NYMBIS, 125 



before middle,_ slightly diffused on outer side below lower angle of 

 cell ; postmedial line white with a narrow black-brown band on its 

 outer side, oblique and very slightly incurved from costa towards 

 apex to inner margin ; a subterminal series of black points on the 

 veins and a terminal series ; ciha brown at tips. Hind wing dull 

 reddish brown, a faint obhque pale line from vein 3 to tornus and 

 subterminal fuscous shade ; a terminal series of black points ; cilia 

 pale at base ; the underside grey- white irrorated with fuscous, the 

 hair on basal and inner areas pale rufous. 



$. Fore wing _ with the ante- and postmedial Hues slightly 

 defined on outer side by dark brown. 



Hah. Mexico, Oaxaca, 1 $ type, Jalapa (Tnijillo), 1 c? , 

 Grodman-Salvin Coll. ^a^j). 48-50 millim. 



7902. Nymbis lineolaris. (Plate CCXXIV. fig. 18.) 



Noctua lineolaris, Hiibn. Eur. Sohmett., Noct. f. 464 (1818) ; Druce, Biol. 



Centr.-Am., Het. i. p. 385. 

 Phurys helviua, Dnice, Biol. Oentr.-Am., Het. i. p. 384 (parL), nee Guen. 

 Phurys jugis, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Aiii., Het. i. p. 385 (part.), neo VVlk. 



6 ■ Head, thorax, and abdomen ochreous tinged with brown. 

 Fore wing ochreous tinged with red-brown and slightly irrorated 

 with dark brown ; a small round black spot above inner margin 

 before the very oblique black line from lower angle of cell to inner 

 margin before middle, rather diffused on outer side ; a shght oblique 

 red-brown discoidal striga ; two faint obliquely curved red-brown 

 lines beyond the cell ; postmedial line arising from costa towards 

 apex, oblique and slightly incurved, pale yellow defined on inner 

 side by a fine red-brown line and on outer by blackish brown 

 followed by a red-brown band then a rather diffused blackish line ; 

 a subterminal series of small black spots on veins 6 to 1 ; the 

 termen with a faint broM'n shade and a series of black points ; cilia 

 with a dark line near base. Hind wing greyish suffused with 

 broAvn ; a faint oblique brown postmedial line and broad subterminal 

 fuscous shade ; a slight terminal line with a series of black points 

 on it ; cilia with a fine pale line at base ; the underside greyish 

 irrorated with brown, the hair on basal and inner areas tinged with 

 rufous, a dark subterminal shade. 



$ . Head, thorax, abdomen, and fore v/ing greyish suffused with 

 red-brown, the last without the black spot above inner margin, the 

 oblique line arising from upper angle of cell which it crosses ; three 

 distinct lines beyond the cell ; hind wing reddish brown. 



Hah. Mexico, Durango (Forrer), 1 c? ; GtUatemala, Zapote 

 (^Champion), 1 $ ; Costa Rica, Candelaria Mts. {Tlndericood), 

 1 $ ; Panama, Chiriqui {Champion)^ 1 c? , 1 $ , Grodman-Salvin 

 Coll. Exp. 40-44 miUim. 



