, and ventral surface of abdomen 

 yellowish white. Fore wing with quadrate antemcdial white 

 spot in cell ; a medial band from subcostal nervure to above 

 vein 1, expanding below the cell and rounded below ; a post- 

 medial patch from vein 8 to 5, its upper extremity rather 

 acute, its outer side somewhat expanding at vein 5, rounded 

 below ; a fine white line at base of cilia. Hind wing with 

 medial white band from below costa to above tornus, broad 

 above, its outer side expanding at vein 5, attenuate below ; 

 cilia whitish with a black line through them. 



Hab. Ecuador, Loja, 1 cJ type. Eorp. 22 mm, 



(13 rt) Desmia tenuizona, sp. n. 



? . Head, thorax, and abdomen brown with a cupreous 

 gloss ; palpi white in front except towards tips ; tarsi whitish ; 

 abdomen with the ventral surface white. Fore wing brown 

 with a cupreous gloss ; a small antemedial white spot in cell ; 

 a medial quadrate white spot in cell conjoined to a spot 

 below the cell ; a rather conical white postmedial bar from 

 below costa to above vein 3 ; cilia white towards tornus. 

 Ann. & Mag. N. Hist. Ser. 8. Vol. ix. 17 



