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OROSCOPABELUS, newspecies.

Female.

—

Palpi and frons whitish gray with

some

fuscous spots;

vertexbrownishgray. Collar whitish, crossed

by

a fuscous line in front. Thoraxpale gray;

abdomen

slightlydarker with

some brown

irrorations, and paler segmentallines; a fuscous and

brown

trans- verselineat base.

Wings

palegray; afew

brown

irrorations; termi- nal

brown

points; cilia yellow brown. Fore wings: Lines fine,

brown, darkeroncostaandinnermargin; antemediallineoutangled belowvein2,deeply inbenttoinnermargin; orbicularminute, whitish

;

reniform white, finely edged with dark gray and brown, containing inwardly asmall semihyaline indistinct spot, and crossed

by some

grayish andyellow

brown

scaling, followed

by

a whiteshade_; post- medial geminate, deeply outcurvedbeyondcell, andinbenttoinner marginclosetoantemedialline,followed

by

atliirdline,slightlywavy, and

more

remoteon costa; awhite shade above vein 6 from post- medialtoapex; subterminal indicated

by

darkshadingformingspots betweenveins5and_7, precededoninnermargin

by

afuscous shade.

Hind

wings:

A

geminate fuscous Une atbase; anouterwhiteline,

outcurvedbelowcosta,partlyfinelyedged with darkbro^vTi.

Wings

below grayish white,

some

scattered fuscous irrorations; suffusing fuscouslines atbaseof forewings, and antemediallyonhind wings, not reaching inner margin; asimilar cluster of lines on fore wings mediallybelowcell,joined

by

agenunateUne from costaacrossend ofcell; apointoncostabeyondit; subtermmalfuscous spotstoward costaandatinnermargins;

some

olivegrayshadingonforewingpost- medially; termen of hind wings

more

thickly irrorated with dark scaling.

Expanse.

—

35

mm.

Hahitat.

—

BejucoRiver,

Panama.

Type.—

C&t. No. 16607,U.S.N.M.

EREBOSTROTAALBIPICTA, newspecies.

Male.

—

^{Palpi and frons} gray mottled with fuscous brown;vertex dark brown. Collar white; thorax and

abdomen

pale brown, the thoraxbehindand

abdomen

atbase white.

Wings

pale

brown

with a fewscattered black scales. Fore wings: Costal

margm

white, ex- pandingtovein6subterminally; a basaland a subbasalwhite point belowcell; aroundantemedial white spotbelowcell,andanotheron inner margin; a small white spot on discocellular containing

some

black scales; a postmedial outcurved lunular Une, defined

by

the white markings on costa, and followed from vein 4 to termen

by

a whitespace,crossed

by

asubterminal pale

brown

shade, andsimilar terminal shadings between veins 2 and 3; small subterminal white spotsabovevein4 and abovevein 6; marginal black points.

Hind

wings: Base white; awhite pointon discocellular; an outer broad

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some

subterminal white spots; anal angle white;

marginal black pomts.

Wuigs

below whitish with

some

brownish

strias andirrorations; a black pointondiscocellular of forewings.

Expanse.

—

45

mm.

Habitat

—

^{St.Laurent,MaroniRiver.}

Type.—

Cat. No. 16608,U.S.N.M.

TRIOMMATODESAGENOR,newspecies.

M<xZe.—Antennae pectinated. Palpi fuscous gray mottled with white.

Body

and

mngs

abovelightbrown; collar fuscous

brown

in frontedgedwith a whiteline. Forewings: Antemedialwhite points onveins, partly edged with fuscous purple; a dark orbicular point;

afamt wavy,purplish, medial Ime; postmedial^{fine, purplish,}deeply outcurvedbeyond^cell,

marked

with white pointsand darkstreakson veins,followed

by some

darkscalingbetweenvein 2 and submedian;

subterminal and terminal fuscous-purple spots.

Hind

wings:

The

anal angle lobed; innermargin buffwhite; a blackdiscal point, fol-

lowed

by

a

wavy

line; postmedialconsisting chiefly ofwhitepoints, andalinefromvein2,followed

by

asUverywhite spotoninnermar- gin; subtermmal and terminal spots as on fore wing. Fore wings belowdullbrown; a blackorbicular point; subterminaland terminal points.

Hmd

wings belowyellow

brown

; a fuscousdiscocellularline,

heavypostmedialline, and broadterminal shade.

Expanse.

—

40

mm.

Habitat.

