Membra cid^e. 
Genus: PARMULA. 
Fairm. ],c. p. 490. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. p. 490. Stal. l.c. p. 29. 
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Form rather oblong; tegmina with the membrane irregularly stained, and the 
areas variable as to size, the cellules shown at the extreme apex being small and 
stylate. 
Four species are described in the B.C.A. 
PARMULA DISTINGUENDA. 
(Plate XXXII. figs. 11, 11a.) 
Fowl. l.c. Tab. VI. figs. 21, 21a, 21b, p. 91. Fairm. Horiola biguttata, PI. VII. fig. 1(1 Fairm. 
Parmula bistrigata, l.c. p. 491. 
Small ; dull, black except above the shoulders where it is shining and punctured; 
legs testaceous; pronotum with a wavy white band across the lower half; head large; 
ocelli very prominent; tegmina brown or greyish-brown with numerous pale spots of 
different sizes and shapes more or less reticulated ; underside fuscous. 
Size, 4 x 2 to 5 x 3 mm. 
Habitat. —Mexico, British Honduras, Guatemala, Panama, Vera Paz. 
From the Fowler private collection. 
The variegated tegmen of P. distingnenda does not appear in Fowler’s description 
of the species given in the Biologia. 
PARMULA RETICULATA 
(Plate XXXII. figs. 12, 12a.) 
Fowler, l.c. p. 90. JDarnis reticulata, Fabr. Syst. Rliyng. p. 29. Parmula reticulata, Stal. l.c. p. 30. 
Darnis interrupta, Fabr. 
Small; very variable in size, colour, and markings, shining brown or blackish, 
with greyish ochreous markings on the pronotum. Sometimes appearing as a single 
broad punctured patch, sometimes as a lightish stripe beyond the middle. 
Size, 4x2 mm. 
Habitat. —Panama, Colombia, Bugaba. 
Fairmaire adds to the genus Parmula. 
P. vertebralis from Central America and P.gibbida from Campos Geraes. Perhaps 
Horiola biguttata should be added to the synonyms of P. reticulata above. 
PARMULA DISPAR. 
Darnis dispar, Fab. Entylia dispar, Burm. Parmula dispar, Stal. l.c. p. 29. Fowler, l.c. p. 91. 
Very variable as to colour; red, orange, black, or black with yellow spots at the 
shoulders, or else yellow with a black head. 
Habitat. —Panama, Bugaba. 
