Species <)/PyialiJoe. 247 



tirifje ; palpi blackish, white at base ; pectus, legs, and ventral 

 surface of abdomen Avhite, the Icj^js tinjj^ed with brown 

 above. Fore wiiiff cupreous brown, the costal area fuscous ; 

 an obliquely curved fuscous anteniedial line ; an oblique 

 black (liscoidal har ; postniedial line fuscous, bent inwards 

 below vein 3 to lower anj^le of cell, then slightly excurved 

 above vein 1 ; cilia whitish at tips. Hind wing cupreous 

 brown ; an indistinct dark postniedial line, bent inwards at 

 vein 3 to near angle of cell ; cilia white at tips. 



Hub. Panama, Chiriqui (Ribbe), 1 ? type, Godman-Salvin 

 Coll. Jixp. 24 mm. 



(5) Ercta scolialis, sp. n, 



(^ . Head, thorax, and abdomen black mixed with some 

 grey ; tarsi ringed fuscous and white. Fore wing grey suf- 

 fused with fuscous and irrorated with black ; two black 

 discoidal points ; traces of a curved slightly waved post- 

 medial line : a fine pale line at base of cilia. Hind wing 

 semihyaline white ; a strigiform black terminal line ; cilia 

 whitish with a blackish line tlirough them ; the underside 

 with tlie costal area irrorated with brown, traces of a fuscous 

 discoidal point and postmedial line from costa to vein 5. 



Hab. AIasho.valaxd, Salisbury (Marshall), 1 $ type. 

 Exp. 26 mm. 



(5 a) Marasmia araalis, sp. n. 



Head and thorax whitish tinged with pale fulvous and 

 brown ; palpi brown, white at base ; sides of frons with 

 black and white streaks ; abdomen whitish tinged with 

 fulvous and with slight dorsal fuscous segmental lines on 

 terminal segments, the subterminal segment with oblique 

 black subdorsal streaks, the ventral surface white. Fore 

 wing pale ochreous, the costal area tinged with brown to 

 the postmedial line, the terraen sliohtly tinged with brown ; 

 an anteniedial fuscous line bent inwards to costa; a black 

 discoidal bar ; postmedial line fuscous, slightly curved from 

 costa to vein 2, then retracted to below angle of cell and 

 oblique to inner margin ; a rather dijBFused blackish terminal 

 line ; cilia whitish with a blackish line through them. Hind 

 wing pale ochreous ; a fuscous discoidal bar with oblique 

 line from it to inner margin near tornus ; an oblique line 

 from costa beyond middle to torniis ; a slightly diffused 

 black terminal line ; cilia whitish with a black line through 

 them. 



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