AFRIDA. 657 



inwards at vein 6 ; an indistinct blackish subterminal line, excurved 

 below costa. Hind wing wbite, the terminal area suffused with 

 fuscous brown ; a slight dark postmedial line ; in female more 

 uniformly suffused with brown ; the underside white with some 

 fuscous irroration on costal and terminal areas, a small black 

 discoidal spot and some subterminal fuscous brown patches. 



Sab. Mexico, Jalapa (Tntjillo), 2 $ ; Costa Eica, .Cande- 

 laria Mts. {Underwood), 1 <j> , Godman-Salvin Coll. Exp. 16 

 millim. 



*737/. Afrida zoephila. (Plate XXXIV. fig. 25.) 



Afrida zoephila, Dyar, Insec. Inscit. Monstr. i. 3, p. 32 (1913); id. Pr. 

 U.S. Nat. Mus. ined. 



Head and thorax white ; antennae and palpi black ; legs suffused 

 with blackish, the tarsi ringed with white; abdomen white tinged 

 with fuscous. Fore wing silvery white; some yellowish at Ins so 

 and the costal edge black towards base ; antemedial line formed of 

 small black spots conjoined in parts, curved ; medial line represented 

 by an incurved black mark below the cell with a point beyond it 

 and sinuous line from vein 2 to inner margin ; a conical brown 

 patch defined by black and with black striga on it from costa at 

 end of cell to discal fold, rounded below ; postmedial line repre- 

 sented by small black spots beyond and below end of cell and a line 

 from vein 2 to inner margin angled outwards at submedian fold 

 and with some yellowish before it ; two oblique black striae from 

 costa towards apex ; the terminal area purple-brown irrorated with 

 blackish and defined on inner side by an irregular black line, oblique 

 from apex to vein 6, then nearly erect to inner margin ; an indistinct 

 blackish subterminal line on the brown area. Hind wing whitish 

 suffused with brown. 



Sa b. Mexico. Exp. 18 millim. This species is unknown to 

 me, figured from a drawing from type in U.S. Nat. Mus. 



*737y. Afrida amphithrepta. (Plate XXXIV. fig. 26.) 



Afrida amphithrepta, Dyar, Insec. Inscit. Menstr. i. 3, p. 32 (1913). 



$ . Head, thorax, and abdomen white tinged with fuscous ; 

 antennae and palpi black; legs suffused with fuscous, the tarsi 

 ringed with white. Fore wing silvery wbite ; the basal and medial 

 parts of costal area suffused with purple-brown, the base slightly 

 tinged with yellowish ; antemedial line black, angled outwards at 

 median nervure, then obliquely curved; medial line black, bent 

 outwards below costa and inwards at median nervure to near the 

 antemedial line, bent outwards again at submedian fold; post- 

 medial line black, slightly sinuous, bent outwards and interrupted 

 at vein 1; an oblique black striga followed by two points on costa 

 towards apex ; terminal area purple-brown irrorated with blackish 



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