348 



AKCTIAD^. 



interspaces of basal half, in end of cell, and in interspaces of terminal 

 area. Hind wing pale brown. 



Hah. Brazil, iSao Paulo, 1 $ type t in Coll. Schaus. Exp. 

 28 millim. 



732. Thyone tincta, n. sp. (Plate XXVIII. fig. 5.) 



$ . White ; frons, legs, and abdomen tinged with fuscous ; 

 antennae ringed with black. Fore wing with the costa black 

 towards base ; the inner area and underside tinged with fuscous. 

 Hah. Bolivia, Chaeo {Garlejjp), 1 $ type. Exp. 26 millim. 



733. Thyone melanocera. (Plate XXVIII. fig. 29.) 



Thyone melanocera, Schaus, J. N. Y. Ent. Soc. vii. p. 217 (1899). 



Pure white ; antennae black ; fore legs and the last joint of mid 

 and hmd tarsi blackish. 



Hah. Trinidad, 1 (^ ; Venezuela, Aroa, 1 $ ; Surinam. Exp. 

 22 millim. Type t in Coll. Schaus. 



734. Thyone simplex. 



Thyone shnplex, Wlk. ii. 553 (1854) ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 440. 



Lithosia alba, Druce, Biol. Oentr.-Am., Het. i. p. 131 (1885) ; Kirby, Cat, 



Het. p. 338. 

 Crambidia parvita, Schaus, J. N. Y. Ent. Soc. iy. p. 151 (189G). 



Pure white. Fore wing with 

 vein 6 from angle of cell. 



Hah. Mexico, Atoyac {H. H. 

 Smith), 1 (5 ; Honduras, 1 $ 

 type ; Panama, Bugaba (Cham- 

 pion), 1 5 , type alha, Godman- 

 Salvin Coll. ; Brazil, Sao Paulo 

 (Jones), 4 c? . Exp. 22 millim. 

 Type -f parvita in Coll. Schaus. 



Fig. 255. — Thyone simplex, (^ . 



Genus AFEIDA. 



Type- 



Afrida, Moscbl. Abb. Senck. Ges. xiv. p. 30 (1886) tortriclformis. 



Moselca, Hmpsn. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1898, p. 24i minuta. 



Proboscis fully developed ; palpi porrect, extending to just beyond the 

 frons ; tibiifi with the spurs long. Fore wing short and rather broad ; vein 2 

 from middle of cell, curved at base ; 3 from well before angle; 5 from above 

 angle; 6 from below upper angle; 7, 8, and 10 stalked, 9 absent; 11 free. 

 Hind wing with vein 2 from beyond middle of cell ; 3 from close to angle ; 

 5 from far above angle ; 6, 7 stalked ; 8 from middle of cell. 



