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Gasina agesistrata, sp. n. 



? . Primaries and secondaries pale yellowish brown, with- 

 out markings of any kind, excepting along the costal margin 

 of the primaries, which are very faintly shaded with darker 

 brown. The head, thorax, and abdomen yellowish brown, 

 the underside of the abdomen and the legs dark brown, the 

 antennas yellowish. Expanse 24- inches. 



Bab. Guatemala, in the city (Rodriguez) ; Honduras, 

 Ruatan Island (Gaumer). 



Two specimens of this insect, both females, very distinct 

 from any known to me. 



Hydrias, Herr.-Schaff. 

 Bydrias lacinia, sp. n. 



Primaries semihyaline greyish white, with all the veins and 

 the marginal line dark blackish brown ; a broad white band, 

 edged on both sides by two narrow, fine, brown lines, crossing 

 the wing from the costal to the inner margin, and a submar- 

 ginal waved white line extends from the apex to the anal 

 angle : secondaries greyish, the costal and outer margin white, 

 the hairs on the inner margin yellowish. The head, palpi, 

 and front of the thorax yellowish brown ; the thorax, base of 

 the abdomen, and the anus blackish brown ; the sides and 

 underside of the abdomen, thorax, and legs yellowish brown ; 

 the antennas greyish brown, darkest at the base. Expanse 

 If inch. 



Hob. Guatemala, in the city (Rodriguez). 



A very distinct species, not nearly allied to any other 

 known to me. 



Apatelodes, Packard. 

 Apatelodes lacetania, sp. n. 



^ . Primaries blackish brown, crossed about the middle 

 from the costal to the inner margin by a curved dark brown 

 band ; two black streaks close to the apex and several dark 

 markings on the inner margin close to the base : secondaries 

 greyish brown, the fringe of all the wings dark blackish 

 brown. Underside dusky greyish brown ; both wings with 

 a submarginal white line. The head, thorax, and abdomen 

 black, the tegulse edged with greyish hairs ; antennas and 

 legs black. 



Female like the male, but larger and much paler in colour. 



Expanse, <£ 1|, ? If inch. 

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