species of lleteroccra. 49 



secondaries brounish Iiyaliiie, honlricl with black iVoin tlie 

 apex lo tli(^ anal aii^le, and a .suliniari^inal row of wliite dots ; 

 the veins and frini,a's of both wings bhick. Ueail, antenna), 

 th(Max, and abdomen bhiek ; the coUar ami teguhu s|)otted 

 witli white; underside ot" the abdomen pale yellowish brown. 

 — Female very similar to the male, but paler hyaline. 



Expanse, ^ ;-5,<„, ? 4 inches. 



Ilnh. Ecuador (.I/«.s'. I) race). 



LaparidcB. 

 Xenosoma gigantca, sp. n. 



Primaries and secondaries semihyaline white; primaries 

 sli^-htly shailed with yelh^w at the base and along the inner 

 margin ; the fringe of both wings white. Head, underside of 

 thorax, and legs pale yellow ; antcniue black ; thorax and 

 abdomen yellowish white. 



Expanse 2| inches. 



llab. British Honduras {Mas. Drace). 



Notodontidae. 

 Ti'fama{?) dardania, sp. n, 



FevtaJe. — Primaries: the base and tiie costal margin nearly 

 to the apex dark brown, shading inwardly to about the middle 

 of the wing to bright reddish brown, where it is thickly 

 irrorated with white scales ; from the middle of the wing to the 

 outer margin pale primrose-colour ; the apex almost pink ; 

 two small dark yellow spots on the middle of the outer margin ; 

 the fringe primrose-colour, excepting at the aj)ex, where it is 

 almost pink : secondaries greyish brown, shading to pale 

 primrose-colour on the outer margin ; the fringe primrose- 

 colour. Head and antennaj redtlish brown ; collar pale 

 yellow, shot with reddish brown ; teguhy silver-grey; thorax 

 and abdomen brown, the sides of the abdomen and the anus 

 yellow ; legs brown. 



Expanse A inches. 



JJah. Costa Rica. 



Heterocampn arj'iifata, sj). n. 



Primaries silvery grey ; the costal margin, inner margin, 

 and veins near the inner margin spotted with black; a rather 

 large black 8j)0t close to the anal angle; the fringe alter- 

 nately black and grey : secondaries pale greyish fawn-colour, 

 dusky at the apex and round the outer margin ; a small 



Ann. cC- Mdfj. X. I list. Ser. (1. VuL xv. I 



