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Show 520 LEPIDOPTERA FROM CENTRAL AND S. AMERICA. [June 17, PLUSIODES LAODAMIA, sp. n. Primaries fawn-colour, shaded with darker brown from the base to beyond the middle; a dark brown line crosses the wing near the base from the costal to the inner margin ; a curved brown line extends from about the middle of the inner margin across the wing almost to the apex, but it does not quite reach it; a round mark in the cell and two brown lines at the end of the cell, a half-circular dark brown mark on the costal margin close to the apex, the marginal line dark brown; the fringe yellowish fawn-colour. Secondaries dusky fawn-colour, palest at the base; the fringe pale yellowish fawn-colour. The underside of both wings pale yellowish fawn-colour; the primaries crossed beyond the middle by a dark brown line. The head, thorax, and abdomen yellowish fawn-colour ; the base of the abdomen tufted with reddish-brown hairs; the antennae, palpi, and legs yellowish brown. Expanse If inch. Hab. Mexico, Amula, in Guerrero, 6000 feet (H. H. Smith). A specimen in Dr. Staudinger's collection, without any exact locality in Mexico, is considerably paler than the one captured by Mr. Smith in August 1888. EXPLANATION OF THE PLATES. PLATE XLII. Fig. 1. Dinia laudamia, p. 494. 2. Automolis latania, p. 495. 3. Trichura aliaria, p. 494. 4. Idalus citrina, p. 495. 5. larissa, p. 496. 6. lavinia, p. 496. 7. Erchia latera, p. 496. 8. Flavinia lemonia, p. 499. 9. Paniasis aleopetra, p. 500. 10. Thirmida superba, p. 498. 11. dimidiata, p. 498. 12. Hydrias lascoria, p. 503. 13. Devara lassippa, p. 499. 14. Hydrias ampira, p. 504. 15. amida, p. 504. 16. Cossus amunctasa, p. 508. PLATE XLIIL Fig. 1. Dirphia laverna, p. 501. 2. Hepialus metellus, p. 509. 3. momus, p. 508. 4. Draconipteris gigantea, p. 502. 5. Oxytenus leverna, p. 502. |