Lepidoptera Heterocera of Trinidad. 131 



Massala sobria, Wlk., xxxiii, p. 1045. 

 Range. Panama. 

 In National Collection. 



HOMOPYRALIS PARVIQUADRATA, n. sp. (Plate V, fig. 13.) 



Fore wing deep black-brown with a violet tinge ; from base to 

 two-thirds the length of costa ochreous-yellow ; a large brownish- 

 black patch close to base commencing immediately below costal 

 stripe and terminating on inner margin ; at less than two-thirds 

 from base is another elongated rectangular dark patch commencing 

 just before the termination of the costal stripe ; following this are 

 four or five distinct white dots. Hindwing dull dark brown ; at the 

 anal angle are two dark and one pale short yellowish lines. 



Expanse 19 millim. 



At Tabaquite in June ( W. J. Kaye). 



Homopyralis dotata, Wlk., xiii, p. 1067. 

 Range. Panama; Brazil. 

 Tabaquite ( W. J. Kaye). 



Yrias ypsilon, Butl., Trans. Ent. Soc. (1879), p. 64. 

 Range. Amazons. 

 Tabaquite ( W. J. Kaye). 



Macrodes gyges, Cram., pi. 102, fig. B. 

 Range. Venezuela. 

 In National Collection. 



Macrodes cynara, Cram., pi. 15, figs. C and D. 

 Range. Jamaica; Brazil. 

 In National Collection. 



Macrodes columbalis, Guen., Delt. and Pyr., p. 14. 

 Range. Venezuela; Brazil. 

 Verdant Vale (S. Kaye). 



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