—

^{Rockstone,EssequeboRiver.}

Type.—

C&t.No. 16609,U.S.N.M.

TRIOMMATODESCANIDIA, newspecies.

Male.

—

^Antennae pectinated.

Head

and collar brown. Thorax, abdomen, and wings lilacine slate color; lines

brown

tinged with olive. Fore wings:

An

antemedial, medial, and postmedial vertical line; orbicular and reniform indicated

by

faint brownishlines; ter-

minalspace

brown

shaded, leaving a subterminallilacineshade out- angledbetween

vems

3 and4,and

marked

withdarkpointsoninter- spaces; traces of a marginal paleline.

Hind

wings:

A

^{fine line} on discocellular; afaintmedialline; postmedialline distinct, verticalto innermargin aboveangle,then

marked by

a short whiteline,followed otherwise

by some

whitepoints; subterminaldarkpointsonalilacine shade; traces ofa marginallilacine line.

Wings

belowdullgrayish brown; a postmedialdarkline

more

distinctonhind wings; a whitish lineondiscocellular of

same

wings.

Expanse.

—

36

mm.

Habitat.

—

^St.Jean,Maroni River

Type.—

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TRIOMMATODESPYGMALION,newspecies.

Male.

—

Antennae pectinated. Palpi olive brown, third jointgray tipped withwhite.

Body

andwingsaboveolivebro%vn; subterminal black spots on interspaces; a fine, slightly darker terminal line.

Forewings:

An

antemedial,anda medial darkerline,theformer with minute whitish points on veins; postmedial line finer, outcurved, indistinct with minute whitish points on veins.

Hind

wings:

A

medial and postmedial darker shade, the latter with a few white points; a round white spot oninnermargin between thelines; anal anglewellproduced; veins2 and3 approximatedfor

more

thanhalf theirlength, thendiverging.

Wings

below dull grayish brown, the base ofhind

wmgs

palerwith a fuscousline ondiscocellular; afine postmedialline; traces ofsubterminalspots.

Expanse.

—

41

mm.

Hahitat.

—

^{St.Jean,MaroniRiver.}

Type.—

C&t.No. 16611,U.S.N.M.

TRIOMMATODESABERRANS,newspecies.

Female.

—

^{Antennae pubescent, ciliate.} Palpi fuscous graj", thnd segment white atbase and tips.

Body

and wingscinnamon brown, the thorax tinged with gray. Wings: Postmedialline finelylunular, darker

brown

with white points onveins; smallsubterminal fuscous spots outwardlypale shaded; afine terminal

brown

lineinterrupted

by

pale points on vems. Forewings: Antemedial line fine, darker, preceded

by

whitish points onveins; orbicular small, fuscous, edged with yellowish brown; a

wavy

medial line;

some

fuscous points on discocellular surmounted

by

a buff shade; postmedial edged

by

a white line on innermargin.

Hind

wings:

A

dark line across disco- cellular with fuscous spots.

Wings

below pale buff irrorated with brown; darkdiscocellularandpostmediallines. Forewings:

A

black orbicular point; subterminal fuscous spots.

Hind

wings:

A

dark terminal shade.

Expanse.

—

35

mm.

Hahitat.

—

Cayenne, FrenchGuiana

Type.—

Cat. No. 16612,U.S.N.M.

TRIOMMATODESPYLADES. newspecies.

Male.

—

Antennae pectinated.

Body

dull dark brown;

abdomen

with whitishsegmentallines. Fore wingsdulldarkbrown; traces of a whitish antemedialline; orbicular,and reniform indicated

by

whit- ishedging; postmedial indicated

by

white pointsand edgmg,preceded from vein 2 toinner margin

by

abroadgreenish gray shade;

some

outer grayishscalingfromveins2-6; subterminal grayishspots,lunu- lartowardcosta; marginal spotsoninterspaces,andwhitishterminal points at veins.

Hind

wings dark grayish brown; a broad medial

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brown

shadecrossed

by

afinepostmedialdarkline, anda small spot ondiscocellular; small subterminaland marginal whitishspots.

Fore wings below dark grayish with traces of a darker medial and postmedialline.

Hind

wingsbelowgrayishbuff; amedial andpost- medialfineline; thetennen broadlydarkgrayish.

Expanse.

—

28

mm.

Habitat.

—

^{Omai,BritishGuiana.}

Type.—

C&t.No. 16613,U.S.N.M.

TRIOMMATODESBELUS, newspecies.

Male.

—

^{Antennaepubescent, ciliate. Palpigrayishbrown.}

^Head

brown, the collar and thorax slightly paler.

