DESCRIPTIONS OF NEW SOUTH AMERICAN MOTHS. 
B}^ William Schaus, 
Of T'wirkevhcwi, England. 
The following- paper is a continuation of one presented by me in 
these Proceedings, XXIX, 1905, pp. 179-345. (No. U20.) One hun- 
dred and fift^^-one species are described here. 
Family CITHERONIID^F]. 
Genus ARSENURA Duncan. 
ARSENURA BIUNDULATA, new species. 
Body brown. Primaries: the costal margin dull gra}', irrorate on 
basal third with dark brown; cell and beyond to postmedial line butf, 
irrorate with black and brown; a broad blackish-brown streak on dis- 
cocellular; antemedial line inwardly oblique from subcostal to median, 
then outwardly curved, blackish brown, inwardly shaded with buflf; 
below cell to inner margin brown, also between postmedial and sub- 
terminal lines; the postmedial reddish, slightly incurved below vein 2; 
the subterminal whitish, inwardly edged with black, forming a deep 
outward curve at vein 7 and outward curves above and below vein 3, 
followed by a black shade irrorated with pale-blue scales, forming 
projecting markings above and below vein 5, and parti}" followed b}^ 
whitish from below vein 4 to inner margin; the black shades are inter- 
rupted from vein 6 to below costa, where there is a large black spot, 
and replaced b}" a gra}" shade edged with white lines; some dark-red 
shades above and below vein 6; apex roseate; outer margin otherwise 
dull olivaceous brown. Secondaries: basal half light brown, with 
very long scales partly dark brown ; outer part to subterminal clear 
dark brown; the subterminal white, slightly angled above and below 
vein 3, followed by a brown shade; a black shade outwardly toothed 
and irrorate with pale-blue scales; outer margin light brown, with 
thick dark-brown lunular spot. Underneath grayish bufl', irrorated 
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with brown; dark streaks on the discocellulars; a dark-brown outer 
line; the postmedial more bufl- white, with onl}" traces of black shades. 
Expanse. — 150 mm. 
Habitat. — Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. 
Some males are smaller than the t3'pe specimen, and the female is 
considerabl}^ larger. 
Tyj)e.^C2ii. No. 94.51, U.8.N.M. 
ARSENURA DRUCEI, new species. 
Body brown, the thorax tinged with gray. Primaries: costa to 
postmedial line dark gray, thinly irro rated with black; a grayish butf 
shade below subcostal also irrorate with black; otherwise brown, more 
reddish brown between postmedial and subterminal; inner margin 
grayish brown; a vague dark-gray streak on discocellular; postmedial 
dark brown, slightly wavy, tine, black, outcurved at vein T, then iinel}" 
wav}^, followed by white between veins 4 and 5 and by smaller white 
spots at veins 3, 2, and below vein 2; from below vein 4 an irregular 
blackish shade to inner margin, crossed by a bluish-white line; a 
broad lilacine gray space from vein 6 to costal margin, outwardly 
indentate at vein 7 and edged by a tine white line, terminating in a 
small black spot on costa, partly followed ))y a reddish shade. Sec- 
ondaries grayish brown to outer line, then dark brown to subterminal, 
which is whitish, finely wavy, and followed b}' a blackish line, thick- 
ening between the veins. Underneath lilacine buff, irrorated with 
black; black spots on discocellulars; a tine dark-brown outer line; the 
postmedial lunular, wavy, consisting of a geminate line of lilacine 
scales, the outer margins olive brown without irrorations. 
Expanse. — Female, 145 mm. 
Ilahitat. — Chiriqui, Panama. 
This species is figured'* as the female of C. arcaei Druce, of which 
1 have both sexes. The two species are quite different underneath. 
Ty2)e.—C2it. No. 9452, U.S.N.M. 
ARSENURA THOMSONI, new species. 
Body buff, the thorax tinged with gra^^sh brown. Primaries, light 
brown, strongly shaded with gray at base and above median and vein 2 
to near the outer line, this grayish portion irrorated with black; faint 
traces of an antemedial brownish line; discocellular edged with brown; 
the outer line fine, blackish brown, nearly straight from vein 6 to inner 
margin, outwardly shaded with white between veins 4 and 5 and 
between 2 and submedian, otherwise followed b\' large patches of 
iridescent steel-gray; above vein the line continues straight to costa 
as a grayish shade, followed by a lilacine gra}^ space outwardl}' edged 
by a fine white line, deeply indentate on vein 7, and b}^ black points 
a Biologia Central!- Americana, pi. xix, fig. 3. 
NO. 1 444. NE W SO UTir A ME RICA N MO THS—SCHA US. 8 7 
at vein 8 and white lines above and below vein 8 from this point to 
apex; a reddish brown streak from below vein 6 to outer margin at 
vein 7. Secondaries, pale brown; the long hairs on basal portion 
tinged with gray; a darker ])rown postmedial shade followed hy a 
blackish gray shade; a subterminal iridescent steel-gray shade, out- 
wardly lunular, and crossed by a vague paler line. The wing is much 
prolonged below vein 5. Underneath pale gray, thinlj" irrorated with 
blackish striae; dark brown streaks on discucellulars; some marginal 
lunular whitish shades, followed on secondaries by paired pale reddish 
brown streaks at veins; a dark gray outer shade on primaries. 
Expanse. — Male, 152 mm. 
Ilahitat. — Omai, British Guiana. 
Named after Mr. S. A. Thomson, to whom I am indebted for this 
fine species. 
Type.—Q^^i. No. 9453, U.S.N.M. 
ARSENURA SAMBA, new species. 
Primaries: outer margin strongly crenulate, produced at vein 6; 
dark brown, whitish violaceus washed to terminal fourth; darker at 
base with a different obsolete line and white hair on inner margin sub- 
bassally; inner line straight, dark, diff'used, faintly edged with whitish 
inwardly; a mesial line slightly curved, crossing end of cell and touch- 
ing outer line at submedian fold; outer line from costa at outer third, 
with a diffuse white costal blotch before and after its inception, dark, 
at vein 4, joining the dark marginal shade and thence forming its inner 
border, separated below b}^ a few white scales. Secondaries: outer 
margin produced into a long tail; dark brown, a faint darker straight 
mesial band with a few scattered, gray scales beyond; inner half of 
wing toward base densely haired. Below dark brown, a large patch 
of brownish white on margin at end of vein 7 and a smaller one below 
vein 6, both irrorated with brown. 
Expanse. — 100 mm. 
Habitat. — Omai, British Guiana. 
Type.—C2it. No. 9454, U.S.N.M. 
Genus AUTOMERIS Hiibner. 
AUTOMERIS MERIDANA, new species. 
Head and thorax pale olivaceous brown. Abdomen crimson above, 
underneath and anal hairs buff-brown. • Primaries pale buff-brown 
irrorate with olivaceous scales; antemedial line wav}^, ocherous; a quad- 
rate dark gray space at end of cell, with a few black points on its 
edge; an outer blackish line from costa near apex to inner margin be- 
yond middle, inwardly edged with ocherous below vein 6. Secondaries: 
the costal and outer margins buff-gray; inner margin broadly reddish; 
otherwise deep yellow to the black outer line, which is finely wavy; 
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the ocellus dark brown, edged with black and containing a white spot; 
the black outer line followed by a broad violaceous brown shade. 
Underneath brownish ])uff. Primaries: a large black spot at end of 
cell containing a white spot; an outer dentate blackish shade. Second- 
aries: a white point on discocellular. 
Expanse. — Male, 60 mm. 
Ilahitat. — Merida, Venezuela. 
Type.—Cai. No. 9455, U.S.N.M. 
AUTOMERIS VOMONA, new species. 
Male. — Head and thorax light brown. Abdomen black above with 
transverse reddish lines posteriorly on the segments. Primaries pale 
pinkish l)rown; antemedial line very indistinct and irregular; the outer 
line slightly sinuous from costa close to apex to middle of inner mar- 
gin, dark gray-brown, inwardly edged with ocherous; a reddish-brown 
space at end of cell surrounded by a few black points. Secondaries 
pale 3'^ellow; the costal and outer margins roseate brown; the base and 
inner margin broadly red; the ocellus dark brown, broadly edged with 
black and containing a white spot; the yellow space limited by a black 
evenl3"-curved line, followed by a subterminal reddish shade. 
Female. — The primaries are bright reddish brown, the outer line 
broadly edged inwardly w4th white. 
ExjKiiue. — Male, 71 mm.; female, 90 mm. 
Habitat. — Merida, Venezuela. 
Type.— C^t. No. 9456, U.S.N.M. 
AUTOMERIS ANNULATA, new species. 
Male. — Bod}" above dark olive bro\yn, the abdomen with whitish 
transverse lines posteriorly. Primaries olivaceous brown to outer line, 
then butf-gray; a tine brown antemedial line, oblique from costa to 
median, then wavy to inner mai'gin; a dark annular line at end of cell, 
and a dark point within it; the outer line dark brown, from apex to 
middle of inner margin. Secondaries: the costal and outer margins 
broadly gra\-; the inner margin broadly olive 1)rown; discal space 
bright 3^ellow, limited hy a slightl}'^ wavy black line; a In'oad subter- 
minal brown shade; the ocellus blackish brown, broadly circled with 
black, and containing a few white scales. Underneath buff-gray; a 
large black spot with white center on primaries. 
Expanse. — 74 nun. 
Habitat.— OnyA'\, British Guiana. 
Type.— Cat. No. 9457, U.S.N.M. 
AUTOMERIS INNOXIA, new species. 
Head and thorax dark brown. Abdomen light brown, violaceous 
red su))dorsallv. Primaries dark l)rown, tinged with roseate on outer 
margin; antemedial line line, black, wavj^; some white atoms at base; 
NO. 1444. ■^-E]V so UTII AMERICAN MOTHS— SCHA US. 89 
a large darker space at end of cell, indistinctly outlined with black 
and containing a minute gray point; postmedial line fine, dark, nearly 
straight from costa at 9 mm. from apex to inner margin. Secondaries 
violaceous red; the outer margin roseate brown; the ocellus very 
large, blackish brown, crossed by a white line and broadly circled 
with black, then narrowly with yellow; it interrupts a black outer 
line. Underneath light brown. Primaries: the inner margin violace- 
ous red ; a very large black spot at end of cell containing a white 
spot; a minute white spot on discocellular of secondaries. 
Expanse. — 77 mm. 
JIahitat. — Omai, British Guiana. 
Type.—Q^t. No. 9458, U.S.N.M. 
AUTOMERIS POMIFERA, new species. 
Head and thorax brown. Abdomen reddish above, light brown 
underneath. Primaries brown; some white at base; antemedial line 
tine, black, very slightl}^ wavy; the dark space at end of cell oval, 
finely edged with black and containing a white point; postmedial line 
fine, black, from costa at 7 mm. from apex; a very indistinct darker 
subterminal shade. Secondaries: the costa, base, inner margin, and 
subterminal shade reddish; the outer margin light brown; the discal 
area bright yellow, limited b}' a black outer line; the ocellus dark 
brown broadly circled with black, and containing a cluster of black 
scales crossed b}" a white line. 
Expanse. — 72 mm. 
Habitat. — Carabaya, Peru. 
r?/j9^.— Cat, No. 9459, U.S.N.M. 
AUTOMERIS JUCUNDOIDES, new species. 
Head and thorax reddish brown. Abdomen brownish yellow, 
shaded with pale reddish brown subdorsally at base. Primaries: basal 
space pale reddish brown; some lilacine at base; median space pale 
lilacine brown; a blackish space at end of cell; postmedial line tine, 
pale reddish brown from costa near apex; outer margin light ocherous 
brown, with a paler subterminal shade. Secondaries pale reddish; the 
ocellus large, light brown circled with black and then with yellow, 
containing a few white and gray scales, outer line short. Underneath 
pale reddish brown, a darker outer line; a large black spot on pri- 
maries containing a white point; a minute white and graj^ spot on 
secondaries. 
Expanse. — 63 mm. 
Habitat. — St. Laurent, French Guiana. 
Type.—Q,2X. No. 9460, U.S.N.M. 
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AUTOMERIS HAMATA, new species. 
Head and thorax dark reddish brown. Abdomen reddish. Prima- 
ries ocherous brown in the male, lilacine brown in the female; apices 
produced and falcate in the male, less so in the female; line dark 
brown; antemedial line straight to median, inwardly angled at vein 2, 
then outwardly oblique to middle of inner margin; the medial space 
slightly darker; a dark streak on discocellular encircled by an irregu- 
lar dark line; the postmedial from costa at a])out 9 mm. from apex, 
then slightly incurved to inner margin, heavily irrorate inwardl}^ with 
white abov^e vein 6; a paler lunular subterminal shade. Secondaries 
pale reddish; the outer margin light brown; the ocellus pale lilacine 
brown, circled with black and containing a small cluster of black and 
white scales; the outer line fine, wavy, black edged with yellow, 
broadly in the male, also outwardly in the female. 
Expanse. — Male, 75 mm.; female, 85 mm. 
Tlahltat. — Costa Rica and Venezuela. 
Type.—C2Lt. No. 9461, U.S.N.M. 
AUTOMERIS MORESCA, new species. 
Male. — Head and thorax dark brown. Abdomen light reddish. Pri- 
maries lilacine brown, shaded with buff bej'ond cell and on outer mar- 
gin; an irregular darker space at end of cell, edged with dark points; 
a subterminal dark line, inwardl}^ edged with buff, from costa near apex 
to inner margin near angle. Secondaries light reddish , the outer margin 
lilacine brown, the ocellus large, gray-brown, containing a black spot 
irrorated with white and crossed by a white lino, broadl}^ circled with 
black; the outer line fine, black, slightlj" wavy, inwardly shaded with 
yellow, and followed b}' a reddish-brown shade. 
Expanse. — 78 mm. 
Hdhitat. — St. Jean, French Guiana. 
Type.— C2it. No. 9462, U.S.N.M. 
AUTOMERIS PARILIS, new species. 
Male. — Head and thorax dark brown. Abdomen reddish. Priiua- 
ries brownish buff, the lines dark, medially edged with 3'ellow; the 
antemedial slightl}^ oblique and wavy; a large dark gray space at end 
of cell, with a few minute black points on its edge; the postmedial from 
costa at 5 nun. from apex; a pale reddish-brown shade from costa at two- 
thirds from base to postmedial line at vein 4; a subterminal 3'ellowish- 
buff shade parallel to postmedial from apex to vein 4, then forming 
two outward curves to vein 2; beyond this the outer margin is paler. 
Secondaries pale reddish, the outer margin buft'-gray; the ocellus 
grayish brown, broadl\' circled with black and containing a round 
black spot crossed hy a white line; the outer line black, slightly wavy, 
NO. 1444. NE W so IJTH AMERICAN MOTHS— SCHA US. 9 1 
followed b}' a violaceous shade. Underneath light brown; a dark 
outer line; a large black spot on primaries, containing some gray 
scales; a large white point on secondaries. 
Exjpanm. — 90 mm. 
Ilohitat. — Cayenne, French Guiana. 
A female from Trinidad, evidently belonging to this species, has the 
primaries and outer margin of secondaries lilacine brown. 
The species is allied to A. illustris Walker. 
Type.— C^ii. No. 9463, U.S.N.M. 
AUTOMERIS ORODINA, new species. 
Head and thorax greenish buff. Abdomen yellow with narrow trans- 
verse black bands. Primaries green-buff, the lines line, blackish; the 
antemedial straight from costa at 6 mm. from apex; a subterminal 
grayish shade. Secondaries yellow, the ocellus red, circled with black 
and containing a pink center, followed by a black band and broad 
subterminal black band. 
Expanse. — 51 mm. 
Habitat. — Paraguay . 
This species is very much like A. orodes Boisduval, but the outer 
margin of primaries is quite straight. 
Type.— C?it. No. 9464, U.S.N.M. 
AUTOMERIS CURVILINEA, new species. 
Head and thorax blackish brown. Abdomen above rufous brown, 
with transverse black bands; underneath dull brown. 
Male. — Primaries grayish brown, more distinctly brown between 
postmedial and subterminal; antemedial line black, straight; a clearer 
brown space at end of cell, with large black spot above and below it; 
postmedial fine black from costa near apex, forming a deep inward 
curve to inner margin; a dark brown subterminal shade nearly 
straight. Secondaries rufous brown; the outer margin gray-brown; 
the ocellus large, dull brown, broadly circled with black, and contain- 
ing a few black and white scales, followed b}^ a black line and a nar- 
row brown shade. 
Expanse. — 72 mm. 
Habitat^ — Rio Cocolado, Peru. 
Female grayer in tone; the secondaries dark gray, with a few ocher- 
ous hairs at base. 
Expanse. — 115 mm. 
Habitat. — St. Jean, French Guiana. 
Type.—C2it. No. 9465, U.S.N.M. 
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Genus PHRICODIA Hubner. 
PHRICODIA BAROMA, new species. 
J/tt/t^ ^Primaries brown ])uff, incompletely shaded in blackish, ter- 
minated in intravenular rounded arcs at position of subterminal line; 
a round ])lack discal dot faintly outlined in gray; base red brown, lim- 
ited by an outwardly oblique white line. Secondaries reddish to the 
disk, margin buff l)rown; basal hairs brighter red; discal dot and 
curved mesial line dark brown, followed by a pinkish space and abroad 
dark-brown outer band. Underneath the primaries have a mesial 
whitish shade and dark subterminal band, both faint; secondaries 
similarly marked, more distinctly. 
