ii56 NOCTDID^. 



slight brown and whitish mark in centre, produced to a point on inner 

 side ; postmedial line double, purplish rod filled in wnth ochreous, 

 ulightly bent outwards below costa, then waved, oblique below 

 discal fold, an ochreous point beyond it on costa ; subterminal 

 line ochreous and oblique towards costa, then grey and waved ; 

 the apical area with ochreous streaks on veins 8 and 7 and black 

 streaks in the interspaces and below them, the streak below vein 8 

 extending to the postmedial line. Hind wing dark brown ; the 

 cilia white at tips ; the underside uniform greyish brown. 



Ilab. Costa Eica, Sixola R. (Schatis), type f $ in U.S. Nat. 

 Mus. Exp. 36 millim. 



Sect. III. Antenna of male ciliated, without tuft of hair from basal joint. 



A. Fore wing with subterminal series of small black spots and 



larger spot in submedian interspace. 

 a. Hind wing seniihj'aline, the Teins of terminal area and 



the termen fuscous ahseuzaJis. 



h. Hind wing uniformly suffused with fuscous brown arcuaia. 



B. Fore wing without subterminal series of black spots. 



a. Hind wing with the terminal area suffused with fuscous. 

 a^. Fore wing not tinged with crimson. 



a-. Fore wing suffused with dark cupreous brown ; hind 



wing of male uniform fuscous brown onefa'phcEa, 



b". Fore wing pale yellowish brown ; hiud wing of male 

 semihyaline. 

 a^. Fore wing broad, the reniform moderate, ellipti- 

 cal chirica. 



b'^. Fore wing narrow, the reniform very large and 



produced to points in front and beiiind stenipiera. 



c^. Fore wing grey suffused with purple-brown arwa. 



ii. Fore wing with the antemedial, postmedial, and 



terminal areas tinged with crimson hamatopis. 



b. Hind wing with fine terminal black line or series of minute 



streaks. 

 «i. Fore wing with the antemedial line oblique to sub- 

 median fold where it is bent inwards. 

 a?. Fore wing suffused with brown and with white 



shade beyond postmedial line filifera. 



b^. Fore wing white slightly irrorated with black stroca. 



b^. Fore wing with the antemedial line ei'ect, slightly 

 exourved below costa and incurved below submedian 



fold eloia. 



c\ Fore wing with the antemedial line erect to sub- 

 median fold, then oblique and waved leucopis, 



6668. Casandria abseuzalis. 



Motya ahseuzaUs, Wlk. xix. 1022 (1859). 



Lussa nigroguttata, Grote, Can. Ent. xv. p. 127 (1883) ; Smith, Cat. Noct. 



N. Am. p. 167. 

 'PUurasyonpieza smithii, Moschl. Abb. Senck. Ges. xvi. p. 147, f. 18 (1890). 

 Sticto-ptera tumidicosta. Hmpsn. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1898, p. 249, pi. 17. f. 5. 



Head, thorax, and abdomen white tinged with pale rufous ; 

 palpi with the 2nd joint black above ; tegulse with black medial 

 line and some black at tips ; patagia with black medial bars ; fore 