Abdomen

grayish

brown

shadedwithdullyellowatbase.

Wings

brown; anirregular paleterminalfineline,followed

by

black pointsoninterspaces. Fore wings: Base shaded with rust

brown

and afew black scales; ante- medial ^linefine, vertical, yellowish, edgedwith rustbrown, andfol-

lowed

by

a yellowshade fromfold tonear inner margin; orbicularand reniform large, outlined

by

fine pale lines; postmedial dulllilacine, fine,outangledatvein 7whereit isjoined

by

another^linefromcosta near apex; a faintpale subterminal line, defined

by

black spots on interspaces.

Hind

wings:

A

dark pale edged spot on discocellular;

postmedial straight to inner

margm

near angle; subterminal round black spotsfrom belowvein5; termenyellowishwhitefromvein2 to inner margin. Fore wings belowdullbrownishgray; darkorbicular, reniform,andsubterminalspots; a postmedialoutcurvedline.

Hind

wingsbelowyellowishwhite,the outer

margm

dark shaded fromcosta tovein2; adark shade ondiscocellular; aminutelylunularpostme- dialline; adarkterminallineexpandingatmiddle ofinterspaceson bothwings; the anal spaceonhind wings onlyspotted.

Expanse.

—

28

mm.

Habitat.

—

^{St.Jean,MaroniRiver.}

JVpe.—

Cat. No.16614,U.S.N.M.

MULELOCHAALBIBASALIS, newspecies.

Female.

— ^{Body brown}

^{mottled with white, the thorax behind}

chiefly white. Forewings: Basetomediallinewhite; afinesubbasal dark

brown

line,anda large similarspotfromcostato justbelowcell,

from the outer edge of which the antemedial line diverges at sub- costal,andisinwardly broadlydark shaded oninnermargin; medial linewavily outbenttonearmedian,thenvertical; wing beyond mid- dlelilacinebrown,partlydarker shaded; reniform space^large,white, on which the reniformis partly outlined in dark brown, thewhite shading inbent at median to medial line; postmedial from costa abovereniformwhereit iswhite edged,and^followed

by

adarkshade, deeply outcurved, fuscous brown, macular from vein 7 to vein 2,

outwardly finely edged and connected

by

a paler line; subterminal

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shade broad,irregular, fuscous brown, outwardly edged

by

a white line on costa, otherwise

by

a paler lilacine

brown

shade; darker terminal shadingatapexand betweenveins2and5; a

wavy

terminal fuscousline, shaded with white between veins 5 and 7, and below vein2.

Hind

wings:

The

base white; a finemedialline,interrupted byalargespotondiscocellular, outwardh^shadedwith white; wing otherwiselilacine brown; postmedial broad, deeperlilacine, divided oncostal half

by

adarkline, itsinneredgelunular, whitish,preceded

by

a fuscous

brown

shade fromvein3 to costa,itsouteredge followed

by

triangular fuscous

brown

spots; a subterminal fuscous

brown

shade fromcelltovein3; the marginal white shading

more

extended toward anal angle.

Wings

belowslatebrown;

some

marginal small white shades; ciliawhite andfuscous. Forewings:

A

white spotin cell; the reniform spaceas above; a faintlydarker postmedial Une.

Hind

wings mottledwith whitishatbase; dark shadeondiscoceUular large, containing a whitespot; a medial and postmedial line, both faintlyedged withwhitish.

Expanse.

—

25

mm.

Habitat.

—

^{St.Laurent,MaroniRiver.}

Type.—

Csit.No. 16615,U.S.N.M.

MULELOCHAEREBEA,newspecies.

Female.

— Body

purplish brown, thebase of

abdomen

shadedwith lighter brown; palpi and frons mottled with white. Fore wings

brown

shaded withslate color; a dark

brown

spotat base ofinner margin, and one above submedian outset; antemedial line faintly indicated,

marked by

adark

brown

spotfrom

median

tosubmedian;

medial line faint on costa, angled at reniform, vertical, and dark

brown

toinner margin, followedincellbelowangle

by

asmalllight

brown

spot; reniform narrow, white,incurved, dark edged, followed

by

a smalllight

brown

shade; postmedialfine,lightbrown, outcurved beyond cell,inwardlyshaded with dark

brown

fromvein8 toinner margin, broadly so from below vein 8; subterminal similar, but vertical to vein 3, the

brown

shading broad from costa to vein3, then narrow; ^alunular marginal fuscous line, outwardly finelypale edged.

