668 NOCTtriD^. 



irrorated with ochreous to the slightly curved medial black line 

 from cell to inner margin ; a postmedial black spot on costa and an 

 incurved ochreous line from lower angle of cell to inner margin ; 

 a leaden-black band tinged with rufous at apex, oblique from apex 

 to vein 6, then bent inwards to reniform, incurved below vein 4 

 and defining the postmedial line ; cilia leaden grey with some black 

 scales at base, the tips white towards apes. Hind wing ochreous 

 white, the veins and terminal area suffused with reddish brown ; 

 cilia brown at base, whitish at tips ; the underside ochreous white, 

 the costal and terminal areas tinged with brown. 



5 . Head and thorax black-brown mixed with olive-yellow ; 

 abdomen dorsally dark brown with ochreous-white segmental lines ; 

 fore wing black-brown irrorated with olive-yellow scales ; ante- 

 medial line defined by yellow on inner side ; orbicular and reni- 

 form obscured; medial, postmedial, and subterminal yellow spots 

 on costa ; postmedial line yellow, ai'ising at vein 5, bent inwards 

 to below end of cell and oblique to inner margin ; a yellow terminal 

 line except towards apex and tornus ; hind wing wholly suffused 

 with dark brown. 



Hah. Mexico, Morelos {H. H. Smith), 1 cJ , 1 $ type plicenna., 

 Guerrero {H. H. Smith), 1 § type mata, Godman-Salvin Coll. ; 

 Jamaica (Gosse), 1 cj' type, Up Park, 1 c? , Constant Springs 

 ( Walsingham), 1 d > 1 2 • Exp. 18-20 millim. 



6010. Heliocontia cleta. 



JgropMla cleta, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. i. p. 302, pi. 28. f. 7 



(1«87). 



J . Head and thorax rufous, the metathoracic crest leaden black 

 tipped with ochreous ; palpi whitish, the 2nd and 3rd joints banded 

 with black ; frons whitish with dark bar above ; antennae black ; 

 pectus and legs white, the fore tibiae and tarsi banded with black ; 

 abdomen ochreous white with dorsal red-brown bands. Fore wing 

 orange-red, the costal area yellowish to near apex ; a leaden-grey 

 patch at base with obliquely curved outer edge; an antemedial 

 black spot on costa ; orbicular and reniform leaden grey defined by 

 yellow, small, round, the former with leaden-grey band from it to 

 inner margin, somewhat constricted at middle ; medial, postmedial, 

 and subterminal black spots on costa and an apical patch ; an 

 oblique leaden-grey band defined by yellow from below apex to 

 just above submedian fold and a conical patch from just below the 

 fold to inner margin along which it is produced to tornus. Hind 

 wing pale purplish brown ; cilia brown with pale line at base and 

 pale tips ; the underside yellowish, the costal and terminal areas 

 tinged with brown. 



Hob. Mexico, Guerrero, Omilteme {E. E. Smith), 1 S type, 

 Godman-Salvin Coll. Exp. 18 millim. 



