NEW SPECIES OF MOTHS IN THE UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. By William Schaus, Honorary Assistant Curator, United States National Museum. There have accumulated in the collections of the United States National Museum a large number of unidentified moths, many of them new to science, 150 of which are described in the present paper. Family AMATIDAE. SPHECOSOMA BESASA. new species. Male. — Antennae buff yellow, streaked and banded at middle with black followed by some white below, the teiTninal fourth black. Palpi yellowish white. Head black with a fine white line on vertex, the irons rubbed but apparently white ; neck buff yellow. Tegulae buff yellow with a fine black line in front, broadly black behind. Thorax buff yellow, a black spot on metathorax ; patagia edged with black dorsally and behind. Abdomen above antique brown on basal half, the terminal half black; underneath yellowish white, the three last segments black. Legs buff yellow, the fore and mid tarsi with minute dark rings. Wings hyaline, the veins very finely and cilia orange citrine. Fore wing with costal and vein 1 more thickly scaled at base. Expanse. — 23 mm. Habitat. — Victoria, Brazil. Type.— Cnt. No. 25870, U. S. N. M. Nearest S. linda Jones. ISANTHRENE KORERI. new species. Male. — Antennae xanthine orange. Palpi, head, collar, and thorax ochraceous buff, palpi streaked above with black; base of antennae and a transverse streak on vertex black; tegulae edged with black; black lines on thorax; patagia edged with black; metathorax black posteriorly. Abdomen above black ; basal segment with a dorsal white spot and an ochraceous buff spot on either side, also a lateral light orange yellow spot; the following three segments with broad light No. 2520 — Proceedings U. S. National Museum. Vol. 65, Art. 7. 1
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