174 Mr. W. Scliaus on 



edged witli bright metallic blue ; a dorsal whitish-yellow 

 band at base of abdomen, extending laterally behind. Abdo- 

 men with two rows of metallic-blue spots above and a row 

 of sublateral spots ; a white band below beyond base ; legs 

 black spotted with blue ; tarsi ochreous. Wings hyaline. 

 Fore wings faintly tinged with brown ; veins, terminal 

 dashes between veins, outer half of inner margin, and the 

 outer margin black ; base of inner margin and costal mar- 

 gin reddish brown; the discocellular reddish brown; some 

 bright blue metallic scales at base. Hind wings : the veins, 

 outer margin narrowly, and a broader space at anal angle 

 black. 



Expanse 34 mm. 



Hah. El Sitio, Sixola. 



Loxoplilehia egregia, sp. n. 



Palpi and head black ; frons white ; a M'liite spot on 

 vertex. Body red; thorax medially black; abdomen dorsally 

 black on three basal segments ; last segment and anus black ; 

 coxse roseate buff; legs outwardly black, inwardly roseate 

 buff. Wings hyaline ; veins and margins narrowly black, 

 wider at apices and tornus ; base of fore wings and inner 

 margins of hind wings red. 



Expanse 21 mm. 



Hah. Guapiles. 



Mesoihen temper ata, sp. n. 



Antennse black, irrorated with white before tip. Palpi 

 and head black ; the frons white. Collar black in front, 

 yellow behind. Thorax black ; patagia deep yellow. Abdo- 

 men deep yellow ; a black dorsal spot on first segment ; a 

 large similar dorsal space on following three segments extend- 

 ing laterally, and shot with steel-blue ; the last two segments 

 black, shot with steel-blue ; a lateral black band on seg- 

 ments 2-4; ventral valve black except at base. Thorax 

 below yellow. Legs : femora yellow ; fore and hind tibise 

 and tarsi black ; hind tibia and tarsi yellow, only black at 

 joints. Wings hyaline : the veins and margins black. 

 Eore wings : the tornus and apex broadly black ; a yellow 

 streak medially on subcostal ; a black spot on discocellular. 

 Hind wings : the costal margin medially yellow. 



Expanse 29 mm. 



Hah. Juan Vinas. 