Female. — Primaries with distinct inner and outer lines, dark brown, 
the former angled subcostally, edged on one side with whitish; discal 
dot brown, faint. Secondaries paler red than the male, the bands dif- 
fused and moved nearer the outer margin. Abdomen ochraceous 
brown with black segmental bands and long white hairs. 
Expanse. — Male, 90 mm.; female, 115 mm. 
Hahitat. — 
Type.—OAX.. No. 9466, U.S.N.M. 
The specimens were received from Staudinger as '"'' Dirphia calchas 
Stoll.'^ 
Genus COPAXA Walker. 
COPAXA RUFINANS, new species. 
Head brown. Collar gray; thorax reddish. Abdomen light brown. 
Primaries costa gray for over one-half from base; from base to beyond 
cell the wing is reddish, darkest in cell and above it; a curved black 
antemcdial line in cell, and an oblique black line below it, angled on 
submedian; apical space and at inner angle dull brown; some lilacine 
on costa at apex; the outer line dark brown from vein T near margin to 
near middle of inner margin, preceded below vein 3 b}' a line lunular 
dark line; outer margin broadly lilacine; a tine hyaline streak at end 
of cell edged with black and yellow. Secondaries dull brown; a 
straight black antemedial line; a spot at end of cell as on fore wings; 
a broad postmedial reddish shade followed b}' dentate black line, and 
then by a narrow reddish shade; the outer margin shaded with reddish. 
Expanse. — 108 mm. 
Habitat. — Orizaba, Mexico. 
Type.— C'At. No. 9467, U.S.N.M. 
COPAXA MARONA, new species. 
Head dark l)rown. Collar gray; thorax and abdomen dai'k fawn. 
Wings grayisii fawn. Primaries: costa gray to beyond middle; cell 
light reddish brown crossed by a black line; an antemedial black line 
NO. 1444. NEW SOUTH AMERICAN MOTHS— SCHA US. 93 
below cell; base of median vein black; a black line from costa to cell 
spot, which is large, hyaline, edged by a geminate black line; a black 
line from vein 7 at outer margin to beyond middle of inner margin, 
preceded below vein 6 by a lunular black line; outer margin tinged 
with gray. Secondaries: a black antemedial line; cell spot as on 
primaries followed by a narrow reddish brown shade, and then by 
black streaks on the veins connected b}' a fine, black, irregular line; 
a submarginal black line. 
Expanse. — 97 mm. 
Ilahitat. — St. Jean, French Guiana. 
Type.— C?it. No. 946S, U.S.N.M. 
COPAXA LINEATA, new species. 
Body pinkish fawn color. Wings roseate brown, irrorated with 
blackish strit^; discocellular, veins from cell and submedian dark 
brown; a straight postmedial brown line; a subterminal line brown 
line; an oblique brown line from costa near base to middle of inner 
margin; a whitish shade at apex. Secondaries similarly marked, the 
veins, a straight mesial line and a curved submarginal line dark brown. 
Expanse. — 107 mm. 
Hahitat. — St. Jean, French Guiana. 
Ttjpe.—Osii. No. 9469, U.S.N.M. 
Genus HYLESIA Hubner. 
HYLESIA TERRANEA, new species. 
Female. — Uniformly dark brown, unmarked; wings slightly trans- 
lucent; faint traces of a darker discal mark; abdomen with dark yellow 
tuftings at the sides. 
Expanse. — 53 mm. 
Ilahitat. — Petropolis, Brazil. 
Type.—OA.t. No. 9470, U.S.N.M. 
Family LYMANTRIID^. 
Genus CAVIRIA Walker. 
CAVIRIA VESTALIS, new species. 
Body white; palpi laterally streaked with black. Primaries white, 
silvery, but not so brilliant as in C. reg-ina Cramer, with three duller 
white shades inwardly oblique from costa. Secondaries white. Anten- 
na? pale straw color. 
Expanse. — 30 mm. 
Ilahitat. — St. Jean, French Guiana. 
Type.— Cat. No. 9471, U.S.N.M. 
Allied to O. suhstrigosa Walker. 
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Genus ELORIA Walker. 
ELORIA CUBANA, new species. 
Antennae brownish j^ellow; body and wings white, thinly scaled. 
Expanse. — 35 mm. 
Habitat. — Baracoa, Cuba. 
Type.—Q^it. No. 9472, U.S.N.M. 
ELORIA AROENSIS, new species. 
Antennae dark gray. Body and wings white. Primaries: the costa 
very finely dark gray; the apical area smok}^ gi"a3% Underneath the 
apex broadly light brown. 
Exparise. — 37 mm. 
Habitat. — Aroa, Venezuela. 
Type.— C2.t. No. 9473, U.S.N.M. 
ELORIA SERENA, new species. 
Head and collar pale yellow. Antennae dark grey; thorax and abdo- 
men white. Legs streaked with black and grey; wings white. Pri- 
maries: the costa black; the fringe above vein 4 greyish; the apex 
slightly greyish. Underneath the apex is blackish gre}", the veins 
darker. 
Expanse. — 37 mm. 
Habitat. — Rockstone, British Guiana. 
Tjpe.—C^i. No. 9474, U.S.N.M. 
Allied to E. grandis Druce. 
Genus DOA Neumoegen and Dyar. 
DOA .' CUBANA, new species. 
Body pale grey; antennt^ and legs darker grey. Primaries whitish, 
thinl}" scaled; a broad median pale gre}' shade; the outer margin gre^; 
a pale grey postmedial shade from vein 5 to inner margin; two black 
points at end of cell followed from there to costa by a dark gre}" shade, 
widest on costa. Secondaries pale smoky grey. 
Expanse. — 35 mm. 
Hahitat. — Matanzas, Cuba. 
Type.— 03ii. No. 9475, U.S.N.M. 
Genus MANTRUDA, ne^A^ genus. 
Antennae pectinated on basal half, tip serrate; palpi upturned to 
middle of front; legs densely hair3^ Primaries rather squarely tri- 
angular; vein 5 arising near 4, 6, and 7 stalked, 8 absent, 9, 10, 11 
from cell. Hind wings with the costa Avith an irregular lobe outwardl}-; 
vein 5 near the lower angle of cell, 6 and 7 from a point, 8 anastonios- 
ing at base, bent out into the costal lobe. 
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MANTRUDA ERRATICA, new species. 
Thorax dark brown; autenna3 strongly bipectinate, the tips serrate. 
Primaries dark brown, sericeous, with faint traces of darker lines. 
Secondaries with the costal marg-in expanded in two lol)es, the outer 
one larger; a small projection between veins 6 and 7; costa dark brown; 
disk white; inner and outer margins pale brown. Legs brown, the 
middle tibia? especially dark. Abdomen pale brown. 
Expanse. — 28 mm. 
Habitat. — Aroa, Venezuela. 
Type.—C^t. No. 8283, U.S.N.M. 
Genus PHECADA ^A/alker. 
PHECADA JOANNA, new species. 
Antennre bipectinate to the tips, the shaft white, pectinations pale 
testaceous. Primaries sericeous sordid grey; medial space all over- 
spread with violaceous brown between the arcuate inner and crenulate 
outer lines, except about end of cell and in center of space below and 
above vein 1; a faint dark shade along margin above, terminating 
obliquely to apex. Hind wing similar, the median dark band narrow 
and less distinct. Below two common dark crenulate approximate lines 
and faint discal dots. 
Expanse. — 50 mm. 
Habitat. — St. Jean, French Guiana. 
Type.—Q2X. No. 8284, U.S.N.M. 
Family EUPTEROTID^. 
Genus CARTHARA Walker. 
CARTHARA ROSEILINEA, new species. 
Primaries dark olive brown, the costa pale carneous shaded, espe- 
pecially subapically ; a violaceous ray along median vein, f u rcate on veins 
3 and A: to margin, inclosing a pale space; inner line pale, faint; outer 
line near the margin, excurved parallel to the bent margin, distinct, 
whitish, narrow above, obscure below; a minute black discal dot; a 
marginal violaceous shade, obsolete below. Secondaries violaceous 
brown, paler on costa edge; outer line pale, dark within, bent in the 
middle; blackish superposed bars on inner margin. Collar dark brown ; 
body violaceous shaded. Below, costa and inner margin broadly 3'el- 
lowish carneous; secondaries dark brown; a white discal dot; outer 
line more distinct than above, white near angle, cutting a black patch, 
which is the continuation of a faint narrow black inner mesial line. 
Expanse. — 32 mm. 
'Habitat. — Castro, Parana, Brazil. 
Type.—C2it. No. 8285, U.S.N.M. 
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CARTHARA UMBRATA, new species. 
Male. — Primaries .sordid ocherous in ground ])ut overlaid with red- 
brown and olivaceous. Base washed with rod-brown; inner line 
whitish, lilaceous shaded, dentate on median vein, followed by a broad 
dark-brown olivaceous shaded band; median space of the pale ground 
color, washed with lilaceous centrall}^; outer line fine, pale, waved in 
arcs between the veins, preceded b}^ a broad dark band like the inner one, 
followed above A^ein 4 by an olivaceous brown band, incised on its outer 
edge above vein 4, squarely' terminated; veins 3 to 6 narrowl}" light 
yellow; two small superposed dark discal dots; fringe dark red in the 
subapical excavation. Secondaries ocherous, washed with dark red in 
patches; mesial lines two, approximate, parallel, slightly liexuous; 
fringe dark red; inner margin dark red with brown and whitish bars, 
not strongly relieved. Below dark red-brown ; outer margin of pri- 
maries violaceous, inner broadly pale yellow; two dark wavy mesial 
lines on both wings; a discal bar on secondaries, the anal angle broadly 
dark shaded, the shade cut in two pale arcs by the outer line. 
Female. — Larger, less brightly colored; the outer of the dark bands 
of primaries is obsolete below vein 4, but its edges persist as waved 
dark lines. Secondaries overspread with brown. 
Expanse. — Male, 35 mm., female, 48 mm. 
Ilahitat. — Chiriqui, Panama. 
Type.—Q^t. No. 8286, U.S.N.M. 
Family DIOPTID.E. 
Genus LAURON Walker. 
LAURON ALBIPLAGA, new species. 
Black, with a blue reflection; patagia orange red; a large rounded 
white subapical spot on primaries, not attaining costa or margin. A 
broad subventral white band on abdomen. 
E.i'2>anse. — 36 mm. 
JIahitat.- — Castro, Parana, Brazil. 
ry^6.— Cat. No. 8287, U.S.N.M. 
Family NOCTUID.^. 
Genus ERIOPYGA Guenee. 
ERIOPYGA GRISEIRENA. new species. 
Antenna^ sei-rute and fasiculate. Primaries red-brown, vinous 
shaded, lighter in basal and outer median spaces; lines clouded, 
obscure, the subterminal the most distinct, twice arcuate, limiting the 
destinctly darker terminal space; reniforu] large, powder^^ whitish 
gra\' filled, dark below, obscurely limited; other .spots ob.solete. Hind 
NO. 1444. NEW SOUTH AMERICAN MOTHS— SCHA US. 97 
wings subpellucid, veins dark, costa, median interspaces and fringe 
vinous tinted. Below vinous tinted outward!}'; an outer dark band 
on primaries and costal half of secondaries. 
Expanse. — il nnn. 
Habitat. — 
Typ€.—Q,^t. No. 9.516, U.S.N.M. 
Genus XYLINISSA Hampson. 
XYLINISSA LIGNITIS, new species. 
Antennae moderately pectinated on basal half, the tips simple. 
Primaries dark ashen, the median space below stigmata darkened. 
Orbicular large, oblong, as large as the reniform, both of the ground 
color, indistinctly outlined in black; lines obsolete; a subterminal row 
of short black vennlar dashes; terminal space narrowl}' dark, limited 
by a faint pale line within, roundedl}' incised at vein 3; a black spot 
in submedian interspace edging an intensification of the subterminal 
line. Secondaries white, subpellucid, the veins black lined; fringe 
white. 
Expanse. — 32 mm. 
Habitat. — Bogota, Colombia. 
Type.—C2it. No. 9.517, U.S.N.M. 
Genus EUDIPNA Walker. 
EUDIPNA TEMPLADA, new species. 
Antennte serrate and ciliate. Primaries brown-gre}-, finely irrorated 
over a lighter ground, which appears irregularly. Lines single, finely 
waved, black, pale edged without, the l)lack part obsolete below sub- 
median vein; claviform orbicular and reniform concolorous, narrowl}^ 
dark outlined, the reniform with small white specks without; subter- 
minal line irregular, Avavy, broken, narrowly pale, inclining to be 
divided into spots; a diffuse white subapical shade; a l)lack patch 
below it between veins 4 and 5; a terminal black line and venular 
white points. Secondaries blackish brown with white specks before 
the margin mesiall} ; fringe apically pale, spotted with brown mesially; 
a terminal broken black line. Below light brownish, brown irrorate; 
two common dark brown mesial lines inclosing the discal dots, those 
of fore wings marked with black on costa and Avith four costo-apical 
white dots, of hind wing, widely excurved mesially, the outer produced 
crenulate between the veins. 
Expanse. — 10 mm. 
t Habitat. — Oaxaca, Mexico. 
Type.—C^t. No. 9518, U.S.N.M. 
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98 PROt'EEDI^'GS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. vol. xxx. 
Genus N^^NIA Stephens. 
NiENIA RANDA, new species. 
Grey-brown; primaries mottled and specked in pale ocherous; lines 
obsolete, dotted, lost in the general uneven surface; orl)icular and 
reniform traceable, large, the reniform with more conspicuous pale 
included dot; transverse posterior line punctiform, subterminal of 
larger pale cusps; a large deep black irregularly ciuadrangular blotch 
in median space between vein 1 and median and between transverse 
anterior and posterior lines. Secondaries whitish at base, outer two- 
lifths dark gray brown, preceded by a dark outer mesial line; some 
black and white specks on fold at vein 2; fringe pale above, black 
lined near angle. Below pale, primaries largely dark powdered; two 
wavy outer lines and discal spots brown-gra}^ the submarginal line 
broad. 
Expanse. — 30 mm. 
Hahltat. — Ti-inidad, British West Indies. 
Type.—^o. 9519, U.S.N.M. 
A female from St. Jean, French Guiana, has the secondaries all 
dark and a blue patch on inner margin near base. 
NiENlA SABRELLA, new species. 
Warm, pinkish brown; basal line geminate, black, crenulate, filled 
by the warm ground color; transverse anterior and posterior lines 
similar, tending to be broken into lunules, the black edge next median 
space heavier in both; median space above vein 1 filled in with smoky 
brown, relieving the large orbicular and reniform, which are of the 
ground color, obscurely paler ringed; a wavy black mesial line from 
the reniform downward; a small spot below orbicular; terminal and 
subterminal spaces checkered, the subterminal line irregular wavy, of 
the ground color; a row of terminal black points preceded by little 
pale specks. Hind wing blackish brown; a faint narrow outer pale 
line with black speck above anal angle; fringe pale ocherous pinkish. 
Below primaries blackish except the pale discal mark and two bands 
near the margin. Secondaries powdered black; inner line, discal dot, 
outer crenulate line and submarginal band, all black. 
Exjymise. — 36 mm. 
Hahltat. — Petropolis, Brazil. 
Type.—Q2,t. No. 9520, U.S.N.M. 
Genus INGURA Guenee. 
INGURA SABULOSA, new species. 
Dark gray-brown, variegated with white; a round luteous spot near 
base, preceded b}^ white specks; ordinar}- lines black, fine, obscured 
in the dark ground; orbicular round, white; reniform a broad white 
ring with black center; a row of costal white specks before apex; area 
NO. 144-1. NEW so UTH AMERICAN MOTHS—SCHA US. 99 
of transverse posterior line black shaded; apex to middle of outer 
marg-in white washed, the fringe black spotted. Secondaries whitish 
brown at base, veins and outer half blackish brown, a small white area 
at anal angle; fring-e black and white. Below the costal white spots 
are repeated, enlarged, and there is white at apex; secondaries wnth 
mesial, outer and submarginal lines, the margin dark grey, the white 
at anal ang-le repeated. 
Expanse. — 28 mm. 
Habitat. — Sao Paulo, Brazil. 
Type.— Cat. No. 9621, U.S.N.M. 
Genus MAKAPTA, new genus. 
Palpi upturned, reaching above vertex, third joint three times as 
long as wide. Hind wings with vein 5 from near the middle of cell, 
weak; fore wings with the apex square, acute. Front smooth, 
rounded; tibite smooth; eyes naked; thorax with a posterior crest; 
vestiture hairy. 
MAKAPTA CARNESCENS, new species. 
Primaries bronzy reddish, darker over cell and margin; a conspicu- 
ous white lunate discal mark; transverse posterior line only visible, 
though the surface is slightly mottled; this line is regularly curved, 
even, dark brown. Secondaries blackish with dull vinous fringe. 
Below dark, vinous tinted except the disk of fore wings, which is 
sericeous blackish. 
Expanse. — 30 mm. 
Hahitat. — Sao Paulo, Brazil. 
Type.—C2it. No. 9522, U.S.N.M. 
Genus KOHLERA, ne^A^ genus. 
Male antennas ciliate; palpi upturned to middle of front, third joint 
minute; proboscis present; eyes naked; tibite without spines. Hind 
wings with vein 5 weak, from below the angle of discocellulars. 
