AFKJDA. 6-39 



Sab. Mexico; Costa Rica. Exp. IS millim. This species 

 is unknown to me, figured from a drawing from type in U.S. Nat. 

 Mus. 



*7S7j. Afrida polyglotta. (Plate XXXIV. fig. 29.) 



Afrida polyglotta, Schaus, ined. 



Head, thorax, and abdomen white, the last banded with fuscous. 

 Fore wing silvery white, the base tinged with ochreous except at 

 costa ; an antemedial black spot on costa and oblique line from 

 cell to inner margin, a short black streak beyond it in cell and 

 waved medial line from cell to inner margin ; a black discoidal 

 bar and two oblique bars from middle of costa with some ochreous 

 between them; a hoop-shaped mark on costa towards apex, the 

 postmedial line arising below it, incurved to submedian fold, then 

 exeurved ; the terminal area purplish brown except at apex, defined 

 on inner side by a black line, bent inwards with an upward cur^e 

 at discal fold, where there is a black point and some ochreous 

 above it, then incurved to tornus. Hind wing fuscous, the cilia 

 white. 



Sab. Costa Rica (Schaus). Exp. IS millim. This species 

 is unknown to me, figured from a drawing from type in U.S. Nat. 

 Mus. 



737 /.-. Afrida claricosta. (Plate XXXIV. fig. 30.) 

 Afrida clarieosta, Dyar, Insec. Inscit. Menstr. i. 3, p. 33 (1913). 



Head and thorax pure white, a few black scales on patagia and 

 in front of metathorax ; antennae and palpi blackish ; pectus and. 

 legs suffused with brown, the tarsi ringed with white ; abdomen 

 white tinged with brown. Fore wing pure white ; the costa 

 streaked with black towarde base; antemedial line formed of black 

 scales and much interrupted, exeurved to submedian fold, then 

 incurved ; medial line formed of black scales and much interrupted, 

 angled outwards below vein 7, then sinuous; an oblicme post- 

 in. 'dial black striga from costa and spot at vein 5; terminal area 

 purplish brown, its inner edge defined by black, oblique and 

 irregularly sinuous from apex to the medial line at lower angle of 

 cell, then nearly erect to submedian fold, then slightly bent out- 

 wards ; subterminal line formed of double black marks, exeurved 

 below costa and filled in with whitish marks on the brown area. 

 ily angled inwards at discal fold and vein 2. Hind wing 

 white slightly tinged with brown, the terminal area more suffused 

 with brown ; the underside with the costal area suffused with 

 brown, a brown discoidal spot and some subterminal marks. 



Hub. Fr. Guiana, St. Jean Maroni ; S. Brazil, Tijuca 

 {Wagner), 1 ?, Exp. 18 millim. 



