488 NOCTUiDJi;. 



excurved below eosta, then inwardly oblique ; orbicular purple- 

 grey with its centre and circumference slightly defined by brown, 

 oblique U-shaped ; reniform with incomplete silvery annul us, very 

 strongly constricted at middle, some cupreous brown in its upper 

 part and some blackish in lower part, some cupreous brown before 

 and beyond it ; a silvery stigma below the cell formed by a small 

 U-shaped spot A^dth round spot below it ; postmedial line cupreous 

 brown, excurved from below costa to vein 5, then incurved and 

 slightly bent outwards above vein 1, some white points beyond it 

 on costa ; subterminal line indistinct, dark, excurved below vein 7, 

 angled inwards at discal fold, then waved and ending at tornus ; 

 a slight whitish line before termen from apex to vein 4; a fine 

 dark terminal line ; cilia whitish with traces of a brown line 

 through them. Hind wing grey-brown, the hair on inner margin 

 with a reddish tinge ; cilia whitish with a slight brown line through 

 them ; the underside with the basal half whitish tinged with brown, 

 the terminal half grey-brown, traces of a curved postmedial line 

 and subterminal shade. 



Hah. Costa Rica, Juan Vinas (ScJiaws), 1 c? . ^ccp. 44 

 millim. 



8314. Phytometra longicornis. 



Fliisia longicornis, Druce, Biol. Oentr.-Aiii , Het. i. p. 332, pi. £0. f. 17 



(1889). 



6 . Head and thorax dark brown mixed with purple-grey ; 

 antennae with the basal joint white at sides ; pectus and legs 

 grey-brown, the tarsi ringed with white ; abdomen grey-brown, 

 the crests dark brown mixed with purple-grey. Fore wing purple- 

 grey suffused in parts with brown, the medial area below the cell 

 and the area before the subterminal line deep cupreous brown ; 

 traces of a sinuoiis grey subbasal line from costa to submedian fold 

 on a patch of brown suffusion ; antemedial line dark slightly defined 

 on outer side by white, somewhat excurved below costa, then 

 inwardly oblique; orbicular and reniform with brownish centres 

 and purple-grey annuli defined by dark brown, oblique elliptical, 

 the latter with white points below on inner and outer sides ; a 

 silvery stigma below the cell formed by a small oblique U-shaped 

 mark with elliptical spot beyond its lower extremity ; postmedial 

 line dark brown, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 5, 

 then incurved, and again slightly excurved below submedian fold, 

 some white points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line dark brown 

 with cupreous brown sufliusion befoi-e it and beyond it below apex, 

 excurved below vein 7, then oblique ; a dark line before termen 

 from apex to vein 3 and a fine dark terminal line. Hind wing 

 purplish grey suffused with brown ; cilia whitish at tips ; the 

 underside whitish tinged wth purple-grey and irrorated with 

 brown, a dark brown discoidal lunule and broad postmedial shade. 



HaJ). Costa Rica, Juan Vinas {Schaus), 1 S ; Pan^ama, 

 Chiriqui ; Ecuador, Saraj^acu. Exp. 36 millim. 



