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Show 1890.] CENTRAL A N D S O U T H A M E R I C A . 519 whitish brown, palest on the underside; tbe anus with a slightly reddish tinge ; the palpi dark blackish brown ; the underside of the head, thorax, and legs brown ; the antenuae reddish brown. Expanse 2 inches. Hab. Panama, Volcan de Chiriqui (Arce, Mus. D.) ; Ecuador, Sarayacu (Buckley). The specimen captured by Arce is the only example I have seen from our region; it is identical with those in m y collection from Sarayacu. PLUSIODES (?) AGENORIA, sp. n. Male. Primaries purplish brown, crossed from the costal to the inner margin by darker brown lines; a greyish-black wide V-shaped mark on the costal margin, close to the apex, edged with greyish white ; three pale yellowish-brown spots close to the apex ; the costal margin and the cell streaked with greyish white; the fringe dark reddish brown. Secondaries white, broadly bordered with black from the apex to the anal angle ; the fringe greyish white. The head, front of the thorax, and the base of the tegulae bright red ; the thorax and antennae purplish brown; the abdomen blackish brown, considerably paler on the underside; the legs reddish brown. The female the same as the male, excepting that the secondaries are almost black to the base. Expanse 6" 1| inch; 2 l|inch. Hab. Mexico: Atoyac, Vera Cruz (H. H. Smith); Ecuador, Sarayacu (Buckley, Mus. D.). W e have only seen two specimens of this insect: the male from Ecuador, and the female from Mexico. Mr. H. H. Smith captured the female in May 1888. PLUSIODES ALESA, sp. n. Primaries purplish brown, crossed by darker brown bands beyond the cell; three brick-red streaks on the costal margin close to the base, and three on the inner margin, extending towards the middle of the wing; a narrow >-shaped yellow line crosses the wing beyond the cell, and is joined by several narrow yellow straight lines with the outer margin ; a black streak at the end of the cell edged with yellow, and two curved greyish lines close to the apex; the marginal line yellow ; the fringe dark brown. Secondaries pure white, broadly bordered from the apex to the inner margin with black; the fringe greyish white. The head and the base of the collar bright red ; the thorax and tegulae purplish brown; the thorax and base of the abdomen with some brick-red spots in the middle; the abdomen dark brown, paler on the underside. The antennae, palpi, and legs dark brown. Expanse 2 inches. Hab. Panama: Volcan de Chiriqui (Arce, Mus. D.), Chiriqui (Ribbe, Mus. Staudinger); Ecuador, Sarayacu (Buckley). A beautiful species, quite unlike any other known to m e ; the Panama specimens are identical with those from Ecuador. 35* |