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gray, the thorax glossy; body below and legs white; a brown streak on hind 

 tibiae; a dark ring on first joint of fore tibiae. Wings gray-brown tinge 

 with purple, the lines black; cilia dark gray tipped with white. Fore wings: 

 antemedial line outbent to below vein 1 and then again outbent; a point 

 in cell; a larger point on discocellular; postmedial line thick, faintly out- 

 bent to vein 5, slightly outcurved, minutely lunular to below vein 3, shortly 

 inbent above vein 2 to well below discocellular, and slightly inbent wavy to 

 inner margin. Hind wings: a streak on discocellular; postmedial line thick, 

 slightly outcurved from vein 5 to below vein 3, shortly upbent between veins 

 3 and 2, and downbent towards inner margin; a faint terminal line. Wings 

 below whitish gray-brown, the postmedial line well marked; dark streaks 

 on discocellular. 



Expanse, 27 mm. 



Habitat. Santo Domingo, West Indies. 



Type. Cat. No. 23825, U. S. N. M. 



Collected by Mr. A. Busck. 



Near P. pachycera Hampson. 



Psara subnitens, new species. 



Male. Palpi fuscous brown, underneath white, the third joint with long 

 porrect hairs. Body above dark silky gray-brown; lateral white lines on 

 frons; abdomen with a thick lateral tuft on next to last segment. Body 

 below and legs white; fore tibiae streaked with dark brown. Wings dark 

 silky gray-brown tinged with purple. Fore wings: some blue scaling on 

 basal half especially at base, also postmedially on interspaces; cilia irides- 

 cent black or brown tipped with opalescent white; a very faint postmedial 

 darker line from costa to vein 3 almost vertical. Hind wings: a faint fuscous 

 line on base of cilia, the tips opalescent white. Wings below silvery gray. 



Expanse, 26 mm. 



Habitat. Trinidad ; also from French Guiana. 

 Type. Cat. No. 2.3826, U. S, N. M. 



Phlyctaenodes ramsdenalis, new species. 



I'cmole. Palpi yellow brown, the first joint white, the second joint partly 

 fringed with white. Body above bone white, underneath silvery white. 

 Legs white; fore and hind tibiae streaked with pale brown. Fore wings dull 

 bone white, the markings brownish gray ; antemedial line obliquely outcurved 

 to below vein 1, and outbent to near middle of inner margin; a point in cell 

 adjoining subcostal; a streak on discocellular; postmedial line faint on costa, 

 incurved to vein 7, slightly incurved to below vein '>, dentate below 4 and 3, 

 then forming a narrow deep incurve across vein 2 and a slight Incurve from 

 fold to inner margin; a subterminal grayish macular shade. Hind wings 

 semihyaline white; a fine brownish postmedial line from vein 6 to below 

 vein 2; a terminal grayish brown shade; cilia silvery white on both wings. 