KOHLERA NEBULA, new species. 
Bronzy reddish shining, lines in dark brown; transverse anterior and 
posterior lines even, geminate, the anterior scarcely curved, the poste- 
rior slightly excurved over cell, moderately oblique; orbicular and 
reniform outlined in brown rings; subterminal line of brown spots; 
margin and fringe dark. Secondaries clear shining white, contrasting. 
Below primaries and costal edge of secondaries powdered with red- 
brown, inner two-thirds of secondaries white; a common outer line in 
the powdered part. 
Expanse. — 32 mm. 
Hahitat. — Castro, Parana, Brazil. 
Type.—Cai. No. 9523, U.S.N.M. 
100 PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. vol. xxx. 
KOHLERIA BRUMA, new species. 
Slender; shining violaceous Ijrown; orbicular and reniform neath^ 
relieved, paler, faintl}' dark outlined; lines line, geminate, brown, nar- 
row, not contrasted, appearing as part of a checkering of the surface: 
subtenninal line shaded brown, distinct, the ground color darkened at 
margin. Secondaries brown-graj^, shining, pale over disk. Below 
powdered in dark, without lines. 
Expanse. — 28 mm. 
Habitat. — Sao Paulo, Brazil. 
Type.— Q2ii. No. 95M, U.S.N.M. 
Genus PERIGEA Guenee. 
PERIGEA CHARADA, new species. 
Lustrous purplish brown, powdery; lines obscure, dark, geminate, 
paler tilled; orbicular and reniform paler, scarcely outlined, separated 
by a darkening of the ground color; subterminal line dark within, pale 
without, dislocated subcostally, else nearl}^ straight; fringe interlined 
with dark. Secondaries smoky brown, pale at base, fringe purplish 
with a dark line. Below primaries and costal half of secondaries dark 
powdered; a common dark outer line and fainter submarginal one. 
Expanse. — 30 nmi. 
Ilahitat. — Jalapa, Mexico. 
Type.—Q^i. No. 9525, U.S.N.M. 
PERIGEA CENOLA, new species. 
Darkly blackish, shining; costa of a lighter yellowish shade broadly 
from base to beyond transverse posterior line, where a reddish color 
obtains to margin, the terminal space again blackish. Lines obscure, 
punctate on the veins, the transverse posterior showing in the red 
shade as three rows of black dots; spots indicated by narrow black 
lines with a little paler lilling, but scarcely' relieved; subterminal line 
reddish, wavy, diffused. Hind wing whitish, smoky along the margin; 
a black line at base of fringe. Thorax ])kckish, abdomen pale. 
Expanse. — 30 mm. 
Ilahitat. — Sao Paulo, Brazil. 
Type.—Odit. No. 9526, U.S.N.M. 
PERIGEA SECORVA, new species. 
Thorax dark l)rown, its tufts lighter, orbits and base of patagia pale. 
Abdomen pale gray with dorsal ])lackish spots. Primaries pale gray, 
shaded with dark red-brown in median space below the stigmata and 
in marginal .space below, the apical dash; costa light gray, faintly 
greenish tinted, with many black spots along the edge; lines obsolete. 
NO. 1444. ]VE W SO IJTH A M ERIC AN MO THS—SCHA US. 101 
transverse anterior visible below, waved; transverse posterior very 
slight. Reniforni and orbicular large, pale filled, each with an imper- 
fect black line within the edge; ground color ocherous tinted below 
the costa; subterminal line slender, black, from end of a heavy black 
subapical dash straight to inner margin, followed by a row of black 
points, which crosses the dash to costa; a row of small terminal black 
points. Hind wings white; an outer smokv border and small points 
on veins be^^ond middle; fringe white. 
Expanse. — 35 mm. 
Habitat . — Sao Paulo, Brazil. 
Ty2?e.— Cut. No. 9527, U.S.N.M. 
Genus NONAGRIA Hubner. 
NONAGRIA INTERNA, new species. 
Purplish black; primaries powdered with violaceous below cell; 
ordinary spots black, punctiform, the orbicular a short dash sur- 
rounded by violaceous scales, the reniform a round dot; a black dash 
between them and a small one following the reniforni; lines lost, 
except the subterminal, which is black, a little irregular, powdery, 
maculate; a row of terminal black dashes. Hind wing creamy white, 
strongly contrasted, gray powdered a little at apex. Abdomen dark 
brown. Below primaries and one-third of secondaries smoky brown, 
the rest of secondaries creamy white. 
Expanse. — 28 mm. 
Hahitat. — Castro, Parana, Brazil. 
Type.— C2it. No. 9528, U.S.N.M. 
Genus HADENA Schrank. 
HADENA JONEA, new species. 
Pale gray, whitish, overlaid with dark graj' shades. Thorax whitish, 
black speckled, collar rufous. Ordinary spots large, round, white, 
broadly olivaceous filled and narrowly black outlined; a dark linear 
shade from costa between them; a number of dark costal dashes; lines 
obsolete, the transverse posterior ver}' far out, linear, black, dentate, 
the dentations pale filled without: a black dash for claviform, forming 
a bar to median shade, succeeded b}^ a bar touching transverse pos- 
terior line; subterminal line close to the transverse posterior, pale, 
faint, waved, enclosing a black shade at costa. Hind wing white, 
shining, a blackish shade at apex and diminishingly along margin. 
Expanse. — 30 mm. 
Hahitat. — Sao Paulo, Brazil. 
Type.— Cat No. %29, U.S.N.M. 
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Genus CARBONA, ne^A^ genus. 
Palpi smoothly scaled, upturned, third joint small; eyes naked; 
tibiae nonspinose; antennae simple; vestiture scale-tipped hair, some 
metallic scales at back of thorax. Hind wings with vein 5 weak, from 
below the middle of discocellulars. 
CARBONA OBSCURA, new species. 
Brown-black, inner area of primaries uniformh^ obscured; filling of 
basal, transverse anterior and posterior lines shows on costal half as 
yellowish lunules, supplemented by yellowish (jostal bars toward apex; 
ordinary spots tinged in burnt brown, dark filled, obscurely black 
ringed. Hind wing shining black-brown. Below as hind wing above, 
without marks. 
Expanse. — 30 mm. 
Habitat. — Petropolis, Brazil. 
Type.— Oat. No. 9530, U.S.N.M. 
Genus OLIGIA Hubner. 
OLIGIA FUSCOMA, new species. 
Thorax variegated in clay color and dark brown. Primaries with 
the costa straight, the wing narrow; dark brown, slightlv bronz}"; 
a clay colored space at base surrounding the narrow dark subbasal 
line, projected on median vein; transverse anterior line of four clay 
colored cusps, the lower one outwardly dislocated; orbicular and 
reniform outlined in clay color; a broad costo-apical clay colored 
patch from which the transverse posterior line depends, excurved 
around reniform; subterminal line parallel to margin, defining the 
lighter terminal space. Secondaries gre^'-brown with large dark 
discal dot. 
Expanse. — 21 mm. 
Ilahitat. — Sao Paulo, Brazil. 
Type.— Cat No. 9531, U.S.N.M. 
Genus SEMIOPHORA Stephens. 
SEMIOPHORA BASTULA, new species. 
Bronzy brown; a round white spot in upper segment of reniform 
broken into throe specks by dark scales; orbicular narrowly white 
ringed; ordinary lines very obscure, black, punctiform, geminate, the 
subterminal a faint wavy, pale shade. Secondaries blackish; discal 
NO. 1444. NEW SO UTH AMERICAN MOTHS-SCHA US. 103 
spot darker. Below dark powdered; a common dark outer line and 
discal spots, that of the secondaries larger. 
Expanse. — 23 mm. 
Habitat. — Castro, Parana, Brazil. 
Type.— O^i. No. 9532, U.S.N.M. 
SEMIOPHORA PUNCTULA, new species. 
As in the preceding species, but without the white spots in the reni- 
form. This is black filled, narrowly pale ringed, the upper segment 
of the ring white; circle of orbicular nearly without white. The color 
is a little less reddish, more faded than in S. hastula. It is perhaps a 
variet}^ thereof. 
Expanse. — 23 mm. 
Habitat. — Castro, Parana, Brazil. 
Type.—Q^i. No. 9533, U.S.N.M. 
Genus EUSTROTIA Hubner. 
EUSTROTIA GEOGA, new species. 
Dark grey; apex a little touched with white; a faint white shade 
over reniform; lines single, black, transverse anterior nearly straight, 
posterior gently excurved over cell, subterminal finely dentate, limit- 
ing a dark shade, which runs nearly to transverse posterior line; this 
line reddish bordered below without; claviform small, black outlined; 
orbicular and reniform obscurely black outlined, pale filled; traces of 
a median black line; a row of black terminal dashes. Hind wing pale 
brownish; an outer punctate dark line; outer margin and fringe lined 
in blackish. 
Expanse. — 21 mm. 
Habitat. — Guadalajara, Mexico. 
Type.— C2ii. No. 9531, U.S.N.M. 
Genus ISCADIA Walker. 
ISCADIA NIGRA, new species. 
Blackish with a slight gray overcast; transverse anterior line black, 
slightly oblique, nearly straight, obscurely geminate, the inner gemi- 
nation brownish, the filling pale, but not contrasted; orbicular circu- 
lar, pale with a brown center; reniform elliptical, broadly black 
ringed, concolorous filled with a comparatively small reniform black 
center; an ashen space on costa before it containing a small black dash; 
transverse posterior line from costa above reniform, rounded outward 
parallel to costa, then angled sharply downward, dentate on the veins 
to below reniform, where it is reti-acted inward to touch the ring of 
the reniform, and then runs more obscurely to margin; subterminal 
104 I'ROt'EEDiyGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. vol. xxx. 
line whitish, irregularly dentate. Hind wings pure translucent white: 
a smoky black narrow border along outer margin. 
KrpdihHe. — ?A mm . 
Ildh'ddt. — Tucumar , Argen tine. 
Type.— Ojit. No. 9535, U.S.N.M. 
ISCADIA DUCKINFIELDIA, new species. 
Light gray shaded with dark; a broad blotch on costa from trans- 
verse anterior to posterior lines of smoky brown, edged with black 
streaks below; lines as in /. nigi'a., rufous edged, the transverse pos- 
terior continuous with the ring of reniform, which seems a part of it, 
broadly encircling the reniform center; subterminal line with blackish 
spots within. Hind wing sordid white, with black diffused outei 
edge. 
Expanse. — 36 mm. 
TI(ihlt<it. — Sao Paulo, Brazil. 
Tyj^e.—C'di. No. 9536, U.S.N.M. 
ISCADIA STROCA, new species. 
White with a grayish tint. Thorax stained with yellowish; collar 
with three black lines; patagia grayish spotted. Subbasal line dotted; 
transverse interior excurved in middle, slightl}^ waved, the space 
between them parti}' washed in red-brown; black spots along costa, 
heavier toward apex; trace of a mesial line; a large, round, narrow 
ringlet for reniform; transverse posterior line slender, black, wav}' to 
below reniform, then bent inward to nearly touch the ringlet and 
strongly wavy to margin; subterminal line a waved black shade, the 
subterminal space shaded in red-brown; a row of terminal black dots. 
Hind wing white. 
Expanse. — 31 ram. 
llahitat. — Castro, Parana, Brazil. 
Type.— C^it. No. 9537, I'.S.N.M. 
Genus T^^NIOCAMPA Guenee. 
TiqENIOCAMPA NAOLINA, new species. 
Bright red-brown; lower h;df of median space and area al)out trans- 
verse posterior line washed with purplish; transverse anterior line 
obsolete, it and the subbasal one indicated by yellowish lunulcs on 
costa; transverse posterior line slender })]ack, deeply dentate; subter- 
minal line light reddish, wavy, diffuse; orbicular triangularly I'ounded 
on lower inner side, bright white edged, orange filled; reniform orange, 
with a white dot a])ove and below within and row of white specks 
witiiout; a small white mark at end of obsolete claviform. Hind winj.'- 
l)r()wnisli, a large dark discal spot and faint outer line; fringe pinkish. 
N0.1414. NEW SOUTH AMERICAN MOTHS— SCHAUS. 105 
Below light colored; discal spots large, pale, contrasted; a dark trans- 
verse posterior line; hind wing with the discal spot and line nuich 
more distinct on the pale ground. 
Exp(Ui>«:. —30 mm. 
ILihUat. — Rio flaneiro, Brazil. 
Type.—C^t. No. !»5?,8, U.S.N.M. 
Genus COPHANTA Walker. 
COPHANTA CHRYSARGINEA, new species. 
Blackish ])rown, the. fore wings witli a blue mcitallic luster except on 
the space ])et\veen transverse posterior line and cell; transverse ante- 
rior line narrow, yellow, forming- four arcs; discal dot a dark, very 
faint discoloi'ation; transverse posterior line indicated by a yellow dot 
on costa, arcuate, obsolete, finely geminate; thi'ee yellow dots on costa 
beyond; terminal space a little lighter without lines. Secondaries all 
dark brown-black, slightly l)ronz3^ Belov/ greyish l)lack, discal dots 
and outer line faintly traced l)y following pale shades. 
Expanse. — 20 mm. 
Hab'ddt. — Sao Paulo, Brazil. 
Ty2)e.—Csit. No. 9589, U.S.N.M. 
Genus PLUSIA Ochsenheimer. 
PLUSIA CAUDATA, new species. 
Head and collar ocherous brown, thoracic tufts purplish black. 
Primaries deep purplish brown with a bronzy reflection; Imsal space 
variegated in clay color; transv(;rse anterior line of this color, straight, 
produced inward on subcostal vein; sign a mark of 8, tin; out(!r seg- 
ment filled with yellowish silver, the inner part broken, the two seg- 
ments directed against median vein; transverse ])osterior line dentate, 
traversing a day-colored area from costa to vein 5; terminal space 
variegated with clay color; fringes of this color with purplish striga?. 
Hind wing dark brown, lighter in cell to base; fringe pale, interlined 
with brown. 
Expanse. — 80 nmi. 
Ilahitat. — Orizaba, Mexico. 
Tyjje.—OAt. No. 9540, U.S.N.M. 
Genus ACANTHODICA Schaus. 
ACANTHODICA PAMELA, new species. 
Collar clay color with brown margin, thoi-ax gray, abdomen yel- 
lowish. Primaries grey, inner and outer halves clay colored, mottled 
in grey; transverse "anterior linii far out, straight, broken into slightly 
curved dashes, preceded by a black patch above and below vein 1; 
orl)icu]ar and reniform round, faintly defined, grey; a large circular 
106 FROCEEDIXGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. vol. xxx. 
spot below reniform, ocherou.s grey, faintl}' ringed, darker centered: 
transverse posterior line far out, slightl}' curved, brown black, nearh^ 
continuous, followed b}^ a dark-gre}" narrow shade; an irregular mot- 
tling for subterminal line; a rounded white apical blotch. Secondaries 
pearly white, veins and margin narrowl}' blackish; fringe 3'ellowish, 
Exjxinse. — 43 mm. 
Ilalitat. — Castro, Parana, Brazil. 
Type.—Cdii. No. 9541, U.S.N.M. 
Genus TRILEUCA Grote. 
TRILEUCA OCHRACEA, new species. 
Yellowish cla}' color, tineh' brown irrorate, shading to dark brown 
along outer margin; three slender brown lines, the transverse anterior 
far from base, straight, bent on subcostal vein; a narrow brown discal 
lunule; transverse posterior line produced in a sharp point on vein 6; 
subterminal line excurved over the point of transverse posterior line, 
slightly angled on the vein.-., else regular and even. Hind wings l)right 
ocherous, fringe brownish. Below brown powdered, disk of fore 
wings bright ocher. 
E:r-pan><t\ — 40 mm. 
Habitat.— Orizaba, Mexico. 
Type.—C2ii. No. 9542, U.S.N.M. 
Genus PHIBROMIA, new genus. 
Eyes naked, large; palpi porrect, about twice as long as head, the 
third joint small; antennw simple; tibia? nonspinose. Hind wings 
with vein 5 distinct, curved, arising well above vein 4. 
PHIBROMIA NARECTA, new species. 
Dark ocherous, powdered with red; transverse anterior line narrow, 
brown, bent in an angle on submedian; orbicular round, l)lack, white 
centered; reniform narrow, lunate, concolorous, relieved by dark 
scales, fused at both ends to the transverse posterior line, which makes 
a round excurve over it, is concolorous above, detined in a dark- brown 
shade, white and perpendicular below. Subterminal line faint, flexu- 
ou.-;, defining the outer edge of a broad dark-brown shade l)and; termi- 
nal space l)rown powdered; a row of small dark terminal dots; fringe 
dark. Hind wings j^ellowish white; a diti'used dark outer line and a 
half mesial line on inner margin; a terminal row of black specks; 
fringe brown spotted. 
E,t2?anse. — 25 mm. 
Ifahitat. —C'dstro, Parana, Brazil. 
Ti/pr.-Cat. No. 9543, U.S.N.M. 
NO. 1414. NEW SOUTH AMERICAN MOTHS— SCHA US. 107 
Genus RHAESENA Walker. 
RHAESENA JALAPENA, new species. 
