510 



AKCTIAD.E. 



whiter from costa to vein 3. Hind wing whitish suffused with 

 brown, the androconia in and beyond the cell rufous, the hair on 

 apical area darker. Underside of fore wing whiter; hind wing with 

 the costal half grey-brown, the inner half white. 



Fig - . 115. — Macroptila monstralis, <$ . \. 



$ . Head and thorax white tinged with brown; abdomen white; 

 fore wing silvery white, the inner area to submedian fold suffused 

 with brown ; hind wing white. 



Hab. Costa Rica, Sixola R. (ScJiatts), 1 6 , Esperanza 

 (ScJ/aus), 1 $ . Ewp. 32 millim. 



389 c. Macroptila nubecula. 



Macroptila nubecula, Schaus, A.M.N.H. (S) vii. p. 357 (1911). 



Fore wing with vein 6 from below angle of cell, 7, 8, 9 stalked, 

 male with a large patch of androconia below the cell on underside, 

 the median nervure curved upwards ; hind wing with veins 6, 7 

 stalked and bent downwards, 8 from close to angle of cell, the costa 

 lohed at apex, a large glandular patch occupying nearly the 

 whole cell, the costal area and area round the patch clothed with 

 androconia. 



Fig. 116. — Macroptila nubecula, rf 



8 . Head and thorax white tinged with brown ; pectus and legs 

 tinged with rufous ; abdomen white faintly tinged with brown. 

 Fore wing silvery white tinged with brownish ochreous to origin 

 of vein 2 and below vein 2 to termen. Hind wing white with a 

 faint ochreous tinge except on inner area ; the underside with the 

 costal area and cell tinged with reddish ochreous, the glandular 

 patch greyish. 



Hub. Costa Rica, Esperanza (Schaus), 1 6 . J2xp. 80 millim. 



