Heierocera from Central America. 11 'i 



black ; underside of the abdomen bri,!,^lit yellow. Antennas 

 and legs dark brown. — Female. Primaries dark brown : 

 secondaries pinkish red, broadly bordered witii brown from 

 the aj)e.\ to the anal ani^^le. Head, thorax, and abdomen 

 similar to the male. 



Expanse, (^ 2f inches, $ 3| inches. 



Hub. Mexico, North Yucatan, Temax [Gaumer] . 



Pericopis prcetides, sp. n. 



Male. — Primaries dark brown, similar to Pericopis tibesis, 

 Druce, but with the marking smaller, and with a row of 

 marginal white spots extending from the apex to the anal 

 angle : secondaries hyaline white ; the apex, outer and inner 

 margins broadly bordered with dark brown ; a marginal row 

 of small white spots extends from the apex to the anal angle. 

 Head, aiitennaj, thorax, and abdomen dark brown ; the sides 

 of the abdomen bright red ; underside of the abdomen yel- 

 lowish white, banded witli dark brown. 



Expanse 2^ inches. 



JIub. Mexico, Jalapa (J/. Triijillo). 



Pericopis cydon^ sp. n. 



Male. — Primaries dark black-brown, with paler markings 

 beyond the cell : secondaries hyaline, the inner margin 

 clothed with blackish hairs ; the apex and outer margin 

 broadly bordered with black, edged on the inner side for 

 about halfway from the anal angle by a wide orange-yellow 

 band ; two blue spots close to the anal angle, and a marginal 

 row of white dots ; veins all black. Head, antenna3, thorax, 

 and base of the abdomen black ; the sides of the abdomen 

 red ; underside yellow. — Female. Primaries dark brown : 

 secondaries orange-yellow, the apex and outer margin black ; 

 a row of marginal white spots extends from the apex to the 

 anal angle. 



Expanse, $ 3 inches, ? ?>\ inches. 



ilab. Mexico, Jalapa (Ji. Trujillo), 



Fam. Lithosiidse. 



Brycea, Walk. 



Brycea cynara, sp. n. 



Primaries black, with a wide band extending from the base 

 to beyond the cell and a submarginal band from the apex 

 almost to the anal angle, both dark chrome-yellow : second- 