Violaceous cla}^ color, overlaid with dark brown .shades; transverse 
anterior line bent at right ang-les on median, pale brown edged wdthin; 
transverse posterior oblique, straight from middle of costa to outer 
third of inner margin, pale, edged within b}^ a wide brown shade that 
ditfuses nearly to transverse anterior line; reniform mark beyond this 
lino minute, but with a curved brown line to costa (the true trans- 
verse posterior line), the curve filled in by a dark shade; terminal area 
brown shaded, blackish at apex; subterminal line fine, pale, obscure. 
Secondaries blackish. Below reddish irrorate, disk of primaries 
l)lackish, a common faint darker line. 
Exjxinae. — 23 mm. 
Ilalntat. — Orizaba, Mexico. 
Type.—Q^X. No. 9544, U.S.N.M. 
RHAESENA NEZEILA, new species. 
Pale violaceous brownish with dark Itrown sliades; basal half of pri- 
maries brown, shading darker before the lines, a light submetallic 
reflection in basal space; transverse anterior line narrow, brown, 
angled on median and submedian veins; transverse posterior straight 
across wing, limiting the dark basal area; lighter bej^ond, with sub- 
metallic violaceous reflection; reniform a brown speck beyond the 
transverse posterior line, around w'hich the true posterior line makes 
a broad outcurve, slender, brown, flexuous; outer margin prominent 
below the middle, the upper excavation with a dark brown shade 
which runs obliquely inward; subterminal line pale, submacular, brown 
edged within. Hind wing blackish with an elliptical fovea in lower 
part of cell in the male. Below violaceous tinted, brown speckled, 
outer margins, especially of hind wings, red; a common mesial line, 
crenulatc on hind wings, which have also a discal dot and a faint sub- 
marginal line. 
Expanse. — 27 mm. 
Habitat. — Jalapa, Mexico. 
Type.—C^t. No. 9545, U.S.N.M. 
RHAESENA RUBROMARGINATA, new species. 
Dark purplish brown; fore wings with the space to median line 
shaded in dark bronzy brown, the transverse anterior line relieved by 
a little pale shading, slender, brown, angled on submedian; orbicular 
large, circular, paler filled; median line narrow, male, straight across 
wing, limiting the' dark area; reniform an obscure irregular line; 
transverse posterior line slender, dark, roundedly excurved over reni- 
108 PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. vol. xxx. 
form, running very close to median line below; subterminal line rather 
distant from the margin, narrow, yellowish, breaking- into spots on 
the veins below, preceded by a dark bronzy -brown patch on costa and 
at margin and followed b}' one obliquel}^ from the costal patch to the 
angle of the outer margin. Secondaries blackish brown. Below 
blackish brown, apex of fore wings and submarginal area of hind 
wings irrorated with bright red, of the hind wings inclosing a dili'use 
dark-brown band; a faint discal spot. 
Expanse. — 27 mm. 
Habitat. — 
Type.-Cfit. No. 9566, U.S.N.M. 
Genus PHIPROSOP US'Grote. 
PHIPROSOPUS HYPENOIDES, new species. 
Brownish ocherous, fore wings with reddish shades over cell and 
submedian fold; transverse anterior line faii^t, blackish on lower half 
onl}'; a white point for reniform, below which a narrow white line 
runs straight to margin, blackish edged within; subterminal line sinu- 
ate, composed of a row of black blotches. Hind wing pale' ocherous, 
gray tinted especially at margin. Below like hind wings above, a 
broad blackish shade on disk of fore wings to subterminal line; a com- 
mon slender extra mesial line and discal dots. 
E,i'pa)ise. — 31 mm. 
Habitat. — Sao Paulo, Brazil. 
Type.—OA. No. 9516, U.S.N.M. 
Genus CASANDRIA Walker. 
CASANDRIA CHIRICA, new species. 
Light gray, slightl}' metallic shining, inner area broadly shading 
dark; lines narrow, black; basal line arcuate from costa to base of 
median vein; transverse anterior waved, transverse posterior obsolete 
below, the upper segment distinct, angled inward subcostally; subter- 
minal line iineh' dentate, white above, dark and fainter below. Hind 
wing pellucid whitish, veins and margin smoky gra}'. Below, prima- 
ries with costa and outer margin of secondaries dark smok}', disk 
pellucid. 
Expanse. — 33 mm. 
Habitat. — Jalapa, Mexico. 
Type.—Q^i. No. 9517, U.S.N.M. 
Genus SCHAZAMA, new genus. 
Eyes naked, lashed; palpi upturned, slight, reaching the middle of 
the front; antennsv appresscd pectinate. Hind wings with vein 5 dis- 
tinct, arising above 1, ])ut shoi'tly so. Abdomen with long furcate 
anal tuft. Female with single frenulum. 
NO. 1414. NEW SOUTH AMERICAN MOTHS—SCII Alls. 109 
SCHAZAMA ANGUSTIPENNIS, new species. 
Primaries long, triangular, all the area below the middle of cell 
smooth and whitish as if partly denuded, evidentl}^ folded in rest; costa 
gra}^ with reddish irrorations; transverse anterior line black, fine on 
costa, a dot on median vein, a strong streak on inner margin; reni- 
form a round black dot with a pale ring, cut in two on median fold, 
lower half obsolete; transverse posterior line geminate on costa, a dot 
on median vein and inner margin. Hind wings whitish subpellucid; a 
dark discal dot, marginal edge and fringe gre3"-black. Abdomen with 
a pair of long terminal tufts. 
Expanse. — 27 mm. 
Ilahitat. — Sao Paulo, Brazil. 
Type.—VMi. No. 9548, U.8.N.M. 
Genus CORUBIA, new genus. 
Eyes large, naked; tongue small; palpi porrect, the second joint 
brush-like with scales above and below, third joint slender, deflexed, 
not exceeding the hair of the second joint. Tibia? smoothly scaled, 
nonspinose. Hind wing with vein .5 well developed, from the lower 
third of discocellulars. 
CORUBIA TESTACEA, new species. 
Dark orange testaceous, lines blackish; transverse anterior bent at 
right angles on median vein; orbicular a round dot; reniform an 
upright streak; transverse posterior line oblique from costa near apex 
to outer third of inner margin, straight; no subterminal. Hind wings 
ochraceous, blackish powdered all over. Below disk of fore wings 
blackish shaded. 
Expanse. — 22 mm. 
Ilahitat. — Castro, Parana, Brazil. 
Type.—Qdit. No. 9549, U.S.N.M. 
Genus DORYODES Guenee. 
DORYODES ELONGATA, new species. 
Fore wing lengthil}^ produced at apex, outer margin strongly oblique. 
Light pinkish, finely and densely dark irrorate; a broad pale gra}- 
band from apex over cell nearly to base; another above inner margin; 
a slender ray from apex toward middle of margin; center of wing 
slightly ochraceous. Hind wing cream}^ white. 
Expanse. — 36 mm. 
Ilahitat. — Sao Paulo, Brazil. 
%?<?.— Cat. No. 9550, U.S.N.M. 
110 PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. vol. xxx. 
Genus CAROGA, ne\Ar genus. 
Eyes lar^e, naked; palpi upturned to vertex, the third joint small, 
second long- and pilose; legs long, hind tibia? hairy. Hind wing with 
vein 5 distinct, from lower fourth of the discocellulars; wings broad, 
ample. 
CAROGA COSTALIS, new species. 
Wings broad, smoky brown, shining, uniform; costa very broadly 
whitish brown from base to apex; transverse posterior line dark brown, 
diffuse, very faintly crossing the pale costal space; other lines lost; a 
dark mark at base and row of terminal spots. Hind wing- unspotted, 
Al)domen long, dark brown. Below wings lighter, each with a rounded 
blackish discal spot. 
Expanse. — 37 mm. 
Hahitat. — Rio Janeiro, Brazil. 
Type.—Qiit. No. 9551, U.S.N.M. 
Genus PHyEOCHL^ENA Hubner. 
PH-ffi:OCHLiENA CUPREA, new species. 
Dark brown with purplish luster; transverse anterior and posterior 
lines fine, irregular, linearly pale with brown borders within; a round, 
punctiform yellowish white discal dot; subterminal line waved, fine, 
like the other lines; terminal space a shade paler. Hind wing dark 
brown. Below much lighter, especialh'^ toward base. 
Expanse. — 24 mm. 
Hahitat. — Sao Paulo, Brazil. 
Ti/pe.— Cut. No. 9552, U.S.N.M. 
Genus PALINDIA Guenee. 
PALINDIA ARGENTILINEA, new species. 
Bright grass green; costa narrowly ocherous with little black streaks; 
transverse anterior, median and posterior lines all ol)li(iue, subparallel, 
rather closely placed, pale brown, pale silvery edged without; a lu-own 
patch on transverse anterior line in submedian fold; a straight terminal 
silver line. Hind wing whitish on costa, else green, the terminal silver 
line expanded at the angle in the margin before a round blackish patch 
with pale edge. Below silky white, green tinged, fringes black. 
Expanxi;. — 35 nun. 
Ildhltat. — Rio Janeiro, Brazil. 
Type.— Cut. No. 9553, U.S.N.M. 
NE W SO UTH A M ERIC A N MO THS—SCHA US. Ill 
Genus GONODONTA Hubner. 
GONODONTA MARMORATA, new species. 
Bodj^ blackish brown, patagia blackish tipped, collar are\- irrorate; 
primaries dark brown in median and submedian spaces, pale clay color 
terminally; basal space confused with brown, purplish and clay color 
shades, the line lost; transverse anterior and posterior lines limit the 
dark median space, but are themselves indistinct, though traceable, 
black, strongly wavy; reniform paler than the ground, constricted, 
narrowly dark centered; a slender black line before the subterminal, 
wavy, preceded by a small white space on costa and joined to the dark 
median space centrally by bluish black; terminal space mottled in 
brown and purplish on a pale ground, the subterminal line wavy, dark, 
linear; termenand fringe dark. Secondaries brown -black, disk broadly 
orange yellow from costa over median nervules. Below blackish brown, 
primaries with a spot at base and termen lighter, secondaries with the 
yellow mark enlarged over costa to base. 
Expanse. — -48 mm. 
Habitat . — Coatepec, Mexico. 
Type.—Q^i. No. 9554, U.S.N.M. 
Genus HOMOPYRALIS Grote. 
HOMOPYRALIS PICTA, new species. 
Head, thorax, and bases of both wings light cream colored, the outer 
parts of wings densely shaded in with dark brown and purplish; reni- 
form, a dark bar in a small light space; transverse, anterior, and poste- 
rior lines obscure in the dark area, narrow, blackish, wavy; subtermi- 
nal similar, but more decidedly wavy, and followed by a small light 
space; a round dark blotch on middle of outer margin; fringe spotted. 
Secondaries with two median dark lines, the outer twice strongly den- 
tate, the area between powdery brown; discal dot rounded, black; 
submarginal line faint, wavy, preceded by brown blotches; a crenulate 
line at base of fringe, which is spotted. Below pale, shaded and pep- 
pered with brown, without any contrasting pale basal space; a common 
outer and inner wav}' lines and discal spots, the lines indistinctly 
doubled. 
Expanse.^^'^ mm. 
Ilahltat. — Jalapa, Mexico. 
Tyjye. ~C^t. No. 9555, U.S.N.M. 
HOMOPYRALIS PANDAMA, new species. 
Pale ocherous, dark olivaceous, tinged and with patches of slightly 
bronz}^ reddish on disks and submedian fold of both wings; primaries 
with a broad brown-black subbasal band; orbicular a round dot; two 
112 PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. vol. xxx. 
median lines, wavy, the outer somewhat broken and absorbing the 
small reniform dot; transverse posterior line wavy, broken; subter- 
minal near the margin, waved, broken below, broad, touching at middle 
of margin a large dark spot in the fringe; a row of terminal black 
spots. Secondaries with two mesial lines, coarseh^ waved, inclosing the 
small discal dot. from which a faint shade runs to the inner margin; 
terminal space distinctlj^ olivaceous, with a broken blotchy submar- 
ginal line; a crenulate terminal line; a dark spot in fringe in center of 
margin. Below two common lines and discal dots, the margins broadh^ 
blotched in blackish brown. 
Expanse. — 25 mm. 
Habitat. — Aroa, Venezuela. 
Type.—Q9X. No. 9556, U.S.N.M. 
Genus MATIGRAMMA Grote. 
MATIGRAMMA PAMELA, new species. 
Pale, testaceous, the wings shaded with red-brown outwardh^; 
primaries with a verj^ l)road blackish shaded subbasal band, which is 
constricted into three segments, the central one gray with a black 
central dash, the lower one pale; a minute punctiform orbicular; an 
oblique ))lack dash on costa, succeeded below median vein by a brown 
line, angled on submedian; reniform a linear brown curved mark, with 
a faint brown line below it; transverse posterior line wavy, brown, 
followed on costa by a large oblique black bar; subterminal line limit- 
ing the dark-brown marginal space, produced inward opposite cell; a 
darker brown shade at middle of margin. Secondaries with inner line 
faint; discal dot a longitudinal dash, furcate toward base of wing; outer 
line irregular, excurved over discal dash, slender, brown; terminal 
space more sti'ongl}^ shaded in red-brown, cut b}" a diffused pale line; 
a crenulate terminal brown line. Below with common outer and inner 
lines and discal spots, the lines on primaries obscured by brown pow- 
derings and with three black costal bars; on secondaries the outer line 
crenulate and excurved over discal dot, which is elongate, but not so 
sharpl}' as above. 
Exjmnse. — 3-1 mm. 
Jlahitat. — 
Type.— OAt. No. 9557, U.S.N.M. 
Genus AMPHIGONIA Guenee. 
AMPHIGONIA BRUNNEA, new species. 
Brown; basal space of primaries dark chocolate brown, with irregular 
lighter markings; lines and spots obsolete, the orbicular traceable close 
to base as a blackish ring; color shades darker outwardly, the submar- 
ginal line faint, yellowish, bent at an angle opposite the projection of 
NEW SOUTH AMERICAX MOTHS—SCUA US. 113 
outer margin; a row of small yellow cu.sp.s before margin. Seconda- 
ries with the subterminal area strongly empurpled, limited within by 
a straight lilaceous geminate line, which is produced inward in little 
rays on the veins; a bronzy blotch in the purple area near middle; a 
subterminal row of yellow cusps as on primaries; the margin crenulate 
and produced in the middle. Below brown, a common mesial dark 
lino and outer waved crenulate yellowish one on fore wings excurved 
over cell: margins irregularly washed in whitish, the subterminal 
cusps repeated, but less definitely; on primaries orbicular whitish, 
reniform, of four dark dots and a pale one in a bluish area; on second- 
aries discal dot dark. Hind legs with the tibige very broadly haired, 
a white spot at the knees. 
E,rj><tn.st. — 42 mm. 
JfahUat. — Aroa, Venezuela. 
Ti/pt.—CKt. No. 9558, U.S.N.M. 
Genus PETEROMA, new genus. 
Eyes large, naked; palpi upturned to vertex, third joint small; tibife 
enlarged, the spurs normal. Wings broad and similarly colored as in 
Iloinoptera; hind wing with vein 5 distinct, from near lower angle of 
cell. 
PETEROMA LIGNEA, new species. 
Pale pinkish gray, a transverse black line on edge of collar and faint 
one in middle of thorax; abdomen with a white band at extreme base, 
first segment dark brown, second with a black posterior band, the others 
faintly banded. Primaries with outer half dark brown; a small black 
bar at base; transverse anterior line slender, angled on costa and 
median, followed by a heavy oblique black band from median to inner 
margin near base; orbicular a round dot; the pale basal space runs 
costally nearly to apex, but the rest of the wing is dark, contain- 
ing geminate median and transverse posterior lines, close together, 
wavy, becoming verj- faint where they cross the pale costal space; 
submarginal line wavy, pale, dark edged within; a crenulate black 
marginal line; fringe pale at base, brown outwardly. Secondaries 
lightly shaded with brown, median band double, straight, broad, fol- 
lowed by a fainter, more wavy band; outer band triplicate, two nar- 
row crenulate lines and a broad dark brown one; a submarginal shaded 
band; termen and fringe as on fore wings. Below the wings are pale, 
brown peppered; a dark sulmiarginal shade on both; discal dots and 
common inner, median, and outer lines, narrow, crenulate, broken. 
E.ipanse. — 42 mm. 
Hahitat. — Aroa, Venezuela. 
Typt.^C2.i. No. 1».^59, U.S.N.M. 
Proc. N. M. vol. XXX— 06 8 
114 PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. 
Genus CAPNODES Guenee. 
CAPNODES VIRGINIA, new species. 
Pallid testaceous, minvitely brown speckled; transverse anterior line 
.slender, brown, coarsely wavy, with a brown blotch on costa: orbicu- 
lar a dot; reniform a broken dot, broadly ringed in powdery brown, 
the space partly tilled in rusty brown; transverse posterior line 
excurved over reniform, dotted, not waved; subterminal crenulate, 
geminate, paler tilled: a terminal row of brown dots. Secondaries 
with a faint pale space for discal dot; mesial line dotted; submarginal 
line and termen as on fore wings. Below with dotted mesial and sub- 
marginal lines and slight discal dots. 
E.ipame. — 27 mm. 
Hah it at. —'^^o Paulo, Brazil. 
Type.— Cat. No. 9560, U.S.N.M. 
• Genus TRIOMMATODES Warren. 
TRIOMMATODES ANGULATA, new species. 
