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April 1893.1 PSYCHE. 431
(Continued from $age 418.)
9. The female only differs from the male in its larger size, the greater obscurity of the median band on the primaries, and the
greater distinctness of the subapical marks. Expanse, 3, 25 mm. ; $, 32 to 38 mm.
LAELIA, Steph.
86. L. Jtv-fioleucis, sp. nov. 8. Front
whitish. Antennae testaceous. Thorax and the forward portion of the abdomen on the upper side vinaceous. The abdomen at its extremity is tipped with white. The lower side of the body is whitish. The legs are pale fawn. The primaries are vinaceous with a darker longitudinal streak running from the base below the cell and curving outwardly toward the apex. The costa near the base and the apex are whitish. There is a small spot in the middle of the cell, a somewhat larger spot at the end of the cell followed by a zigzag very narrow, transverse limbal line, which beginning on the costa three-fourths of the distance from the base runs inwardly to the middle of the inner margin. That
portion of this line which lies between the submedian and the first median assumes the form of a V-shaped mark with its point turned outwardly. In some specimens there is a
faint curved transv~rse basal line. The
markings of tlie primaries are somewhat
variable and in some instances the large spot at the end of the cell in the primaries is obsolete. The secondaries are uniformly
pure white above, and both primaries and secondaries are white below with the fringes of the primaries light brown checked with gray.
2. Like the male, but the markings of
the fore wings in the specimens before me are more obscure.
Expanse, 8, 33 to 40 mm. ; 2, 45 mm.
87. L. (?) barsineides, sp. nov. 3.
Antennae long, culmen white, and pectina- tions grey. . Palpi and head pale luteous. Abdomen brown above. Thorax and abdo-
men pale yellow beneath. Legs pale lute- ous, the tibiae encircled on the middle by a brown band. The primaries are pale luteous marked with ferruginous, somewhat after the style of some species of Barsine. There is a broad ferruginous subbasal band, an oblique oval annular spot at the end of the cell and a small spot above it on the costa. A broad irregularly curved and geminate ferruginous submarginal band runs from the apex to
the inner margin followed by faint brownish marginal lines. The secondaries are uni- formly pale buff, semi-translucent. The
under sides of both wings are pale buff, the markings of the upper side of the primaries being faintly indicated on the under side. Expanse, 23 mm.
I refer this species with some doubt to the genus Laelia, owing to the fact that the antennae are heavier than in most species of the genus, and the wings are narrower than in typical Laelia.
83. L. Zigfiicolor, sp. nov. f. Palpi,
front, and thorax pale reddish-brown, abdo- men paler. Body whitish beneath. Legs
pale fulvous. The primaries are wood-brown with the basal third darker, a darker spot at the end of the cell, and a broad diagonal line running from the apex to the middle of the base followed by a curved series of small black dots running likewise from the apex to the inner margin. The posteiior'i are uni- formly reddish-buff. The under side of both wings is pale buff. The secondaries have a discal dot at the end of the cell and an obscure submarginal series of fuscous mark- ings. Expanse, 27 mm.
89. L. settmides, sp. nov. f Palpi,
front, and thorax pale luteous. Abdomen
pale fawn, under side lighter. Legs and
antennae concolorous. The primaries are
pale luteous with a small brown dot beyond the end oi the cell followed by another near the apex and with three similar spots, one



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below the cell before the origin of the first median, the others on the middle of the
median interspaces. The secondaries are
whitish, semi-diaphanous. The under side of the wing is much as the upper side with the dots on the primaries less distinct. Expanse, 25 mm.
90. L. ocellata, sp. nov. 3. Palpi pale
brown, tipped with orange.
Front luteous.
Antennae with the culmen whitish, the pec- tinations gray. Thorax vinaceous. Abdo-
men brown above. Lower side of body whit- ish. Legs pale fawn marked with light red- dish. Primaries wood-brown with a small
black spot below the cell near the base and a large brown spot at the end of the cell, which is accentuated on the lower side by a white semi-circle, and has in it one or two small black marks. Beyond this is a very narrow brown line beginning on
the costa
three-fourths of the distance from the base curving inwardly regularly to a point below the cell, and then running diagonally to the inner margin at a point one third of the dis- tance from the base. The apex is marked
with a subtriangular diffused whitish spot, which is crossed by a subapical series of three black points. The fringes are concolor- ous checked with dark brown., The upper
side of the secondaries is pale ocli~~aceous with a submarginal band of fuscous mark- ings. On the under side both wings are very pale buff. Both have a large discal spot at the end of the cell, and both have a sub- marginal band of blackish dots and lines. The fringes are as upon the upper side.
