Diaphania praxialis (Druce, 1895)

Druce, H. (1895). Biologia Centrali-Americana. Insecta. Lepidoptera-
Heterocera, vol. 2: p. 231, pl. 61 fig. 28.

7. Eudioptis praxialis, sp. n. (Tab. LXI. fig. 28.)
Primaries dark glossy-purplish-brown, with a large square hyaline yellowish
spot below the cell extending to the inner margin; secondaries pale hyaline
yellow, broadly bordered with purplish-brown, the inner margin of the
border straight; the fringe purplish-brown: head, thorax, and abdomen
blackish-brown above, white beneath; the antennae blackish-brown, the legs
yellowish-white. Expanse 1 7/8 inch.
Hab. Costa Rica, Santa Clara Valley 1200 feet (Zurcher); Panama, Chiriqui
(Trotsch, in mus. Staudinger).
Three specimens. This species is allied to E. nitidalis (Cram.), but it is
a much larger insect, and easily distinguishable from it by the distinct
border to the secondaries. We figure a male from Costa Rica.