Antennss rather lengthily pectinate; fore wings with the outer 
margin angled. Dark purplish brown, largely lilaceous shaded, espe- 
cially over disk to inner margin and along outer margin below apex; 
base and costa dark; lines dark, wavy, slender, obscure; a lilaceous 
line cuts the dark basal color, the stigmata are very faintly outlined 
by the pale shading, and the transverse posterior is followed by lila- 
ceous points; a subterminal row of lilaceous cusps and two rows of 
alternating terminal dots; hind wings dark with only discal dot, median 
row of points and crenulate marginal line lilaceous. Below the body 
and abdomen are pale whitish, the color spreading over base of sec- 
ondaries; wings else bluish grey, the primaries with very faint lines, 
the secondaries with two dark wavy mesial lines, relieved on the whitish 
ground. 
Erj)an.'<t-. —35 nun. 
JLthltat. — St. Jean. French Guiana. 
Tijpe.—OAi. No. 9561. I'.S.X.M. 
Genus BENDIS Hubner. 
BENDIS MASCARA, new species. 
Brown, terminal spaces of both wings lighter; a black-))r..wu l)and 
at base of al)domen; transverse anterior line l)lack-brown, >)road. l^ent 
at right angles on median, broken in cell, reaching inner margin near 
base; transverse posterior visible on costa and for a little way, narrow, 
faint, brown, edged with pale; four pale costal dashes beyond; sul)ter- 
minal lin(> stronglv excurved at middle of juargin. almost touching the 
marginal anule; abroad l)row!.-))lack shade diHusing within: a whitp 
discal point. Hind wings with a similar submedian )>and, dilf using t • 
yj'JW SOUTH AMKRICAX MOTJIS—Si JIA I'K 115 
center of wing, cut by a geminate pale lilaeeou« shade line which, near 
middle of wing, comes to limit the dark shade outwardly to anal angle; 
a white di.scal speck. Below grey-))rown, margin with pale tc.staceou.s 
patches above angle and at tornvis of fore wing, at apex of hind wing; 
faint crenulated dark outer line, edged narrowly with testaceous white 
discal dots as above. 
Kxpaih'<<:. — 33 mm. 
Ilahltat. — Castro, Parana, Brazil. 
Type.— C?it. No. 95f52. U.S.N.M. 
BENDIS THARA, new species. 
Dark ))rown; base of fore wings darkly blackish, sharply limited; a 
slender pale, wavy, mesial line; transverse posterior roundedly ex- 
curved, parallel to margin, pale, edged within by a dark brown shade; 
subterminal space darkly blackish Ijrown, l)luish shaded on costa; ter- 
minal space of brown color; terminal dots faint. Hind wing with the 
subterminal dark shade very faintly repeated, its inner line punctiform, 
brown; subterminal line crenulate, obscure, a pale mesial line, dark 
edged basally. Below fore wings with whitish discal dot and macular 
outer line, terminal space lighter; hind wings similar, a submacular 
pale mesial line added. 
Expanse. — 32 mm. 
JIahitat. — Petropolis, Brazil. 
Tt/pe.—CRt. No. 95f53, r.S.N.M. 
Genus CHAMINA Hiibner. 
CHAMINA CHORIA, new species. 
Light brown, darker along costa, powdered with liiaceous in basal 
and median spaces; transverse line, median shade and posterior line 
darker, obscure diffused; orbicular a small dark dot; reniform narrow, 
constricted, a dark ring tilled and surrounded by liiaceous powdering 
which also follows the transverse posterior line narrowly; next a dark 
shade, then a pale space; subterminal line near margin, obsolete, 
represented by scattered dark points on the veins. Hind wing with 
mesial punctiform dark line edged by liiaceous; an outer row of black 
points. 
E,»'jX(nse. — 37 mm. 
Hahitaf. — Sao Paulo, Brazil. 
Type.—C^i. No. 9564, U.S.N.M. 
Genus ORTHOGRAMMA Guenee. 
ORTHOGRAMMA FEROGIA, new species. 
Testaceous })rown, terminal area darker as also head and thorax; 
1 transverse anterioi- lines slightly arcuate, geminate, light red tij)ped; 
orbicular and reniform large. brow)i filled, brokenlv dark brown 
116 PROCEEDINGS OF THE SATIONAL MUSEUM. 
ringed; transverse posterior line with a faint pale branch from costa, 
touching a blackish apical shade dash, forming- a straight, geminate, 
light-red-tilled band from apex across both wings to above anal angle 
of secondaries; space beyond darker brown, fainth' cloudy inorated; 
a submarginal row of points on both wings, white, black within; 
a l)lackish discal dot on hind wings. Below testaceous, blackish irro- 
rate; orbicular punctiform. reniform lunate, dusky; transverse posterior 
line normall}' shaped; outer dots as above. Hind wing with double 
discal dot, outer line and outer dots. 
Exjyanse. — 42 mm. 
Habitat. — Sao Paulo, Brazil. 
%^^.— Cat. No. 9565, U.S.N.M. 
ORTHOGRAMMA HERMESIA, new species. 
Red brown, antennal serrations, a line between antenme and extreme 
tips of palpi white. Primaries with a narrow straight brown outer 
line from apex to middle of inner mai'gin follow by minute yellowish 
specks on the veins; transverse anterior line obscure, of two large 
arcs; reniform and orbicular large, of the groundcolor, faintly defined 
by a darkening of the shade along costa; submarginal line blackish, 
twice broadly waved, narrow, ditiused, broken into spots. Second- 
aries with a straight mesial line continuing the one on fore wings; a row 
of nearly obsolete black dotssubmarginally. Below lighter over base 
and disk of secondaries; a common mesial brown line and discal dots. 
Expanse. — 42 mm. 
Ilahitat. — Sao Paulo, Brazil. 
Type.—G^i. No. 95T6, U.S.N.M. 
Genus COENIPETA Hubner. 
COENIPETA GLAUCOIDES, new species. 
Fore wings very dark purplish brown, mottled all over with little 
patches of submetallic greenish blue scales, strongest in a powdering 
about the obsolete reniform mark; lines pale, not well indicated, con- 
fused by the patches; anterior wavy, nearly straight; median similar, 
faint centrally; posterior slender, zigzag wavy, retreating below cell 
under the reniform, not excurved sul)terminal very faint; a row of 
slightly darker large blotches just before the margin. Secondaries 
shining bronzy dark brown, scarcely any trace of lines except just at 
the margin where are intravenular black spots, except at costa and anal 
angle, each preceded by a dull yellowish dash and XQvy faintly en- 
circled. Below lighter brown, nearly immaculate; the light yellowish 
inceptions of the transverse lines on costa ar(^ repeated, the secondaries 
have a darker straight median line and a light mottling on the margin. 
XKW SOUTH AMKRICAX MOTJIS—.SCIIAUS. 117 
Expmue. — 41 mm . 
Hahltdt. — Cavalle Cocho, Amazone.s, Peru, May, July, 1884 (M. de 
Mathan). 
7y/>t^— Cat. No. 9567, U.S.N.M. 
COENIPETA LAURENA, new species. 
Fore wings very dark purplish brown, irrorate with lilaceous scales, 
which form a more distinct tract along median vein and vein 2 to 
margin, at inception of transverse posterior line on costa and in the 
terminal space apically; lines pale, not well indicated, confused by 
the powdering; a row of yellowish bars along the costa; transverse 
anterior line oblique, wavy, double, the outer gemination marked by 
a blue bar in submedian interspace; median line dark below its incep- 
tion on costa, indicated by the absence of the light powdering, coarsely 
waved; transverse posterior dark with light edges, doubled without 
by a more diffuse light lilaceous line which is lost below in the general 
light powdering, waved, arcuate to reniform, thence coarsely waved to 
inner margin; reniform large, oblique, an oblique yellowish dash 
ringed by a pale line that becomes white on the outer segment; sub- 
terminal line finely wavy, starting near the costa but becoming remote 
from the margin below, pale above with dark edging but l)elow 
appearing as a dark zigzag lined hy the lilaceous scales and somewhat 
cupreous tint of the ground color; a row of dark lunules near the 
margin. Secondaries shining bronzy dark brown, two mesial and a 
submarginal lighter wavy lines most distinct centrall}^; a row of dark 
lunules close to margin preceded and followed by reddish ochreous, 
cut by little blue dashes at veins 2, 5. and 6; fringe dark with a yellow- 
ish patch at the marginal incision between veins 5 and 6. Below 
lighter brown, inner area of fore wings pale ocherous shaded; pri- 
maries with light spottings on costa, a light bar for reniform, a cren- 
ulate outer line and very light ocherous marginal patches except 
between veins 3 and 4, traversed by brown lunules near the margin; 
secondaries with three crenulate mesial lines, discal dot a dark ringlet; 
a white pupil followed hy a lilack spot at margin between veins (5 and 
7 and a very light ocherous marginal line near anal angle and between 
veins 4 and 6. 
Expanse. — 44 nnn. 
Ifal}itat.—'6i. Jean, French Guiana. 
Ti/pe.—Csit. No. 95«)8, U.S.N.M. 
COENIPETA MEDALBA, new species. 
Primaries more pointed trigonate than in the two preceding. Dark 
purplish brown, all the base of wing to transverse posterior line over- 
washed with white; subbasal, geminate transverse anterior and gem- 
inate median lines show dark on the white gi-ound, coarsely wavy; a 
11<S FROCEEDIXGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. 
black shade obtains alono- inner margin )iear base; transverse posterior 
line with a large white dash on costa, ])elow darkei' than the dark gixuind 
of outer space, broad, nearly straight, spaee from it o\er reniform area 
oi\ly a little washed in white, the reniform showing an oblique dark 
line without traceable ringlet; a faint creiudate dark shade paralleling 
the posterior line; subterminal light without, dark within, dentate- 
crenidate. subpai'allel to margin; fringe dark, irregularly marked in 
whitish. Secondaries blackish, shining, a ditfused subcrenulate outer 
line centralh', approaching anal angle at inner termination; fringe 
white, l^lackish at anal angle and between veins :> and 4 with three 
little marginal pale lunules centrally. Below blackish, bases of wings 
shaded with pale ocherous scales, on the hind wings covering all but a 
broad marginal band; a median and an outer dark line on fore wings, 
the latter broadly white edged on costal half; secondaries with two 
mesial dark lines and a faint discal spot; fringes as above. 
Expanst'. — 39 nun. 
Hahltdt. — Castro, Parana, Brazil. 
7y;>^.— Cat. No. 95f59, U.S.N.M. 
COENIPETA UMBRATA, new species. 
Primaries slightlv more pointed than in i '. meddlhii. Basal half 
similarly washed with white, but more lilaceous and less solid; trans- 
verse anterior line blackish, distinct, zig zag. the others obscured; a 
rounded discal lumde, joining a broad outer deep brown-black shade 
in the transverse posterior position which ditfuses to the subterminal 
line; this is very near the margin, dentate, pale; marginal space with 
cloudy blotches; fringe .spotted in pale and cloudy. Secondaries 
brown-black, lighter brf)Avnish l)asally. an outer median curved dull 
yellow band centrally, broken on sul)median fold, repeated in anal 
angi(>; anal angle lobed with an excavation above; fringe ocher, 
irregularly black checkered; a marginal ocher spot al)ove the excava- 
tion, preceded hy a tine line, the excavation similarly edged. Below 
prnnaries grey, shading light at base, contrasting pale ocher f)elow 
vein I; Idack marks on costa, from one of which a shade runs to the 
pale linear reniform; outer line dark, excurved, pale edged near costa; 
secondaries pale ocherous except a large black blotch on middle of 
margin; two black geminate mesial lines and black-edged discal dot; a 
brighter ocher shade about submedian fold; a light patch at apex. 
Expanse. — 41 nun. 
Habitat. — Cayenne, French Guiana. 
72/yy6>.— Cat. No. iH)2o, U.S.N.M. 
COENIPETA MUSA, new species. 
I'riniaries purplisli brt)wn, a little lighter centrally; transverse 
anterior and posterior lines broad, black, slightly crenulate, the ante- 
rior geminate: reniform of two broad lines, narrowlv contiiuied to 
NEW SOrril AMERICAX MOTIIS—SiJIIA US. 119 
costa; subterminal line near the margin, pale, faint, dentate, inclosed 
in a darker shade: a small whitish patch at inception of posterior line 
on costa. Secondaries with a large incision above anal angle, brown- 
black, lighter at base, outer curved central line dull ocherous, dif- 
fused, curved toward incision; light superposed bars on inner margin: 
a doul)le marginal light shade; fringe light, faintl}' darker shaded. 
Below light grayish; a dark median line on fore wing crossing the 
reniform bars; dark posterior line, with a white outer edge at costa; 
secondaries with a dark marginal shade, two ci-enulate mesial lines 
and discal dot; a marginal light shade, becoming white at apex. 
Krjjaniiv. — 30 mm. 
ILihltat. — St. Jean, French Guiana. 
Ti/pe.— Cat. No. 1^570, T.S.N.M. 
COENIPETA SUBOCELLATA, new species. 
Fore wings dark purplish brown, the lines dark, nearh' obscured, 
the subterminal relieved by an outward paler shading, excurved sub- 
apically and mesially; a round black patch at apex, with a small white 
pupil inwardly. Hind wings blackish l^rown, two mesial darker lines 
and a suljmarginal shade followed by a dilution of the color; a row of 
marginal white specks centrally; a narrow yellowish line at base of 
fringe. Below more gra3'ish, costal marks and lines of more wings 
lightened in ocherous shades, the apical ocellus repeated, more dis- 
tinct, preceded by a yellowish arc; secondaries w^ashed in pale at base, 
relieving a discal mark of two arcs, a geminate mesial and single 
outer line; a submarginal light shade, inclosing a black ocellus at 
apex, which has a white pupil and is cut by two yellowish dashes: a 
narrow yellow line at base of fringes of both wings. 
£.rjKt n se . — 41 mm . 
Hah'tdt. — Rockstone, British Guiana. 
7}/y...— Cat. No. 9571, U.S.N.IVI. 
COENIPETA SUBVARIA, new species. 
Primaries dark red-brown and blackish purple; the purple color 
tills the anal space, lower half of median space, area from reniform to 
subterminal and over this line centrally to margin; lines wav}', l)iack. 
obscured in the dark color, the reniform a narrow black constricted ring 
in a creamy ground that obtains to costa and in irregular patches about 
submedian fold outwardly: a row of black dashes near margin, the 
apical one largest. Secondaries blackish, mesial and outer lines faint, 
dark, wavy, narrowly lighter edged without; a row of round black 
marginal spots in a slightl}' bronzy reddish field, faintly encircled with 
pale. Below strongl}- diversified with pale and white patches; prima- 
ries powdered with whitish lilaceous subcostally and patched with 
white at apex; yellowish spots along costa; discal dot of three white 
120 PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. vol. xxx. 
lines; outer line roundedl}^ crenulate, whitish, single; a submarginal 
faint pale line; secondaries a little light powdered; discal dot with a 
white line within and a large round white patch without; outer line 
crenulate, pale; a submarginal paler line above a series of white cusps 
near margin, the one nearest apex large, obsolete toward anal angle; 
fringe with a 3'ellowish line at base. 
Expanse. — 41 nmi. 
Ilahitat. — St. Laurent, French Guiana. 
Type.—(^2Li. No. 9572, U.S.N.M. 
COENIPETA ALBIDENTINA, new species. 
Primaries pointed; secondaries without marginal excavation; dark 
purplish brown, overwashed w'ith violaceous; lines of the ground 
color, scarcely contrasted, coarsely crenulate, the transverse posterior 
cutting a large white patch resting on costa and reaching to middle of 
reniform; subterminal line pale crenulate edged, containing dark 
lunules of the ground color; a row of illy delined dark lunules near 
the margin. Hind wings brownish black, the outer line faint, dentate, 
pale, visible centrally, then narrower and slightly dislocated toward 
anal angle; fringe with a white apical and subapical spot. Below 
greyish, shading to black at apex of fore wings and outer margin of 
hind wings; white costo-discal spot of fore wings repeated, solid, 
elongated; hind wings with double dark discal arc and two mesial lines, 
the fringe of both wings irregularl}^ spotted with white. 
Expanse. — 40 mm. 
Ilahitai. — Castro, Parana, Brazil. 
Type.~C2Lt. No. 9.573, U.S.N.M. 
Genus TYRISSA Walker. 
TYRISSA CAROLA, new species. 
Entirely dark umber brown, densely shaded with l)lack: a series of 
very numerous tine black lines alternating with umber brown cross 
both wings, l)eginning on costa of fore wings and curving parallel to 
the lower part of the outer margin, continued directly over the hind 
wings; a hemispherical area resting on costa of fore wings close to 
apex is umber brown, traversed by a double subcostal ])lack lino; 
fringes crenulate, a black line at base and a dark line at base and tip of 
fringe. Below smoky brown, the lines repeated l)ut more evenly 
curved and crenulate, a broad sul)marginal spaic uniformly brown, 
devoid of lines. 
Eipa/i.oe. — 34 mm. 
ILiJuitit. — Rio Janeiro, Brazil. 
Type.—C^Lt. No. 9574, U.S.N.M. 
NO. H44. NEW ^OUTII AMERICAN MOTllS—SCHAVS. 121 
Genus SORYGAZA Walker. 
SORYGAZA ACUTALIS, new species. 