Expanse, 28 mm.
AROA, Walk.
91. A. nigr@ic/a, sp. nov. 8. Antennae
testaceous.
Body blackish with the segments
of the abdomen marked with whitish. The
under side of the body is white.
Legs white,
the femora and tibiae margined with black. Tarsi ringed with black. Primaries smoky- black crossed near the middle by two curved bands of darker black and with some obscure whitish markings near the inner margin.
Secondaries white, fuscous at the base, with the outer angle broadly tipped with black and the outer margin spotted with black.
On the
under side the primaries are whitish at the base and on the inner margin, while the
apical half is black. The apex at the tip is slightly paler. The secondaries are as on the upper side.
Expanse, 34 mm.
This species is allied to A. tervzinalis, Walk., but is very distinct.
92. A. lafa, sp. nov. $. Antennae
testaceous. Front white. Palpi white tipped with dark gray.
Patagia white, each with a
small black spot in the middle.
Thorax and
abdomen whitish above, white beneath.
Primaries white with a double transverse basal line; a dark oval mark in the middle of the cell; a broad transverse band beyond the end of the cell curved and scalloped out- wardly and inwardly; beyond these a series of moderately large and somewhat diffuse submarginal hastate markings. The margin has a blackish dot at the middle of each inter- space. The secondaries are pure white with faint brownish marks on the margin at the middle of the interspaces. The under side of both wings is white.
The primaries have a
slight subapical brown shadow upon the
costa and a series of brown marginal
spots
on the interspaces. The secondaries have similar marginal spots, but much smaller and less distinct than on the primaries. Expanse 42 mm.
LIPARIS, Ochs.
93. L. (i?) muscosa, sp. nov. 3. Antennae testaceous. Palpi and front dark brown.
Upper side of thorax and abdomen gray. The abdomen with two black tufts on the dorsal line behind the thorax. Under side of the body paler. Legs whitish, banded with dark brown. Primaries pale greenish-gray with an oblong lunular brown mark at the end of the cell, some brown marks at the base suc-



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ceeded by a transverse zigzag brown line run- ning from the costa to the middle of the inner margin but interrupted below the
median nerve. Beyond the cell there is a transverse limbal line, which runs irregularly from before the apex to the inner margin two-thirds of the distance from the base. This is succeeded by a submarginal line very irregular and produced to the outer margin above the radial, between the second and third median nervules, and near the outer an- gle. The fringes are concolorous. The up- per side of the secondaries is pale fuscous, darker towards the base. The under side of both primaries and secondaries is fuscous- ochraceous. Expanse, 5s mm.
94. L. Jiylomi~tza, sp. nov. 3. Palpi
brown, margined below with reddish.
Front
pale reddish-brown.
Collar pale brown, mar-
gined inwardly with dark brown. Patagia
brownish, margined externally with dark
brown and fringed at the ends with long yel- lowish hairs, which are black near the base. The upper side of the abdomen is pale fulvous with two tufts of brown hair on the dorsal line. The lower side of the body is yellowish-ochra- ceous. The legs are concolorous, ringed with dark brown. The primaries on the upper
side are brown, clouded with darker brown on the costa and at the end of the cell. There is a double curved basal line succeeded by a similar transverse line before the middle of the wing, bounded externally and internally by a paler shade. There is at the end of the cell a large irregular oval annular mark deep black defined outwardly by a narrow pale line. The apical area is lighter in color than the rest of the wing. The limbal area is crossed by an irregularly curved and angu- lated transverse line beyond which is a series of hastate marks with the points turned in- wardly. These hastate marks are alternately pale creamy and deep black, and are succeeded by a brown band, which is followed upon the margin by a series of black hastate marks with their points turned outwardly, each de- fined inwardly by a narrow creamy line.
The fringe is brown, checked upon the ner- vules with black. The secondaries are uni- formly dark fuscous. The fringes are as upon the primaries. The lower side of the wings is uniformly fuscous, tinged with ochraceous at the base, with darker median and submar- ginal cloudings. The dark mark at the end of the cell of the primaries reappears upon the lower side faintly.
2.
Female like the male except that the
antennae are simple and not heavily pecti- nated, and this sex is nearly twice the size of the male. Expanse, 3, 53 mm.; 9, 90
mm.
