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Show 1890.] CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA. 515 XANTHIA ALCANDRA, sp. n. Male. Primaries pale citron-yellow, shaded with dark brown at the base and along the costal margin to beyond the middle; two waved lines cross the wing from the costal to the inner margin, the first near the base, the second beyond the end of the cell; a large round spot about the middle of the cell and an oval-shaped spot at the end of the cell, both pale brown. Secondaries creamy white. The underside of both wings pale yellow. The head and thorax brownish yellow; the abdomen yellowish white ; the antennae and legs brownish yellow. Expanse 1| inch. Hab. Mexico, Tierra Colorada, in Guerrero, 2000 feet (H. H. Smith). Two males of this insect were captured by Mr. Smith in the month of October 1888. Fam. HADENID._E. POLIA(?) LORINA, sp. n. Primaries pale grey, crossed by indistinct lines of the same colour, but rather darker in shade. A black line crosses the wing near the base from the costal to the inner margin, beyond which, close to the anal angle, is a second waved narrow black line crossing the wing towards the costal margin, but not reaching it. Secondaries pure white. The underside of both wings white ; the primaries shaded with grey at the apex. The head, thorax, and tegulae pale grey; the abdomen and legs white; antennae brown. Expanse 2\ inches. Hab. Mexico, Presidio (Forrer). A fine insect, very distinct from any known to me. POLIA (?) AMERIA, Sp. n. Primaries dark grey, crossed from the costal to the inner margin by many dark grey and black waved lines. Secondaries white, dusky round the outer margin. The marginal line of both wings black; the fringes dark grey. The head and collar dark grey; the tegulae and thorax pale grey; the abdomeu pale brownish grey; the antennae and legs pale brown, the anus tinted with yellowish brown. Expanse 2\ inches. Hab. Guatemala, Volcan de Atitlan, 2500 to 3500 feet ( Champion). One specimen of this fine insect was captured by Mr. Champion. It is allied to P. lorina, Druce, from Mexico. Fam. HELIOTHID^:. A N A R T A AGONAX, sp. n. Primaries very dark brown, almost black; a large square white spot at the end of the cell, beyond which the wing is crossed from the costal to the inner margin by a pale yellowish-brown band, which is somewhat dentated on the outer side; the fringe pale |