Primaries elong-ate, strongly- excavate on upper half of outer marg-in ; 
brownish ocher with a lilaceous tint; orbicular a minute black dot; 
reniform a large round black spot, its center a little broken in pale; 
fringe dark brown preceded by a row of marginal dots, which show dis- 
tinctly only at the excavation; a faint trace of transverse anterior line 
on inner marg-in. Hind wings A'ellowish white, the fringe a shade 
darker; a small dark round discal dot. Below whitish, the costa and 
fringe of fore wings shaded darker purplish; a small discal dot on both 
wing's. 
Expanse. — 20 mm. 
Jlahitat.—'S^o Paulo, Brazil. 
Typ<..—i^aX. No. 9575, U.S.N.M. 
Genus NEOHERMINIA Druce. 
NEOHKRMINIA CHISENA, new species. 
Light purplish brown; primaries with a dark brown shaded mark 
from costa subapically bent to pass over reniform. then ol)liqueh' to 
inner margin as a mesial shade, the outer part narrowly edged by a 
yellow line; reniform large, broadh' ringed in pale yellow, filled with 
a narrow dark broken ring; orbicular a small pale yellow dot; trans- 
verse anterior line narrow, dark, obscure; a row of black marginal 
dots. Secondaries with two mesial dark wavy lines and a pale yellow 
submarginal one, all faint and visible distinctlv onh^ toward anal mar- 
gin. Below the discal dots are repeated in dark brown, faintly pale 
ringed; the lines are onh" traces. 
Eepaiise. — 30 mm. 
Hahitat. — Castro, Parana, Brazil. 
Tyj^..— Cat. No. 95TT, U.S.N.M. 
Genus BLEPTINA Guenee. 
BLEPTINA CANDALIS, new species. 
Brown, slightly bronzy, markings obscure; transverse anterior line 
dark, nearly straight; median shade visible below; reniform a minute 
pale yellowish speck; posterior line dark, linear, finely pointed dentate; 
submarginal line straight, slender, pale yellow, a little flexed over dis- 
cal nervules; a row of small dark marginal dots. Secondaries a little 
less bronzy than primaries, with a faintdark mesial line. Below lighter, 
a submarginal pale line from costa of fore wings, continuous on hind 
122 PlWtEEDIXaS OF THE XATIOXAL MUSEUM. 
wings; a discal spot and mesial line on hind wings, relieved on the 
paler ground. 
Expmise.—2>() nun. 
Ilahlfat. — Castro, Paiana, Brazil. 
7//y>e.— Cat. No. 9578. T.S.N.M. 
BLEPTINA CLARA, new species. 
Testaceous, the primaries with a red shade over median area; lines 
blackish; transverse anterior roundedly excurved below median vein; 
orl)icular a small dot; reiiiform a large rounded blotch; transverse 
posterior line close to the renitorm, deeply excavate-dentate, l)reaking 
into two rows of dots at the points of the dentation.'?, the outer dots on 
tbe vein<. the inner l)etween. part above the leniform not dentate; 
sulnnargiiial line double, broken into shaded intra venular spots, the 
outer line running to apex, gentlj' excurved centrally; a row of mar- 
ginal t)lack dots. Hind wings paler testaceous; a faint discal dot; a 
dark mesial line distinct on inner half; two faint shaded submarginal 
lines; a row of terminal black dots. Below shaded with reddish on 
costa^ of both wings, iri'orate with bhickish; large diifused discal dots, 
a -common mesial band and two sut)marginal ones, all diffused and 
irrorate. but distinct; a row of terminal bhick dots as above. 
Kijxdi.s, . — 24 nun. 
JLih!taf. — Castro, Pai-ana, Brazil. 
r^y>'.— Cat. No. 95Tt». U.S.N.M. 
BLEPTINA MARGOTALIS, new species. 
Greyislj testaceous, luown irrorate median shade broad, dark brt)wn, 
twice angularly waved; reniform broadly brown outlined, large; trans- 
v«U'sc postiM'ior line incised crenulate, broken into two rows of dots; 
submarginal line wavy Hexiu)us, pale, dark edged within; .secondaries 
with two outer ])r()wn diffused bands. Below both wings with large 
discal spots and two outer lines, those of primaries faint, those of sec- 
ondaries more distinct than above on the paler ground. (The type is 
faded and a little moldy.) 
h.ijxmxi'. — 80 nun. 
Ifdhltat, — 
Tf/pt.— Cut. No. 958(1. r.S.N.M. 
Genus TORTRICODES Guenee. 
TORTRICODES PAULENSIS, new species. 
Purplish brown, nx'dian space, exct'pt towards costa. dark chocolate 
brown: imier and outer lines straight, a little conveigent towards costa, 
white, diffused, limiting the dark median space; a deep incisit)n in 
outer maryin almost to the outer line, with a fold and a velk)wish 
n«- NE w SO urn a m eric ax mo ths—scha rs. \ -j 3 
space iit its base above. Secondaries greyish brown. Below oreyish 
brown, the secondaries with a faint discal dot and outer line. 
Kf-jHOtSt. — 26 mm. 
Ilahitat. — Sao Paulo, Brazil. 
Type.—(C^t. No. 9581, U.S.N.M. 
TORTRICODES DULCENA, new species. 
Very dark purplish brown; outer line pale, faint, limiting- a dark 
brown shade in median space which tills the space irreg'ularly. but is 
hardly relieved from the ground color, except next the outer line: 
Nubmarginal line starts from costa subapically in a light yellowish 
apical shade, forms a long rounded projection and retreats behind the 
marginal incision, faintly traceable to inner margin; the projection is 
filled by a dark brown spot and a smaller one rests on the base on the 
incision with a slight reddish discoloration beyond. Secondaries black, 
a long elliptical white space ovei' cell and below, relieving the median 
vein and origins of viens 2 and 3 as narrow black lines. Below pri- 
maries greyish, the apical testaceous space repeated, enlarged: second- 
aries as above, but grey irrorate, the white discal space encroached on 
tiy a dark discal dot. 
E.vpanst. — 27 mm. 
Hahltat. — Castro, Parana. Brazil. 
J}//>6.— Cat. No. 9582, U.S.N.M. 
Genus MEGACHYTA Grote. 
MEGACHYTA NOLUALIS, new species. 
Light purplish l)rown: lines brown, tine, dentate, not much bent: a 
})rown median shade from the dark cloud}' reniform. which is centered 
by a slender pale yellow line: submarginal line starts in a pale yellow 
streak from costa, then becomes wavy and obsc -re, surrounded l)y a 
dark shade; a terminal black crenulate line. Secondaries with faint 
discal dot and dark outer line, the outer area darker shaded; su1)mar- 
ginal line pale, diffused; terminal line as on primaries. Below paler, 
discal dot and dark mesial line and pale submarginal line repeated on 
both wings. 
KrjKUiSt. — 20 mm. 
Htihitat. — Orizaba, Mexico. 
r^7>..— Cat. No. 9583, U.S.N.M. 
MEGACHYTA SABULAREA, new species. 
Primaries with the basal space blackish brown, twice indented: inner 
half of median space whitish grey; outer half of this space smoky 
brown, reddish, in an elliptical area representing the reniform: trans- 
verse posterior line black, coarsely dentate: subterminal space black- 
124 PROt'EEDIN(rS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. 
ish brown, edged by whitish wavy 8ul>terminal line; terminal space 
grey, a blackish blotch below middle on outer margin, passing on to 
fringe; a terminal crenulate V)lack line. Secondaries brownish grey, 
paler at base; two brown Avavy lines on the inner margin. Below pri- 
maries dark, the subterminal pale line on costal half; secondaries pale, 
brownish powdered; a siibbasal blackish line, discal dot, and two median 
lines which touch each other centrally; fringe spotted. 
Expanse. — 17 mm. 
Hahltat. — Sao Paulo, Brazil. 
Type.-Q^i. No. 9584, U.S.N.M. 
Genus RHOSOLOGIA Walker. 
RHOSOLOGIA PALLIDA, new species. 
Primaries straw yellow, tinely brown irrorate; secondaries paler at 
the base, shaded with blackish on costal half beyond cell. Below the 
>)lackish shading extends on fore wings also but is more diffused. The 
palpi and fore tibite are blackish, otherwise straw yellow. 
Expanse. — 32 mm. 
Hahitat. — Rio Janeiro, Brazil. 
T>/pe.—C2it No. 9585, U.S. N. M . 
Genus ADROCAMPA Schaus. 
ADROCAMPA ATOMOSA, new species. 
Pale straw color, primaries rather sparsely irrorate with milky brown. 
Secondaries white, slightly irrorated with brown outwardly. Below 
Avhite, the costal areas of both wings shaded and irrorated with ))rown, 
most so on primaries. The palpi are porrect, downcurved, reddish 
brown, darker below; antennse bepectinate except on apical tifth. 
E.ijxf/isf. — 34 mm. 
llaVitat. — Sao Paulo, Brazil. 
Type.-CKi. No. 9586, U.S.xN.M. 
Genus ARISTARIA Guenee. 
ARISTARIA ORIZABALIS, new species. 
Antennal tuft of male large, followed by three segments bearing long- 
serrations. Dark uml)er brown, outer margin blackish shaded: reni- 
form a large brown-black lunule; su))terminal line wavy andexcurveil 
opposite the excurve of outer margin, pale yellowish, broken. Hind 
wings dark grayish, lighter at base; an outer pale submacular line j^ar- 
allel to margin. Below paler, especially base of secondaries, the outer 
pale line repeated, more dittused but not more distinct than above. 
lu'j)anse. — 38 nun. 
Ifahitat. — Orizaba, ^Mexico. 
Type.—Q^t. No. 9.587, U.S.N.M. 
N , . . 1 444 . i\r^' [ I ' so I 'TIT . I MERIC. I A' MO THS—SCHA US. 125 
ARISTARIA PICATALIS, new species. 
Fi'iiKilt. — Reddish brown; transverse anterior line dark, wavy, faint; 
median shade broad, oblique, sharpl}' limited basally, fading out toward 
oosta; reniform a black luniile constricted in two, set in a neat pale yel- 
low ring"; transverse posterior line excavate-dentate, broken into two 
rows of dots; subterminal line strongly excurved below the middle, 
xarcelv wavy, pale reddish, surrounded bv a dark brown clouding; a 
marginal crenulate dark line. Secondaries gravish, a faint discal dot 
and dark mesial line; outer line pale yellowish, narrow, submacular; 
a crenulate dark terminal line. Below grayish with common faint 
dark discal dots and mesial lines; outer line pale. 
ErpavDie. — 31 mm. 
[Inh'ddt. — Orizaba, Mexico. 
7//y>^.— Cat. No. 1>5S8, U.S.N.iM. 
ARISTARIA TRINITALIS, new species. 
Umber brown, with markings nearly obliterate; transverse anterior 
line very faint, brown, slender, angled in the middle; a broad faint 
median discal shade; reniform pale j^ellow with two brown dots; a 
broad diffuse shade about the subterminal line which is composed of 
yellowish dots; a broken dark terminal line; .secondaries grayish, dark, 
a still darker shade outwardly, through which runs a broken pale sub- 
marginal line. Below dark with a smoky outer line and broader sub- 
marginal one on secondaries, the latter followed by a faint broken 
pale line. 
Ex-panxe. — 32 mm. 
Hahitat. — Trinidad, British West Indies. 
Tyy^e.— Cat. No. 9589, U.S.N.M. 
ARISTARIA CONSPICUA, new species. 
Tuft of male antennae very large; primaries wuth the outer margin 
prominently excurved al)ove the middle; russet brown, shading to 
dark red-brown in median space and beyond; orbicular a white point; 
reniform a white circle with black center; transverse posterior line 
brown, dentate, set in a band of the light russet color; subterminal 
line tine, pale, narrow and nearly obsolete, followed at the excurve of 
outer margin by a large nearl}' pure white blotch; fringe russet with 
a brown crenulate terminal line. Hind wings blackish; fringe dotted 
with russet and with a black crenulate terminal line. Below grayish, 
reddish shaded along costa of primaries; fringes ornate as above; pri- 
maries with an outer dark diffused line and a submarginal narrow 
pale one, shown near costa only; secondaries with a large black dis- 
cal spot preceded b}' a small dot; mesial line crenulate, blackish; 
126 PROCEEDINGS OF THE XATIONAL MUSEUM. voi,. xxx. 
marj^in broadly •shaded in blackish, cut by a wavy pulverulent pale 
submarginal line. 
E.ijMjhyr. — 35 mm. 
llahlUit. — Kio Janeiro. Brazil. 
Type.—Q^t. No. 9590, U.S.N.M. 
ARISTARIA BOCANTIS, new species. 
Dark soot}' brown, lighter narrowly just before the transverse 
anterior line and in outer halt" of median space, relieving- the narrow 
crenulate posterior line: orbicular a minute white dot: reniform a 
faint, scarcely visible ringlet; subterminal line in the broad uniform 
dark outer tield, strongly Avavy, pale 3^ellowish, narrow and broken 
into ill}" connected dots; fringe checkered with pale. Secondaries 
blackish brown with very faint pale wavy mesial and outer lines. 
Below dark, discal dots, dark outer and pale submarginal lines, indi- 
cated only on primaries, relieved more distinctly on secondaries by a 
broad pale shading over the disk below costa. 
Expa nst. — 3 J: m m , 
Halltat. — Orizaba, Mexico. 
Type.—O^t. No. 9591. U.S.N.iM. 
ARISTARIA RICALIS, new species. 
Dark grey -brown, the lines narrow, wavy denticulate, except the 
transverse anterior which is straight, oblique from above orl)icular 
toward base, dark, set in an ocherous shade: this shade proceeds out- 
ward along costa to posterior line: orbicular a round white dot; reni- 
form a large white kidney-shaped ringlet; a broad oblique dark median 
shade; subterminal line pale: fringe checkered with pale. Secondaries 
of the color of primaries with discal dot and two dark wavy lines 
edged without with paler. Below costa of primaries with a testaceous 
shade, secondaries light grayish except at margin: dark discal ringlet- 
on both wings and a common dark mesial line: a common submarginal 
pale wavy line. 
E,i'pa>i!<r. — 28 mm. 
Ilah'dat. — Costa Kica. 
Type.— (^2ii. No. 9592. U.S.N.M. 
ARISTARIA AZTECALIS. new species. 
Light brown, slightly testaceous, the lines obsolete, powdery. l)ro- 
ken; the transverse anterior shows some powdery patches on botli 
margins; reniform two small dots in a slightly pakn* area: su))terminal 
lin»' broken into yellowish dots in a naiMow blackish cloudy border: 
terminal line crenulate. faint. Secondaries paler toward base: black- 
ish on outwjird border: a subterminal sul)ma(nlate pale lino. Below 
XE]V ,S01TJ[ A.VEJiK AX MOTHS—SClIA CS. 127 
blackish outwardly; subteriuinal pale line repeated; a faint darkdiscal 
dot and niosial line on secondaries. 
/{,rj>(i/)sr. — '4o nun. 
Ilnh'itdf. — Orizaba. Mexico. 
7}//^.— Cat. No. 951>3. U.S.N.M. 
ARISTARIA STOLALIS, new species. 
Dark grayish brown; lines narrow, dark, denticulate; orbicular a 
minute yellow point; reniform pale, obscure; a median shade; subter- 
minal dark, with minute yellowish intravenular specks on the dentic- 
ulations; a terminal row of cusps with yellow specks in the concavi- 
ties. Secondaries dark, lighter on each side of the mesial line; a dark 
discal spot; a row of pale submarginal points. Below lines repeated 
as usual, the disk of secondaries lighter. 
E.rp<i)hs,\ — 25 mm, 
Ilahiiitt. — Orizaba, Mexico. 
Typ<^.—Cid. No. U594, U.S.X.M. 
Genus REN I A Guenee. 
RENIA ORDENALIS, new species. 
Light brownish testaceous, lines obscure; median shade narrow, 
fairly distinct below; reniform of two superposed points; transverse 
posterior line excurved ovei' cell, sharply indentate opposite middle 
of reniform, denticulate below, narrow, dark, a little expanded oppo- 
site cell; subterminal faintly indicated in dark scales; a terminal row 
of points. Secondaries paler toward base; a faint pale submarginal 
line. Below the lines repeated but faintly, the discal dot and mesial 
line dark, the submarginal line pale, showing only on the secondaries. 
E.tpanse. — 26 m m . 
Hahltaf. — Sao Paulo, Brazil. 
Ti/pe.—C'^t. No. 9595, U.S.N.M. 
RENIA CACALIS, new species. 
Light testaceous brown; transverse anterior line narrow, dark, 
twice waved; orbicular a yellowish point; reniform a yellow lunule 
with a dark brown margin outwardly; posterior line crenulate-dentate; 
subterminal diffused, strongly waved, dark yellow, preceded by a dark 
red-brown shade and followed by a blackish which reaches margin on 
discal nervules; a terminal row of black dashes. Secondaries a little 
paler at base; traces of a discal dot; two mesial and a submarginal 
dentate dai'k lines with a yellowish space between the last two; termen 
as on fore wings. Below the lines repeated in the usual manner, a 
discal dot on both wings and conmion pale dentate submarginal line. 
E.r/xm,<t/'. — 24 mm. 
lluhitat. — Sjio Paulo, Brazil. 
Type. -Cat. No. 959(>, U.S.N.M. 
