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pale sayal brown. Wings below whitish; cilia of fore wings iridescent whitish 

 to rufous brown. 

 Expanse 39 mm. 



Habitat. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. 

 Type . Cat. No. 25567, U. S. N. M. 

 Fore wings rather broad. 



Chilo venatella, new species. 



Female. Head white, the palpi avellaneous fringed above with white. Collar 

 and thorax white with wood brown shading at neck and shoulders. Abdomen 

 whitish buff; legs white inwardly, whitish buff outwardly. Fore wings silvery 

 white; the subcostal, median and veins 1-8 cinnamon brown; some similar color- 

 ing on inner margin; cilia white. Hind wings silvery white; a faint brownish 

 shade at apex. Fore wings below tinged with pale grayish brown. 



Expanse 18 mm. 



Habitat. Baracoa, Cuba; also from Pernambuco, Brazil. 



Type Cat. No. 25568, U. S. N. M. 



The type from Baracoa collected by A. Busck. 



Chilopsis peruanellus, new species. 



Male. Head, collar and thorax ochraceous buff, the collar and thorax stri- 

 ated with pale olive buff. Abdomen above fuscous brown. Body below and 

 legs light buff. Fore wings pale ochraceous buff with some scattered large black 

 scales; some vinaceous fawn shading in cell; a black point at end of cell; minute 

 terminal black points; a very faint brownish postmedial line curved around 

 cell, dentate, broader below vein 2; cilia ochraceous buff. Hind wings suffused 

 with smoky olive gray, the costa and postmedial space from vein 4 to below 

 vein 2 whitish. Wings below light buff with some black irrorations at apices; 

 black points on discocellulars. 



Expanse 40 mm. 



Habitat. Yahuarmayo, Peru. 

 Type Cat. No. 25570, U. S. N. M. 



Chilopsis castrellus, new species. 



Male. Head and palpi ochraceous buff, the palpi laterally wood brown. 

 Thorax and abdomen above buffy brown, the abdomen irrorated with cinnamon, 

 the basal segments suffused with cinnamon; body below and legs ochraceous buff. 

 Fore wings light buff suffused with brownish buff except at end of cell and on 

 discal and submedian folds; large scattered black scales, also on base of cilia; a 

 small black spot at end of cell; a faint dark line around end of cell, inbent to 

 inner margin before middle; a subterminal deeply crenulate line; terminal black 

 points on interspaces; cilia white. Hind wings fuscous brown, slightly paler on 

 termen; large terminal black points; the costal margin light buff. Wings below 

 light buff; terminal black points; dark brown points at end of cells; a postmedial 

 fuscous line; space from cell to inner margin and postmedial line suffused with 

 grayish brown on both wings. 



Expanse 50 mm. 



