Heterocera from Central America. 109 



Chierocampa potentia, sp. n. 



Mah. — Primaries pale fawn-colour, darkest along the 

 costal mar^^in from the base almost to tlie apex ; the costal 

 mar^rin dark, yellow ; a small black dot at the end of the cell ; 

 a rather wide dark brown line extends from the base to about 

 the middle of the inner margin and tlien crosses to the apex; 

 the outer margin of the wing thickly irrorated with black 

 scales; the fringe dark brown: secondaries dark brownish 

 black; the inner margin, apex, and outer margin fawn-colour. 

 Underside of both wings pale yellowish fawn-colour, thickly 

 irrorated with brownish-black scales ; the basal half of the 

 primaries black. Head, thorax, and the upperside of the 

 abdomen pale brown; the sides of the head, thorax, and 

 underside of the abdomen pale brownish white; legs pale 

 brown ; antenna? above white, dark brown on the underside. 



Expanse 4 inches. 



Hab. Mexico {in Mas. Staudinger). 



This species resembles Chcerocampa clotho, Drury, but the 

 brown line crossing the primaries is in a very difterent posi- 

 tion. I have only seen the specimen in Dr. Staudinger's 

 collection, which has no exact locality attached to it. 



PSEUDOSPHIXX, Burm. 



PseudospJiinx crocala, sp. n. 



Primaries dark brown ; a few scales at the base ; a wide 

 band crossing the wing, about the middle, from the costal to 

 the inner margin ; the apex and outer margin dark gvcy, 

 irrorated with brown scales ; a zigzag black line extends 

 from the apex, curving round to the costal margin ; the 

 fringe alternately brown and grey : secondaries dark brown, 

 slightly greyish at the base. Underside brown, palest at the 

 base of both wings. Head, thorax, and abdomen greyish 

 brown ; a row of black spots on each side of the abdomen ; 

 the underside of the thorax and abdomen white ; legs pale 

 brown ; antennae above grey, underside dark brown. 



Expanse 4^ inches. 



Hab. Honduras {Wittkugel, in Mus. Staudinger). 



A very distinct species, quite unlike any other known 

 to me. 



PseudospJiinx morelia, sp. n. 



Primaries greyish brown, irrorated with darker scales, and 

 crossed from the costal to the inner margin with several 

 zigzag narrow black lines ; the centre portion of the wing, 



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