128 PROCEEDINGS OF THE XATIOXAL .VUSEUM. 
RENIA BIPUNCTALIS, new species. 
Size and markings of ArUtdrin (iztecallx Schaus, hut the antennal 
tuft farther out, being- at about the "iSd joint instead of the 16th. and 
the terminal joint of palpi not more than half as long. The lines are 
more distinct, the transverse anterior traceable, tine, dark; a broad 
dark median shade running to reniform; reniform of two dots in a 
yellowish space; posterior line coarsely denticulate, slender, dark. 
Krijanse. — 36 mm. 
ILihltat.- — Orizaba, Mexico. 
Ty2)e.—C^t. No. 9597. T.S.N.M. 
Genus PALTHIS HuiDiier. 
PALTHIS GNOMA, new species. 
Primaries purplish brown; transverse anterior line visil>le below 
cell, very slender, l)lack, straight, oblique, strongly angled on median 
vein; orbicular a round blackish dot; reniform a very faint pale ellipse; 
transverse posterior line oblique from outer fourth of costa to middle 
of inner margin, straight white, slender, narrowly black edged within, 
followed by a broad brosvn shade; subterminal line wavy, slender, 
brown; a tine terminal crenulate black line, followed by a pale line at 
base of fringe. Secondaries reddish brown, paler at base; a faint 
mesial pale line and marginal rufous dilution; a black crenulate ter- 
minal line. Below reddish suttused with a trace only of lines; ter- 
minal ))lack lines repeated. 
Expanse. — 25 mm. 
ILihltat. — Sao Paulo. Brazil. 
Tyi>t'.—^2X. No. 9598, T.S.N.M. 
PALTHIS BERTHALIS, new species. 
Palpi upturned, the third joint very long, even, with a large hair 
pencil on the inner side. Head, thorax, and basal space of primaries 
(lai'k brown; primaries pale yellowish to subterminal line, the marks 
obsolete, a trace of the median shade appearing; orbicular a black dot; 
reniform two superposed dots; transverse posterior line slender, 
brown, shortly followed by a brown shade, then a pale lilaceous white 
shade to subterminal, containing a round black s[)ot subapically; 
terminal space yellowish brown; a terminal row of black dots. Sec- 
ondaries whitish with bands centrally; a short mesial lirown discolora- 
tion with narrow dark line, followed by a longer marginal violaceous 
stiipo, cut by a sul)marginal whitish line. Below pale testaceous, the 
subapical dark spot of primaries, discal dot. outer line and submar- 
ginal spottings of secondaries indicated in brown. 
Expanse.— '2,''2i mm. 
I I ah it at. — Silo Paulo. Brazil. 
7y/>.'.— Cat. No. 9599, U.S.N.M. 
f""- 1-'^-'- NEW SOUTH AMERIf'AX MOTHS— SCHA US. 129 
PALTHIS CALCALIS, new species. 
Outer marg-in of ])riiiiarie.s with a prominent angle; purplish brown, 
dark, lines not well defined; transverse anterior dark wav}-; a dark 
median shade; reniform a narrow reddish lunule with brown edge; 
subterminal line wavy, pale j^ellowish, broken; a terminal row of 
brownish dots. Secondaries pale at base, dark at margin; a mesial 
dark line, clouded; a submarginal pale line cutting the dark area. 
Below the disk of secondaries paler, the lines very faintly repeated, on 
the primaries the submarginal forming a row of reddish blotches, dis- 
tinct and e;ilarged opposite the subapical incision. 
Krpdn-st. — 23 mm. 
Hah'ttat. — Orizaba, Mexico. 
7}//>^.— Cat. No. 9600, U.S.N.M. 
Genus MASTIGOPHORUS Poey. 
MASTIGOPHORUS PANDES, new species. 
Male palpi recurved, long* enough to reach to end of abdomen. Dark 
purplish brown, lines blackish, not strongly relieved; transverse ante- 
rior shaded; median shade from reniform to margin; posterior slender, 
irregularly denticulate; subterminal irregular, broadlj' shaded inward; 
reniform a dot, orbicular a narrow lunule, ])oth dark yellow; marginal 
dots small. Secondaries nearly as dark as primaries; discal dot round, 
blackish; mesial line dark; submarginal pale, cutting the darker mar- 
ginal area. Below the lines faintly repeated on a paler ground, espe- 
cially those of secondaries. 
Eu'jHtnst. — 28 mm. 
Hohititt. — Jalapa, Mexico. 
J}/;>.. -Cat. No. 9601, U.S.N.M. 
MASTIGOPHORUS LINEATA, new species. 
Male palpi reliexed. long enough to reach to end of thorax. Dark 
brown; transverse posterior lines straight, white, darker edged with- 
out; two subapical blackish spots preceded b}- a slender whitish line, 
the remains of the obsolete subterminal; anterior line slender, pale, 
straight; reniform a narrow 3'ellowish lunule; a terminal row of small 
dashes. Secondaries greyer with an outer pale line which defines a 
dark line from the marginal shade; it approaches the margin toward 
anal angle and is bent and intensified there with a brown dot in and 
one following the bend; a faint discal dot. Below primaries dark over 
disk with a dark outer and yellowish submarginal lines costally; sec- 
ondaries white, brown irrorate; discal dot and broken mesial line dark. 
Ex'pa/(f<e. — 23 mm.. 
TTahitdt. — Jalapa, Mexico. 
7^/yye.— Cat. No. 9602, U.S.N.M. 
Proo. N. M. vol. XXX— 06 !• 
130 PROCEEDINGS OF THE XATIOXAL MUSEUM. vol. xxx. 
Genus BATYMA, new genus. 
Palpi upturned, the second joint reaching- vertex, the third long and 
slender, erect; legs moderate, slender, smoothly scaled. Hind wings 
with vein 5 distinct, from near lower angle of cell, 
BATYMA ONESALIS, new species. 
Outer margin with a sharp angle on both wings. Primaries angled 
in the middle sharply, but slightly; pale lilaceous l)rown. the space 
beyond posterior line solidly and contrastingly dark brown: transverse 
anterior line straight, oblique, defined by a darker outer edge, obso- 
lete on costa; a dark shade from base to middle of cell; orbicular pale, 
diffused; a narrow median shade below cell, parallel to anterior Vine: 
reniform a slender lunule, dark without, narrowl}' yellowish withi?i; 
posterior line straight, pale, very narrowly l)rown edged within, defin- 
ing the dark marginal shade, which begins in a dark brown band fol- 
lowed by l)lackish spottings, then lilaceous brown to margin: a termi- 
nal crenulate black line joining spots; fringe interlined with yellowish 
and dai'k brown. Secondaries with a small angle near torruis: pale at 
base with a mesial shaded brown line; outer margin broadly purplish 
shaded, although not solidly, limited inwardly bv a dark shaded band 
between a faint yellowish outer mesial line and central traces of a 
brown denticulate sulmiarginal one; fringe as on fore wings. Below 
both wings shaded in patches with rusty brown, the disk of primari^^s 
blackish, a dark discal lunule and shaded outei' line: secondaries with 
outer and sul)marginal crenulate diffused dark lines. 
ExpaiiHL'. — 28 mm. 
Hahitat. — Castro. Parana. Brazil. 
Type.—OAt. No. It608. T.S.N.M. 
BATYMA FRANCALIS, new species. 
Primaries dark brown, washed with ])urplish white over basal, inner 
half of median and subterminal spaces: anterior line straight, dark; 
reniform an oblique, compressed, white ringlet, the pale color follow- 
ing from its apex nearly to apex of w^ing: posterior line narrow, pale, 
waved; subterminal whitish, slightly wavy, forming the outer edge of 
the pale subterminal space; a row of terminal dark dots: fringe uni- 
formly dark. Secondaries brown; mesial line pale, dark edged within, 
visible only on inner half; outer line Dale, likewise abbreviated: 
termen and fringe as on fore wings. 
Expaoisiu — 20 mm. 
Ilahltat. — Sao Paulo, Brazil. 
Type.—Q^i. No. 9604, U.S.N.M. 
XEW SOITII AMKRK 'AX MOTIIS—Si HA I'S. 181 
Genus ILSEA, new genus. 
Antenna^ bipectinate; eyes large, naked; palpi upturned, the second 
joint (M-eet, compressed, close-scaled, third about twice as long as wide, 
erect; hind tibia? enlarged, with a long hair i)encil. Hind wings with 
vein 5 from close to lower angle of cell, 3. 4 separated by an equal 
distance. 
ILSEA BORMIA, new species. 
Dark brown, the lines obliterate; orbicular an irregular white mark; 
renifoi'ui large, constricted, white ringed, pale brown tilled; posterior 
line faintly shown, double, dark; subterminal blotched with white, 
dentate wavy, situated rather near the margin. Secondaries with the 
outer margin crenulate, colored like primaries; discal dot an irregular 
white mark, followed b^' a more brownish tint; faint double mesial 
and submarginal blackish bands, obsolete toward costa, the submar- 
ginal running to anal angle where it is rather distinct. Below diversi- 
Hed, with whitish ground and dark irrorations; reddish shades about 
the white discal spots more contrasted than above; outer lines repeated, 
black, the subterminal of primaries blotched in white as above. 
Expanse. —30 mm. 
Hahltat. — Petropolis, Brazil. 
Type.— Viit. No. 9605, U.S.N.M. 
Genus COSCAGA, ne^jv genus. 
Antennae simple with long bristles; labial palpi upturned, third 
joint small; maxillary palpi long, porrect, four times as long as head, 
bearing a long hair pencil on inner side; legs long and slender with 
long spurs. Hind wing with vein .5 near lower angle of cell. 8 and 4 
shortly stalked. 
COSCAGA ANGULATA, new species. 
Dark brown, the long pencil of palpi yellowish white. Primaries 
dark brown; anterior line slender, brown, arcuate, angled on sub- 
median; median shade very broad, sharply linuted within, diffused 
without, dark brown; reniform two contiguous angled dark brown 
spots; posterior line slender, dentate-crenulate, breaking into a row of 
dots and an innei" line; subterminal line strongly angled opposite the 
marginal excurve, pale, cloudy brown edged on both sides; terminal 
line faint, crenulate. Secondaries grayish brown with a faint dark 
arcuate mesial line. Below nearly immaculate, traces of lines only. 
Krpanst. — 27 mm. 
lJ<ih!tiif. — Jalapa, Mexico. 
7}/y>..-Cat. No. 9^06. U.S.N.M. 
132 PROt'EEDINdS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. 
Genus OCALARIA, new genus. 
Antennn? bipectinate, the tips .simple; palpi verv long, the second 
joint porrect, four times as long as head, the third joint slender, terete, 
as long as second joint; legs long and slender, spurs long. Wings 
rounded, hind wings with vein 5 from lower third of discocellulars. 
OCALARIA GUARANA, new species. 
Both wings l)road and rounded; dark brown; a round black discal 
ocellus on primaries, white pupiled, rufous ringed, situated appar- 
ently between the orbicular and reniform, which are both absent; 
lines both broad, white, diiiused and ))roken centrally, the posterior 
gently excurved over cell; subterminal wavy pale, narrow, and almost 
broken; an apical black ocellus, white pupiled, broadly rufous ringed; 
pale dots at base of fringe. Secondaries with pale reniform discal 
ringlet, mesial wavy and submarginal dentate whitish lines; fringe as 
on fore wings. Below powdered with pale, the markings repeated, 
including the two ocelli of fore wings, 
E,rjMinst\ — 2T mm. 
ILihitat. — Sao Paulo, Brazil. 
Tyj)e.—(j?ii. No. 9607, U.S.N.M. 
Genus NICETAS Druce. 
NICETAS PAULOSA, new species. 
Dark brown; ordinar}' lines nearly obsolete, denticulate; median 
shade faint and narrow; subterminal pale, wavy, and denticulate, in a 
darker clouding; orbicular a little pale dot in a black ring; reniform 
with the upper half absent, the lower half a rounded rufous spot with 
a smeared black edge; a row of mimite terminal dots. Secondaries 
nearly the color of primal ies and almost unmarked, the subterminal 
line showing faintly pale. Below the disi< of liind wings lighter, the 
usual markings better relieved. 
h]v/H(/w. — 8() nun. 
JTiihifat. — Sao Paulo, Brazil. 
7///>(.— Cat. No. 9608, U.S.N.^I. 
Genus HYPONEUMA, new genus. 
p]yes moderate, naked; palpi porrect, the second joint four times as 
long as head, tapering, third joint slender, down-curved, compressed, 
the pair divaricate; antenna^ with long cilia; legs moderately long 
with long spurs. Hind wing with vein 5 fairly strong, from middle 
of discocellulars. 
NE W SO UTJf AMERICA X MO THS—SCHA US. 133 
HYPONEUMA LEUCANIOIDES, new species. 
Primaries square at apex; straw yellow, brownish shaded, lines obso- 
lete, the wing finely streaked with rows of brown scales longitudinally 
with a few black ones scattered between the veins; orbicular and reni- 
fonn small, black, elongate punctiform; an irregular row of black spots 
outwardly; terminal points black. Secondaries grayish tinted; a 
l)lackish discal dot and terminal points. Below l)lackish powdered 
especially on primaries, the marks of secondaries repeated more 
distinctly. 
Expanse. — 32 mm. 
Ifahitat. — Sao Paulo, Brazil. 
rv/>e.^Cat. :No. 9609, U.S.N.M. 
Genus HYPE N A Schrank. 
HYPENA ORONALIS, new species. 
Head and thorax dark brown. Abdomen and secondaries dull gray- 
brown. Primaries brown, strongly violaceous, and irrorated thinly 
with dark brown scales; inner line faint, darker brown, slightly 
curved; outer line fine, reddish brown, shaded with dark lilacine, 
angled beyond cell, then wavily oblique to inner margin, where it is 
outwardly edged with white; a white spot on it at vein 2; reniform 
lunular, dark lilacine; outer margin darker brown, obliquelv limited 
from apex to vein 4; an indistinct row of subterminal black spots; a 
terminal dark line; fringe grey-black. No spots underneath. 
Expatut. — 28 mm. 
Ha}) i tat. — Bolivia. 
7}//>e>.— Cat. No. 9H1(», U.S.N.M. 
Family PYKALID^E. 
Genus ARGYRACTIS Hampson. 
ARGYRACTIS CINERALIS, new specit. 
Dark cinereous, the primaries uniform with but a trace of mark- 
ings; a whitish dilution near )Mse, one centrally, and a faint difl'used 
bioadly sinuous outer line. Secondaries white, the margin cinereous; 
a grey discal lunule from Avhich a mesial band runs to anal angle. 
Expanse. — Female, 25 nun. 
Ilahitat. — Orizaba, Mexico. 
Type.— Cut. No. 9611, U.S.N.M. 
ARGYRACTIS GUADARENSIS, new species. 
Primaries nearly solidly sufl'used with grey on a whitish ground, the 
discal mark a narrow, somewhat oblique white lunule; a dull reddish 
shade on the middle of the inner margin curves over toward anal angle, 
184 riiOCKKDlXas OF THE yATIOXAL MUSEUM. voi,. xxx. 
inclosino- ji Avhitish washed space: a white subapieal dash from costa 
directed towai'd inaroin; u sulnnarginal line, white apicjUly, metallic 
silvery below: terminal space tilled in with yellow between these lines. 
Secondaries Avhitish in the submedian fold and anal margin, elsewhere 
sutiused with grey; a large yellow extra discal patch: outer area with 
the usual dark speckling ti"ansformed into a l>rown nuclear band, 
retracted from the terminal marks by a pure white space: six subcon- 
Huent deep black marginal spots, separated l)y violaceous metallic 
scales on the inner side, joined ])y dark grey in the middle and divided 
by yellow specks at the margin. 
FZ'-jxinse. — Female, 81 nun. 
Hah) tat. — ( xuadalajara, Mexico. 
7}/y..'.— Cat. No. 9612. U.S.N.M. 
ARGYRACTIS HERMINALIS, new species. 
Primaries nearly solidly suffused with grey, the white ground 
appearing- partially along- the inner margin; a small white costal bar 
at middle; dis<'al mark oV>lique, yellow, preceded and followed b}' scat- 
tered pale blue metallic scales; a large curved yellow mark before 
anal angle; a white subapical dash closely followed b}- a yellow line 
that curves inward ])elow the end of the dash nearly to discal nuirk: 
subterrainal line white above, silvei-grej' l)elow; terminal line yellow; 
fringe dark grey: some metallic blue scales near anal angle. Sec- 
ondaries grey suffused except in submedian folds and base of cell: a 
>'ellow extra-discal mark followed by a dark gre}' bar; then a line of 
pale blue metallic scales: then another yellow band, above which are 
two slender wavy dark lines running nearly to apex, separated by yel- 
lowish; a marginal brownish black band on upper half of outer mar- 
gin, cut into on its inner edge by irregular whitish spottings. but not 
divided into spots nor intensely black and not ornamented with metallic 
scales. 
Expanse. — Female, '1\ nun. 
//c/Z^i'Va^.— Guadalajara, Mexico. 
Type.—<:^t. No. JMU8, T.S.N.M. 
ARGYRACTIS JALAPALIS, new species. 
Very similar to .1. (/ua(lar<'ii.sls vSchaus, but only half the size. Pri- 
maries brown dusted on white, the markings the same as (ftiiK^iirenxix 
except for a faint whitish bar at middle of wing on itmer margin. 
