664 NocTtriD^. 



half of median nervure and thence in discal fold to termen ; patches 

 of rafous on costa bej'ond middle and at apex ; cilia with a 

 hlackish-hrown patch at middle. Hind wing ochreous white, the 

 costal area towards apex and the terminal area suffused with brown; 

 cilia white with a brown line near base ; the underside yellowish 

 white, the costal area and the termen to vein 2 suffused with brown. 



$ . Abdomen dark brown ; fore wing black-brown suffused with 

 pale greenish jrellow ; some yellow on outer edge of the rnfous 

 basal patch towards costa and an oblique patch at apex ; cilia dark 

 brown except at apex ; hind wing uniform dark purple-brown. 



Ah. 1. § . Fore wing with the apical yellow patch replaced by 

 an oblique streak. — Centr. America. 



Hah. U.S.A., S. StateSj N. Carolina, 3 c? , 6 5 ^JP^ truncatella, 

 Florida, Tallahassee, 1 S , Texas ; Mexico, Yera Cruz (H. If. 

 /Smith), 1 c? , Guerrero (H. H. Smith), 3 J, 1 $ ; Guatemala, 

 S. Geronimo {Champion), 3 c? , 1 $, Zapote {Champion), 1 S , Las 

 Mercedes {Champion), 1 $ ; Pajstama, Chiriqui {Ribhe, Champion), 

 1 d , 1 $ , Godman-Salvin Coll. ; Jamaica {Mrs. Swainson), 1 5 , 

 Eunaway Bay (T'FaZsw(77ta??2), 1 S , Constant Springs ( TFrtZsmf/^am), 

 1 c? ; Colombia, Sta. Marta {Bouchard), 1 6 . Exp. 18-20 millim. 



Larva. Mrs. Swainson, J. N.Y. Eut. See. viii. p. 33 (19Q0). 



Brown with five fine pale yellow lines, the sublateral line 

 broader and containing bright orange spots ; two black bands on 

 medial segments ; head black and white ; a semilooper. Food- 

 plant : Yellow Brown-weed ; the pupa enclosed in a leaf, brown. 



Sect. II. Fore wing with vein 7 from 8 before 9. 



A. Fore wing without black spots on costa. 



a. Fore wing wil-h oblique rufous basal patch lejjus. 



b. Fore wing without oblique rufous basal patch. 



a^. Fore wing without subterminal white spot on costa. 

 a-. Fore wing with the postaiedial line distinct, 



double pyralidia. 



b^. Fore wing with the postmedial line indistinct, 



single , Valeria. 



b^. Fore wing with subterminal white spot on costa ... margana. 



B. Fore wing with antemedial, medial, and postmedial 



black spots on cosla. 



a. Fore wing wilh the inner medial area blackish perstructana. 



b. Fore wing with the inner medial area orange- red cleta. 



6005. Heliocontia lepus. (Plate CLXVIII. figs. 30 d , 31 $ .) 



Agroiphilcb lepus, Guen. Noct. ii. p. 204 (1852). 



Aphusia marmorea, Butl. Trans. £nt. Soc. 1879, p. 27; Druce, Biol. 



Centr.-Am., Het. i. p. 302, $ . 

 Spragueia inversa, Schaus, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. xxx. p. 163 (1904), $. 

 iSpragueii!, taragma,, Schaus, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. xxx. p. 164 (1904), cf . 



cJ . Head and thorax bright rufous slightly mixed with ochreous; 

 pectus, legs, and abdomen greyish tinged with rufous. Fore wing 

 with deep rufous patch at base, its outer edge obliquely curved and 



