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Show 1890.] CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA. 513 paler at the base; the fringe pale brown. The head, thorax, and abdomen dark brown ; the anus pale brown ; the underside of the wings and the abdomen pale brown. Antennae dark brown. Expanse 1| inch. Hab. Panama : Volcan de Chiriqui, 2000 to 3000 feet (Champion) ; Chiriqui (Ribbe, Mus. Staudinger). A specimen of this species is in the collection of Mons. Dognin, from Ecuador. PERIGEA AGNONIA, sp. n. Primaries pale fawm-colour, in some specimens shaded with pink and striated with blackish lines, the discal spot very distinct; the fringe pinkish brown streaked with fawn-colour. Secondaries pale brownish white, dusky at the apex and outer margin. The head, thorax, and base of the abdomen brownish fawn-colour, the upperside of the abdomen dark blackish brown; the anus yellowish fawn-colour; the underside of the thorax and abdomen pale fawn-colour. The antennae pale brown. Expanse 1-^ inch. Hab. Guatemala: Volcan de Atitlan 2500 to 3500 feet (Champion) ; Panama: Chiriqui (Ribbe, Mus. Staudinger), Volcan de Chiriqui below 4000 feet (Champion).-Ecuador, Brazil. It is possible that this insect may have been described by Walker, as it appears to be a very common species round Rio Janeiro, from which locality I have a large series ; but I have been unable to find anything like it in the National Museum, or in the Saunders Collection now in the Oxford Museum. Fam. CARADRINID-S;. CARADRINA ALANA, sp. n. Primaries pale mouse-colour, crossed from the costal to the inner margin by two pale whitish-brown lines, the first near the base, the second beyond the cell; the fringe brown. Secondaries pale brown, whitish near the base ; the fringe pale brown. The head, thorax, and abdomen brown, slightly paler on the underside. Antennae and palpi brown ; the legs whitish brown. Expanse 1 inch. Hab. Panama, Chiriqui (Ribbe, Mus. Staudinger). Two specimens of this dull-coloured insect are in Dr. Staudinger's collection. Fam. NOCTUID._E. AGROTIS LAMPTERA, sp. n. Primaries pale pinkish fawn-colour, crossed beyond the middle by a faint brown line that extends from the costal margin near the apex to the inner margin above the anal angle; an indistinct spot in the middle of the cell, and two short pale brown lines at tho end of the cell; a submarginal row of very indistinct and very minute brown spots ; the fringe pinkish fawn-colour. Secondaries hyaline pinkish white, the inner margin broadly edged with black |