Secondaries as in (/iKnfannKis^ but the metallic bar has a more pearly, 
less bluish luster, and there is a greater infiltration of yellow in the 
subapical marking. 
Ki'jxifusc. — Female, 17 mm. 
IFah'itat. — Jalapa. Mexico. 
7///A. Cat. iNo. IXUl, r.S.N.M. 
NO. 1444. NEW SOUTH AMEUICAX MOTHS— SCHAVS. 185 
ARGYRACTIS CYLOIALIS, new species. 
Very similar to ^1. (/'(((dai'rnsix Schaus, and of the same size. The 
primaries have a mesial whitish line across the wing*, which is not 
defined in the type of (/Kadori^hsls^ and there is a stronger infiltration 
of yellow in the outer portion of the wing, the yellow being- also of a 
lighter tint; it is especially apparent in the light rounded area before 
tornus, where it forms a broad arc. Secondaries as is guadarensls, 
with.the metallic band duplicated by scales outside the second yellow 
mark; more infiltration of yellow subapically; the marginal black 
spots more rounded and concrete, appearing as three rather large 
spots fused to an olivaceous black margin and half circled on the inner 
side by white, limited from the white area within by an irregular black 
lunular line. 
Expan>it. — 8t» mm. 
TIahUat. — Orizaba , Me xico . 
7}//>'-.— Cat. No. 9f>1.5. r.S.N.M. 
ARGYRACTIS SINITALIS, new species. 
White, washed with grey-brown, the white predominating mesially; 
a slender wavy mesial white line across wing; discal mark outlined by 
two approximate brown cusps; submarginal line white, brown edged, 
very sinuous, nearh' touching outer margin at lower third; marginal 
line yellow, preceded centrall}' by a white dash. Secondaries brown at 
base, a broad white shade mesially followed bj' brown; two dark streaks 
running to apex, the whole submarginal area with blackish irrorations; 
marginal black spots defined l)y metallic bluish scales, united by dark 
lu'own outwardly, set in a pale yellow field, which is limited inwardly 
by a slender black line. 
Expaii>ii. — 20 mm. 
ILihitat. — Orizaba, Mexico. 
Type.—^^i. No. 9017, U.S.N.M. 
Genus CATACLYSTA Hubner. 
CATACLYSTA JALISCALIS, new species. 
Primaries brownish gre}^; a nearly straight mesial white line; pre- 
ceded centrally by an orange-red patch; lower half of space beyond 
white powdered with brown; two conspicuous white costal dashes 
converging toward tornus, separated below by orange-red; a dash of 
this color obliquely inward from tornus, followed above by a short 
white shade which joins the inner dash; scattered metallic scales at 
tornus. Secondaries brown irrorate at base; an antemesial orange- 
red band; followed by a narrow white line with metallic scales on 
it; outer area, including- the discal dot, thickly covered with black 
specks; a narrow, pure-white area ))efore the round, black marginal 
136 PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. 
spots which are large and joined outwardly b}' black with patches of 
metallic scales; onl}' a trace of yellow color on the extreme margin, 
Ki'/Mime. — 21 mm. 
//«^/Y«^.^— Guadalajara, Mexico. 
Type.—OAi. No. 9616, U.S.N.M. 
CATACLYSTA ORIZABALIS, new species. 
Similar to Argyractis guadctreniiiK iSchaus and ^1. Jalapalis Schaus. 
It is smaller than the former and differs in having the whitish mesial 
line visible for its lower half, the inner costal streak straighter and 
placed nearer the apex. It is a little larger than the latter, darker than 
the type specimen, but with the same markings. 
Et^Hiihse.— Female, 20 mm. 
Habitat. — Orizaba, Mexico. 
7}//>.— Cat. No. 9618, U.S.N.M. 
CATACLYSTA SCARALIS, new species. 
Rich dark brown, bronzy shaded; a white subbasal dikition: a slen- 
der mesial white line, excurved above, followed b}' a white dihition 
on costa and above inner margin; a slender irregular white outer line, 
starting subapically, sending a loop to near outer margin at lower 
third, then returning close to costa and again returning obliquely to 
outer fourth of inner margin; a subterminal spotted white line; a 
black terminal line; fringes with small white spots. Secondaries dark 
brown, slight traces of a whitish submai-ginal line centrally. Body 
dark, a white band on the third abdominal segment. 
Krjxin.se. — Female, 18 mm. 
Hahltat. — Castro, Parana, Brazil. 
Type.—Q2X. No. 9642, U.S.N.M. 
Genus OLIGOSTIGMA Guenee. 
OLIGOSTIGMA DUCALIS, new species. 
Body gray, the thorax whitish centrally witii a dark stripe behind 
the collarand one at base of abdomen. Wings shining white; primaries 
with the costa gray-dusted; a broad brown-l)lack stripe from base to 
apex, slightly narrowing; a similar slender stripe from before tornns 
parallel to outer margin, diminishing to a point before apex; a mar- 
ginal orange-red line; fringe dark. Secondaries with a dark band at 
base, another su))marginally; terminal line as on fore wings, but 
broader, edged with black on both sides; three little black dots in the 
base of fringe sul)apically. 
FJ.ipani<t. — 20 nun. 
Ifahitat. — Sao Paulo, Brazil. 
Type.— Cat. No. 9619. U.S.N.M. 
NE W SO I TJf A MERICA N MO THS—SCHA VS. 137 
Genus CYMORIZA Guenee. 
CYMORIZA PAROALIS, new species. 
Ocherou.s, diluted to \vhiti.sh next to the lines; .subba,sal line l»rown, 
w.ivy; an extra-basal ))rownish ocheroiis shade line; inner line brown, 
ano'led on subcostal, else straight; outer lines irregular, starting on 
costa at apical fourth roundedl}^ excurved and retreating to reniform, 
which it outlines, then to inner margin, slighth' intiexed below median 
vein; marginal line dark 3'ellow. edged by a tine dark line which is 
preceded by a narrow white space. Secondaries with subbasal, outer 
mesial and submarginal ))rown lines, shading inward and detined out- 
wardly b}' paler shading; marginal ornamentation as on primaries. 
ExpaiiKc. — 16 mm. 
Habltdt. — Sao Paulo, Brazil. 
Type.~OAt. No. 9620, T.S.N.M. 
CYMORIZA JONESALIS, new species. 
Primaries with a subapical excavation; shining white, marked with 
broad orange ocherous, brown-))lack edged bands which largely occupy 
the wing and leave the ground color to appear in spots as follows: 
three small ones in basal space, an anterior band narrowing to costa, a 
transverse elliptical spot in submedian space outwardly and one above 
it beyond cell, an outer half band from costa to median, a submarginal 
band. Secondaries with a strong subapical notch and a large one at 
anal angle, causing the angle to be retracted; marked as fore wings; 
white spaces, a basal band, furcate at margin, two luesial spots, the 
inner lunate, the outer semielliptical; two submarginal spots, the 
apical rounded triangular, the mesial lunate, titted in between the 
subapical and anal incisions. 
Expanse. — 19 mm. 
Ilaljitat. — Sao Paulo, Brazil. 
Ti/pe.—CAt. No. 9643, U.S.N.:M. 
Genus PARAPONYX Hlibner. 
PARAPONYX DIANALIS, new species. 
White; primaries with a brown dot on inner margin near base, a 
black dot on submedian farther out, two black dots for reniform with 
a brown one below; posterior line faint, brown, wavy; a brown shade 
subapically; a row of black cusps near the margin. Secondaries with 
blackish discal dot; a wav}" mesial broken brown line; a brown patch 
subapically and at iimer angle; a row of black cusps as on fore wing. 
Expan^t'. — 17 mm. , 
Ilahltat. — Sao Paulo, Brazil. 
T!/p,.-~Cat No. 9621, U.S.N.M. 
188 FRocKElUXtrS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. 
PARAPONYX PAULALIS, new species. 
White, .shaded with brown before all the lines; basal space brown 
tilled toward costa; a mesial brown line, angled on median, preceded 
by a white area, before which is a brown shade; reniform a white 
lunula outlined by two brown lines; posterior line indicated on costa 
and margin by a dark line; a broad l>rown sutt'iised subterminal shade; 
a terminal yellow line, preceded b3' a narrow brown one; black ter- 
minal dots. Secondaries with vague brown bands near base, an irreg- 
ular mesial and gently carved outer, slender, brown lines; margin Avith 
a ))rown })and containing some metallic scales and a narrow jellow 
terminal line with brown scales on the extreme margin. 
Krpaiise. — 18 mm. 
Ilahltat. — Sao Paulo, Brazil. 
7}//?'.— Cat. No. 9B14, T.S.N.M. 
Genus AULACODES Guenee. 
AULACODES MORALIS, new species. 
White, shaded with yellowish l)rown: inner line white, angled on 
median, detined t)y yellowish within al)ove and brown below without, 
the basal space containing' a brown patch on inner margin; outer line 
ii-regular. narrow, white, starting on costa at apical fourth, running 
outward to sul)terminal line, then returning to costa around reniform 
and back again to inner margin near tornus, angled on submedian; 
the loop is outwardly filled with yellowish, a patch of black scales in 
place of the reniform; a yellow-brown subapical triangular spot; a 
submarginal white line, the margin yellow-brown with black terminal 
edge. Secondaries with two short mesial diffused bands; a bi-oad sub- 
marginal band centrally with rounded ends; marginal band as on fore 
wnngs, the fringes white, interlined with a row of brown spots. 
Krjxi/ixt . — 16 mm. 
Hahltat. — Sao Paulo, Brazil. 
Typ*.—Q2it. No. 9045, T.S.N.M. 
AULACODES TEMPLALIS, new species. 
Primaries while, largely coxered l)y the yeilow -brown marks; base I 
mottled with this color; inner line bi-oad, brown, angled on median, ij 
joined by a l)ar to the outi'r line, which is likewise broad; it starts ' 
from costa at outer fourth, makes a loop around reniform. and curves 
to inner margin; sul)terminal line yellow-brown, dark edged, broad. 
l)ent in a com])ressed loop up to and including- reniform; terminal line ' 
yellow, brown edged. Secondaries with two basal yellow-lu'own l)ars, : 
inner and outer mesial brown bands rather wideh' separated, tiexuou.- 
ill o])])()site directions; a broad yellow band nearly fills the subterminal 
NO. lui. XJ'JW SOrril AMERIL'AX MOTHS— S( HA US. 139 
space, brown edged, brown irrorate; terminal yellow line l»road and 
containing four quadrate black spots with white pupils, running from 
the subapical incision to above anal angle; fringes dark. 
Er/Miii.se. — 16 mm. 
ILihitat — Castro. Parana, Brazil. 
7}//>e.— Cat. No. !m46, U.S.N.M. 
AULACODES CONFUSALIS, new species. 
With the pattern of markings of the preceding species and the fol- 
lowing differences: the brown markings are expanded, reducing the 
white areas to narrow lines; all the markings are broadly yellow cen- 
tered, reducing the brown to narrow bordering lines; the subterminal 
band in its upcurve to reniform is constricted, nearly defining a sep- 
arate reniform spot. On the secondaries the two mesial l)ands are 
lirown and become confluent centrally'; the marginal markings hardly 
diti'er in the two species. 
Expan^i. — 11: mm. 
Hah'ttiit. — Castro, Parana, Brazil. 
7}//>e.— Cat. No. 9B4T, U.S.N.^I. 
AULACODES PAMPALIS, new species. 
Lustrous brown, yellowish tinted, nearly unicolorous; the lines can 
be traced faintly, whitish, narrow, with dark edges, occupying the 
positions of the white bands of the two preceding species, of which 
this is a further development in the same direction. Secondaries 
shaded in brown, leaving three whitish bands which correspond appar 
ently to the edges of the dark lines of the other species, the third band 
being submarginal; a narrow marginal dull yellowish area with brown 
edge on each side, but without any development of ocellate spots. 
Expanse. — Female, 19 mm. 
Ilahltat. — Castro, Parana, Brazil. 
Tyj».—C2it. No. 1H!1:8, r.S.N.M. 
Genus NYMPHULA Schrank. 
NYMPHULA FRANCISCALIS, new species. 
Primaries grey-brown, thickly dusted on a white ground that is 
completel}' obscured except to a lens; median area darker, limited by 
the mesial and outer lines white are obsolete, the outer forming a 
rather large outcur\e over cell. Secondaries white, a marginal 
brownish line toward apex. Head and thorax of the color of fore 
wings, white below the eyes. 
Expanse. — Female, 20 mm. 
JTaliltat. — Castro, Parana, Brazil. 
7}/7>..— Cat. No. 9H1:9, U.S.N.M. 
140 PROVEEDINdS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. vol. xxx. 
Genus PARTHENODES Guenee. 
PARTHENODES BERTHALIS, new species. 
Ground color shining Avhite; primaries sliaded with brown along 
costa, before mesial line and in a subniarginal band; inner line brown, 
slender, near base; mesial line narrow, blackish, broken, separated 
within b}" a narrow white space from a Ijroad ]>rown shade-band; 
oiiter line reduced to a small oblique ])lackish bar on inner margin; 
reniform a brown ringlet; submarginal shade-band strongly angled 
inward on submedian; a marginal yellow line, narrowly edged with 
black. Secondaries with traces of mesial line and on the margin 
traces of black spots, which consist of four groups of black scales 
with a faint tint of yellowish about them, preceded and followed b\' a 
scattered line of black scales. 
Expan!<e.— ¥Qn\2i\&^ 22 mm. 
Habitat. — Castro, Parana, Brazil. 
7)/j9e.— Cat. No. 9650, U.S.N.M. 
Genus MACALLA Walker. 
MACALLA PARANENSIS, new species. 
Palpi and body creamy brown; primaries creamy brown on basal 
half with dark spot on costa and a few blackish dots below, dark 
brown outwardl}"; raised scales in cell light within, dark without; lines 
obsolete, the surface somewhat mottled, the submarginal showing as a 
series of light points on the veins, preceded and followed l)y slender 
black lines; a marginal black line; fringe light with dark checkerings. 
Hind wings whitish, the apex fuscous, traces of a submarginal line 
above; a marginal black line. 
E.i'panse. — Male, 32 mm. 
Hahitat. — Castro, Parana, Brazil. 
7}//A.— Cat. No. 9622, U.S.N.M. 
MACALLA ALBESCENS, new species. 
Primaries greenish brown, irrorate with black scales; me>i;il line 
pale, running into a large white blotch on inner margin, with a broad 
})rown- black shade l)efore and a narrow black line l)eyond above the 
blotch; an oblique black di.scal bar; outer line wav}', pulverulent, ill 
defined, followed l\v a white shade; a terminal row of black dots. 
Secondaries white, stained with grey at apex and narrowl}' along outer 
margin for the upper half. 
Expanse. — 85 mm. 
UiOutat.— 
Typ,.—OAi. No. 9651. T.S.N.M. 
.V7:,'ir SOI'TII AMERICAX MOTHS—SCHAUS. 141 
Genus JOCARA Walker. 
JOCARA APICALIS, new species. 
Olivaceou.s brown, rather dark; palpi and thorax hiteous and dark 
])rown shaded. Primaries squamose with diversitied hut ill-detined 
shades, reddish brown ak^ng' center of inner margin; mesial line pale, 
diffused: outer line submarginal, rather distinct, pale, dark edged 
w ithin, ))luntly dentate outwardly-, gently excurved over the lower 
discal nervules; a white blotch on outer margin at apex irrorate with 
reddish scales; a row of black terminal dashes; fringe lighter above at 
the blotch. Hind wings whitish, soiled gravish, relieving a pale sub- 
marginal line which retreats inward subapically; costa and apex darkly 
shaded; a black marginal line; fringe, especially along inner margin, 
roseate tinted. 
E.qxinse. — Female, 31 mm. 
Hah'ttat. — Orizaba, Mexico. 
Type.—i^^t. No. 9B23, U.S.N.M. 
Genus DEUTEROLLYTA Lederer. 
DEUTEROLLYTA PAGIROA, new species. 
Thorax dark gray with whitish scales intermixed, palpi and antennal 
process shaded with luteous; primaries luteous, broadly so along inner 
margin, shaded with olivaceous brown centrally except along costa in 
mesial space; a pale speck in cell and slight dark discal dot; sub- 
marginal line finely dentate, pale, retreating from margin apically; a 
terminal row of black dashes. Secondaries whitish, apex In-oadly dark 
grey, running along outer margin narrowly; blackish |)oints on the 
veins submarginaliy centrally. 
Expaui^t. — 29 mm. 
Hahitat. — Castro, Parana, Brazil. 
Type.— C?ii. No. 9H52. U.S.N.M. 
Genus PYRALIS Schrank. 
PYRALIS GARALIS, new species. 
Head and thorax dark brown; primaries luteous brown, irrorate 
with dark; inner line dark, angled on submedian and vein 1, obsolete 
above; a black point for orbicular; a round dark spot for reniform. 
slightly kidne}' shaped; outer line wav}' above, slightly excurved over 
cell, incurved below, incised on submedian and excised on vein 1; a 
terminal row of dark dashes. Secondaries subpellucid. grayish lute- 
ous, shading dark at apex; traces of an outer line; terminal dashes as 
on fore wings but fainter. 
E.rpa/tse. — 20 mm. 
IJahlfiii. — Sao Paulo, Brazil. 
7}///'.— Cat. No. 9624. U.S.N.M.