Hind

wingslighter

brown

atbaseandalong inner margin; a darklineondiscocellular; postmedial broad, dulllilacine,crossed

by

a dark

brown

line from costa to vein 2, inwardly broadly shaded with dark brown, outwardly soshaded, but chiefly opposite cell; a broad subterminal dark shade, narrowing toward anal angle; ter-

minalline as onfore wings, preceded

by some

dullUlacineshading.

Fore wings below dark gray brown, striatedwith yellowish whiteon costal margin, in cell, and just below it; reniform white; a dark postmedial shade just beyond cell; a marginal white spot above vein5,andsmallerstreaksabove6,and oninner margin; traces ofa

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fine terminal white line.

Hind

wings below

brown

striated with yellowish whitetobeyond the postmedialdarkline; adarkspot on discocellular crossed

by

a fine white line;

some

marginal white shadings.

Expanse.

—

18

mm.

Habitat.

—

Geldersland,Surinam River.

Type.—

C&t. No. 16616,U.S.N.M.

CAPNODESBACCATA,newspecies.

Male.

—

^{Palpi dull roseate; a white spot at end of second joint}

above; third jointstreakedbelowwithfuscous,thetipwhite. Head, thorax, and base of

abdomen

brownishred, the

abdomen

otherwise grayish brown.

Wings

brownish red, the markings white; ciUa spotted; marginalspots divided

by

small fuscousspots; subterminal spotssUghtlylarger,precededandfollowed

by

finedull

brown

shades;

postmedial spotssmall, outcurved,paired,followed

by

alarge white shade oninner margins. Fore wings: Three small subbasal spots;

an antemedial spot on costa, and an inset outcurved

row

of spots from belowsubcostal; orbicular small,round; reniformlarger,round, small spotsencircUngitexceptonouterside; postmedialoriginating from a large spot on costa.

Hind

wings:

Some

small spots at end of cell. Fore wings below roseate brown; a small fuscous spot on discocellular; marginal fuscous spots followed

by

buff points inter- rupting a dark terminal line.

Hind

wings below whitish buff,

shaded with roseate

brown

postmedially; a small fuscous spot on discocellular; marginal spotsas onforewing.

Expanse.

—

32

mm.

Habitat.

—

^{St.Laurent,FrenchGuiana.}

Near CapnodesstelliferaSchaus.

Type.—O&t. No. 16617,U.S.N.M.

CAPNODESCALAIS,newspecies.

Male.

—

^Palpi buff banded with fuscous brown, the third joint terminally hairy.

Body

and wings bistre brown;

some

scattered blackirrorationsonpatagiaandwings; outermarginsfinelycrenulate.

Forewings:

A

fault medial darker line, outangled ondiscocellular;

afaint postmedialoutcurved line, broad and fuscous below vein_2,

marked by

small silvery white spots on vein 2 and fold, preceded below fold

by

a larger semilunar silvery spot edged with fuscous, terminatingoninnermargininacurvedsilveryline;thesespotsare followed

by

subterminal and marginal fuscous shadings; traces ofsubterminal black points otherwise; terminal pointsoninterspaces.

Hind

wings:

A

darker medial line; postmedialfine, indistinct, sur-

mounted by

a triangular silvery white spot on inner margin, and followed

by

fuscous mottlings near inner margin.

Wings

below

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dull lightbrown;medialandpostmedialdarklinesbetterdefinedon hind wings,wherethereisalsoadarksubterminal shade.

Expanse.

—

38-42

mm.

Habitat.

—

^{St.Laurent,MaroniRiver.}

Type.—Q&t. No. 16618,U.S.N.M.

CAPNODESBARINE, newspecies.

Male.

— ^Body

^above brownish; four white points on frons;

some

dorsal white segmental spots on abdomen.

Wings

light

brown

with a fewdarker irrorations; linesconsisting of small white spots;

postmedial and subterminal inwardly shaded with dark brown.

Forewings:

A

subbasal, and a geminate antemediai line, thelatter not paired; a white spot on discoceliular closely followed

by some

small spots; postmedial line outcurved from subcostal; marginal spotsfaintlyconnectedwith terminal pointsonveins, other terminal pointsoninterspaces.

Hind

wings:

A

darkershadeondiscoceliular edgedwith whitishpoints;themarginal spotsforminga

more

distinct

wavy

^line.

Wings

belowwhitishbrown;awhitediscoceliularshade onforewings; adarkspotonhind wings,and traces ofa postmedial line and darker marginal shade.