This insect is congeneric with the insect recently described as Lipayis freussi, Stgr., by Mabille in the "Novitates Lepidopterolog- icae." Mr. Butler has suggested to me the erection of a new genus for its reception. It appears, like L. Preussi,-to be moderately rare.
DASYCHIRA, Hubn.
95. D. sublntesceq sp. nov. 3. Palpi,
front, pectus, and upper side of thorax and abdomen fawn colored. The lower side of
the abdomen is ochraceous. The primaries are pale fawn with an annular mark at the end of the cell preceded and succeeded by ir- regularly curved and angled transverse lines. There are a series of dark zigzag marks
upon the costa, a basal geminate transverse line, a submarginal series of hastate spots, succeeded by a marginal series of similar spots. The fringes are pale gray checked with fawn. The secondaries are pale ochra- ceous at the base clouded with fawn on the outer margin. The fringes as upon the
primaries. On the under side, both wings are pale ochraceous clouded with pale fuscous on the outer margin.
9.
The female is very like the male, but
larger, with the abdomen above as well as below tinged with ochraceous.
Expanse, 3, 43 mm. ; 2, 53 mm.




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96. D. ni-pfilinea, sp. nov. 3. Anten-
nae, front, palpi, the upper side of thorax and abdomen brown.
The under side of the
thorax and the abdomen pale brown. The
legs are concoloro~is, with the tibiae and tarsi annulated with dark brown. The
primaries are dark brown with a pale reddish spot near the middle of the cell and a curved limbal band of the same color extending
from the costa before the apex to about the first median. There is a narrow black sub- marginal line sharply produced toward the margin opposite the end of the cell and at the extremity of the third median. A very dark brown line runs from the base of the wing parallel to the inner margin to near the extremity of the submedian.
It is interrupted
about the middle of the wing and accentuated near its outer extremity by a small white dot. There are also some dark markings
upon the costa and a black spot of raised scales at the end of the cell. The fringes are pale brown checkered with darker brown. The secondaries are uuiformly grayish-brown with the fringes faintly checkered as the primaries. Both wings on the under side
are pale brown with a large diffuse dark spot at the end of the cell, and with a broken sub- marginal series of spots upon the secondaries. 2. The female has the markings much
more distinct and larger than the male, and on the secondaries upon the under side there i< a transverse median band of dark spots in addition to the submaryinal band. Expanse, 3, 38 mm ; 2, 55 mm.
97. D, alfiosignata, sp. nov. 2. Allied
to D. Sat~ssz~rei, Dewitz.
The body and its
appendages are cinereous. The primaries are cinereous with a dark spot at the base followed below the cell by a dark brown marking,
which is defined externally by a curved line, running to the inner margin. At the end of the cell, there is a pale gray spot succeeded by a series of dark brown lunulate markings running from the costa before the apex to the inner margin. Bejond these markings be-
tween the first median and the submedian there is a subtriangular spot above which there is a broad brownish limbal shade. There are some irregular submarginal hastate lines- and marks, and the margin, which is dark brown, is interrupted with pale cinereous at the ends of the nervules. The secondaries are uniformly cinereous with the fringes marked as the primaries. On the under side the wings are cinereous with an obscure dark shade on the primaries beyond the end of the cell, and an incomplete limbal line running from the costa parallel to the outer margin as far as the first median. The secondaries have a dark spot at the end of the cell and an incom- plete submarginal band near the outer angle. Expanse, 63 mm.
98. D. (7) ajateloides, sp. nov. $ . The front and the upper side of the thorax and abdomen pale gray. The under side of the abdomen and appendages white.
The prim-
aries are grayish-white with a narrow line of black raised scales at the end of the cell followed by a transverse line of similar raised whitish scales, defined outwardly by dark brown and running from the costa before the apex to the inner margin. This transverse band is succeeded by a submarginal irregular series of lunulate dark lines defined inwardly by whitish markings. The outer margin has a line of dark points on the intraneural spaces defined inwardly by whitish subhastate mark- ings. The fringe is whitish. The seconda- ries are cinereous with the fringe whitish. On the under side the primaries are pale brown- ish-cinereous with the costa
and the fringe
narrowly white and the inner margin broadly whitish. The secondaries on the under side are uniformly white.
Expanse, 44 mm.
NOTOHYBA,* gen. nov.
Allied to Ilema, Moore and Oecura, Holl. 3. Palpi
short, compressed, the first joint
small ; the second joint relatively very large,



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