256 ISir G. F. Hampson o« neio 



semibyaline yellow, the costal area suffused with brown on 

 basal half; an oblique brown line near base followed by 

 a band ; a fine antemedial line ; quadrate conjoined medial 

 spots in and below cell defined at sides by brown ; a quadrate 

 brown discoidal spot with some yellow in centre ; postmedial 

 line brown, slightly waved and excurved between veins 6 

 and 2, then retracted to lower angle of cell and oblique and 

 waved to inner margin, defined on outer side by a series of 

 yellow spots in the interspaces from below costa to vein 2; 

 terminal area brown, the costa yellowish with some small 

 blackish spots ; cilia chequered brown and yellow. Hind 

 wing semibyaline yellow ; a dark point near base ; a black 

 discoidal spot with oblique sinuous line from it to above 

 tornus; postmedial line brown, excurved between veins 5 

 and 3 and below vein 2 joining the terminal brown band 

 with its inner edge excurved at middle ; cilia white chequered 

 with brown except at submedian interspace. 



Hab. Trinidad {Kaye), 10 ^J, 1 ? type; Br. Guiana, 

 Demerara [Rudway), 2 J", 1 ? . Exp. 20 mm. 



(2 c) Samea micfalis, sp. n. 



Samea ecdesialis, Druce, Biol. Ceiitr.-Aiu., Het. ii. p. 244 (part.), 

 nee Guen, 



Head and thorax red-brown mixed with some yellow, the 

 vertex of head mostly yellow, the tegulse with yellow streaks ; 

 pectus, legs, and abdomen yellow tinged with brown. Fore 

 M'ing yellow, the costa tinged with brown ; two brown lines 

 on basal area ; an antemedial brown band forking slightly in 

 cell and not reaching costa, joined at inner margin by an 

 obliquely curved medial brown line with a triangular spot 

 beyond it on discocellulars ; postmedial line brown, excurved 

 at middle, defined on outer side by yellow spots in the inter- 

 spaces from costa to vein 2 interrupted by a slight streak at 

 vein 5 ; the terminal area brown with a dark point at costa 

 and some yellow at apex ; cilia yellow. Hind wing yellow ; 

 a brown line near base ; a dark discoidal spot with a sinuous 

 line from it to inner margin; a postmedial brown line ex- 

 curved at middle and below vein 2 ; a terminal brown band 

 expanding at apex, narrow at middle and extending to the 

 postmedial line below vein 2 ; cilia yellow chequered with 

 brown. 



Hab. Mexico, Tabasco (//. H. Smith), 3 cJ, 2 ? type, 

 Atoyac (H. H. Smith), 1 2 ; Guatemala, Vera Paz 

 {Champion), 1 ^ , Cerro Zunil (Champion), 1 S, Zapote 

 {Champion), 1 ? ; Panama, Chiriqui {Champion), 2 cJ , 

 Godniau-Salvin Coll. E,vp. 16-20 mm. 