Expanse.

—

21

mm.

Habitat.

—

Geldersland,SurinamRiver.

Type.—

C&t.No. 16619,U.S.N.M.

CAPNODESPHAEDRA,newspecies.

Male.

—

^Palpi brown, fringed with fuscous below, the third joint blunt. Head,collar,andthoraxbrown,withfaintdarkerirrorations;

abdomen

brownish gray, irrorated with fuscous gray; a pale dorsal linefromvertextoanalsegment.

Wings brown more

darklyirrorated except on outer margins; lines pale brownish yellow; a slightly lunular marginal paleline,anda pale terminalline,thespacebetween

them

darker brown";cilia light gray,

more

darkly irrorated, crossed

by

two fine dark lines. Forewings: Antemediai line outangledon subcostal, verticalbelowit;orbicular small, pale,containing a

brown

point; reniform large edged with dark

brown

and then brownish yellow; postmedial slightly outcurved; subterminal finely wavy, irregular, inbent oppositecell, and atvein2.

Hind

wings:

A

large darkspotondiscoceliular, pale edgefd; postmedialstraight,inwardly edged with darker brown; subterminal lunular. Fore wings below brownish, the costa and termen shaded with dark gray; a dark streak on discoceliular; a terminal dark

brown

line.

Hind

wings below brownishwhite;adarkdiscalspotand heavily

marked

post- medialline;theoutermarginbroadlydarkshaded, exceptat tornus.

Expanse.

—

18

mm.

Habitat.

—

Geldersland,SurinamRiver.

Type.—

C&t.No.16620,U.S.N.M.

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CAPNODESPARTITA, newspecies.

Male.

—

Palpi brownish buff, the third joint terminally grayish.

Body

gi-ayishbrown. Fore wings: Basegrayishbrown,limited

by

a vertical broadfuscous

brown

line; a fine

wavy

subbasal black line, not reaching costa; a coarse antemedial blackline verticalon costa andcrossed

by

a^finewhiteline,inbentfromsubcostaltosubmedian, outer space whitish brown; abroadterminal

brown

shade, inangled oppositecell; an outbentpostmedial whitelineoncosta,followed

by

a grayish

brown

shade,and

some

fuscous

brown

shadingonvein_8,from vein8 tobelowvein_6,consisting ofageminate dark

brown

line;subter- minalblack pointsoninterspaces;marginal black points connected

by

a finelunularline.

Hind

wingsbrowner,palershaded onpostmedial toward costa;afineblack medialline;abroadfuscous

brown

post- medial shade,

somewhat

outbentto vein 3,below 3 consisting of a fuscous line with white points; subterminal points and terminal line as onfore wings.

Wings

below brownish white. Fore wings:

Orbicular and reniform points; a fuscous medial line, heavy on costa; a very fine outcurved postmedial line; a dark subterminal pointoncosta.

Hind

wings:

A

well-markedmedialandpostmedial line;subterminaldark shadingchieflynearcosta.

Expanse.

—

42

mm.

Habitat.

—

^{St.Jean,MaroniRiver.}

Type.—

Cat. No. 16621,U.S.N.M.

CAPNODESPELOPS, newspecies.

Male.

—

Palpi fuscousgray, thethird jointwhite at baseand tips.

Head, collar, and thoraxdark brown, the latterbehind and tips of patagia shaded with fuscous.

Abdomen

above dark gray, under- neath luteous. Fore wings: Base to antemedial fuscous brown, inclosing alighter

brown

basalshadefrom subcostaltosubmedian;

antemedial white, broad on costa and in front of cell, then partly interruptedtofold, with onlyasmall spot aboveand below median, belowfoldexpandinginto a largespottosubmedian,and belowsub- median reduced to a small spot crossed from subcostal

by

two fine orange

brown

lines; cellmediallyand belowitto foldbrownish; costal margin fuscous bro\^^l; reniform very large, dark grayish

brown

edged with fuscous; a

brown

space beyond reniform crossed by an interrupted white streak from costa to vein 6, edged with bright brown; inner andoutermargin darkgray; averticalfuscous medial line from fold to inner margin; an irregular outer fuscous shade, inbent to foldnearmedialline, angled andslightlyoutbent toinner margin; the tornal space largelypaler gray; an interrupted subter- minal fine fuscous shade; marginal black spots on interspaces.

Hind

wingslight brown, the base and apical area darker; a medial fuscous line; fine darker

brown

postmedial, outer, and subterminal