1890.] CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA. 519 



whitish brown, palest on the underside ; the anus with a slightly- 

 reddish tinge ; the palpi dark blackish brown ; the underside of the 

 head, thorax, and legs brown ; the antenuse reddish brown. 

 Expanse 2 inches. 



Hab. Panama, Volcan de Chiriqui {Arce, Mas. D.) ; Ecuador, 

 Sarayacu {Buckley). 



The specimen captured by Arce is the only example I have seen 

 from our region ; it is identical with those in ray collection from 

 Sarayacu. 



PLtrSI0DES(?) AGENOEIA, Sp. n. 



Male. Primaries purplish brown, crossed from the costal to the 

 inner margin by darker brown Lines ; a greyish-black wide 

 V-shaped mark on the costal margin, close to the apex, edged with 

 greyish white ; three pale yeUo wish-brown spots close to the apex ; 

 the costal margin and the cell streaked with greyish white ; the 

 fringe dark reddish brown. Secondaries white, broadly bordered 

 with black from the apex to the anal angle ; the fringe greyish white. 

 The head, front of the thorax, and the base of the tegulte bright red ; 

 the thorax and antennre purplish brown; the abdomen blackish 

 brown, considerably paler on the underside : the legs reddish 

 brown. The female the same as the male, excepting that the 

 secondaries are almost black to the base. Expanse d" 1| inch ; 

 $ If inch. 



Hab. Mexico : Atoyac, Vera Cruz {H. H. Smith) ; Ecuador, 

 Sarayacu (Buckley, Mus. D.). 



We have only seen two specimens of this insect : the male from 

 Ecuador, and the female from Mexico. Mr. H. H. Smith captured 

 the female in May 1888. 



Plusiodes alesa, sp. n. 



Primaries purplish brown, crossed by darker brown bands beyond 

 the cell ; three brick-red streaks on the costal margin close to the 

 base, and three on the inner margin, extending towards the middle 

 of the wing ; a narrow >-shaped yellow line crosses the wing 

 beyond the cell, and is joined by several narrow yellow straight 

 lines with the outer margin : a black streak at the end of the cell 

 edged with yellow, and two curved greyish lines close to the apex ; 

 the marginal line yellow ; the fringe dark brown. Secondaries 

 pure white, broadly bordered from the apex to the inner margin 

 with black ; the fringe greyish white. The head and the base of 

 the collar bright red ; the thorax and tegulse purplish brown ; the 

 thorax and base of the abdomen with some brick-red spots in the 

 middle ; the abdomen dark brown, paler on the underside. The 

 antennae, palpi, and legs dark brown. Expanse 2 inches. 



Hab. Panama: Volcan de Chiriqui {Arce, Mus. D.), Chiriqui 

 {Ribbe, Mus. Staudinger) ; Ecuador, Sarayacu {Buckley). 



A beautiful species, quite unlike any other known to me ; the 

 Panama specimens are identical with those from Ecuador. 



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