430 ABCTIAD.E. 



129 a. Rceselia pedanta. (Plate XXIV. fig. 20.) 



Rceselia pedanta, Dyar, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. xlii. p. 91 (1912). 



5 . Head and thorax white mixed with some fuscous brown ; 

 palpi fuscous except at tips ; legs suffused with fuscous, the tarsi 

 black ringed with white; abdomen grey suffused with fuscous 

 brown leaving white segmental lines. Fore wing white slightly 

 irrorated with fuscous ; a subbasal black point on costa ; anteinedial 

 line black, strongly curved ; an oblique black striga from costa 

 above end of cell and a line from vein 4 to inner margin, acutely 

 angled inwards at veins 3 and 2, then oblique ; postmedial line 

 black, with some fuscous before it at costa, obliquely excurved from 

 costa to vein 3, acutely angled inwards at vein 2, then oblique and 

 approximated to the medial line, some small black spots beyond it 

 on costa ; subterminal line black, minutely waved, oblique towards 

 costa. angled outwards at veins 7, 6, 4 and inwards at discal fold ; 

 some rufous before temien except towards apex; cilia white chequered 

 with blackish. Hind wing white tinged with fuscous, the cilia 

 paler at tips ; the underside more strongly suffused and irrorated 

 with fuscous, a faint discoidal spot. 



Sab. Mexico, Misantla ; Costa Rica, Juan Vinas (Scliaiis), 

 1 § . Exp. 30 millim. 



*129 b. Rceselia recurvata. (Plate XXIV. fig. 30.) 

 Rceselia recurvata, Dogn. Het. Nouv. Am. Sud, vii. p. 10 (1914). 



$ . Head, thorax, and abdomen white suffused with brown ; 

 pectus, legs, and ventral surface of abdomen with a more ochreous 

 tinge, the tarsi fuscous ringed with white. Fore wing whitish 

 suffused with brown and thickly irrorated with black; a subbasal 

 blackish patch on costa ; anteinedial line black defined on inner 

 side by whitish, excurved below costa and incurved above vein 1 ; 

 medial line blackish, obliquely excurved to vein 2 where there is a 

 black patch between it and the postmedial line, then incurved ; 

 postmedial line black defined on outer side by whitish, very oblique 

 to vein 7, then less oblique to vein 3, then strongly incurved to 

 near the medial line ; subterminal line blackish, obliquely excurved 

 to vein 0, bent inwards at discal fold, then waved and bent 

 inwards below vein 3, some small black spots beyond it on costa 

 and slight black streaks on the extremities of the veins. Hind 

 wing white, tinged with brown especially on terminal area; a faint 

 discoidal spot and subterminal line. 



Hab. Colombia, Cordoba, Monte Tolima, type f £ in Coll. 

 Dognin. Exp. 30 millim. 



