W. SCHAUS 6 



Chlorhoda amabilis sp. n. 



cf . Head, collar, thorax above, front of fore legs, and fore wings bright 

 green; patagiae edged with crimson. Abdomen above, thorax below, and 

 legs crimson; abdomen below yellowish roseate. Fore wings: the costal 

 edge yellowish; small black linear spots antemedially, postmedially at sub- 

 costal vein and on inner margin. Hind wings roseate, the termen shaded 

 with pale green. Wings below duller and paler; the costal margins shaded 

 with roseate, also the inner margin of hind wings. Expanse, 32 mm. 



Habitat: Nova Friburgo, Brazil. 



NOCTUIDAE 



Vespola similissima sp. n. 



cf . Differs from V. plumipes Schs. in the absence of the long fringe on hind 

 tibiae; also very similar to V. caeruiifera Wlk., but larger and darker, and with- 

 out any traces of white on the abdomen below. Expanse, 36 mm. 



Habitat: Nova Friburgo, Brazil. 



Pseudocraspedia eubleptica sp. n. 



Fore wing tinged with yellow along costa and apex, the rest of the wing 

 blackish gray; a very oblique black line from inner margin near base directed 

 toward the upper sinus of outer margin but stopping before it; an obhque 

 white Une from middle of inner margin running up toward apex. Hind wing 

 with a broad white band in the middle, straight within, cm-ved without; base 

 dark gray with a black band outwardly; margin rather broadly gray. Ex-panse, 

 12 to 14 mm. 



Habitat: Cache, Tuis, Juan Viiias, Costa Rica. 



Allied to P. leucozona Hampson. 



Lycaugesia homogramma sp. n. 



P'ore wing pointed at apex, outer margin oblique; brownish straw-color 

 irrorated with purple and reddish scales; a row of three dark dots for the ante- 

 medial line; reniform large, rounded, purplish gray; outer margin shaded 

 with purplish forming an oblique streak from apex toward reniform. Hind 

 wing crossed by straight, transverse bands; a double middle one, with its 

 outer edge more distinct than its inner, a median reddish shaded one and a 

 brown one close to the margin. Terminal black dots on both wings. Expanse, 

 15 mm. 



Habitat: Juan Vinas, Costa Rica. 



Allied to L. semiclara Dj^ar. The wings are without the black- 

 ish transverse bands on the under side shown in L. hypozonata 

 Hampson, the fore wing having only a longitudinal shading in 

 the cell. 



TRANS. .\M. KXT. SOC, XLI. 



