NO. 2132. REVISION OF THE SUBFAMILY HYPENINAE—SCHAUS. 269 

 LASCORIA NIVEA, new species. 



Male. — Palpi broA\aiisli gray irrorated with fuscous. Body and 

 wings white; some fuscous brown irrorations on collar and thorax; 

 a dorsal spot at base of abdomen, followed by two transverse fuscous 

 brown lines. Fore wings: Costa narrowly shaded with brown to 

 just beyond cell; a coarse brown line, inbent across cell at middle, 

 then vertical to inner margin, constricted just below median; a duller 

 white line on discocellular defined by fuscous irrorations; sub terminal 

 bro^vn shades on costa and inner margin; terminal dark points on 

 interspaces, preceded by dark brown shades below vein 7 and vein 4. 

 Hind wings: Termen shaded with brown; traces of dark lines on 

 inner margin toward angle. Wings below duller irrorated with brown. 

 Hind wings with a spot in cell and on discocellular, the irrorations 

 forming interrupted postmedial and geminate subterminal lines. 



Expanse. — 18 mm. 



Habitat. — Maroni River, Surinam side. 



Type.— Cut. No. 19694, U.S.N.M. 



LASCORIA LAURENTIA, new species. 



Male. — Palpi brownish buff fringed with spatulate fuscous scales. 

 Head, collar, and thorax* broAvn, more darkly irrorated; the patagia 

 broadly tipped with white. Abdomen brown mottled with gray 

 white; fuscous dorsal spots. Fore wings brown, thickly irrorated 

 with fuscous brown; a fmc white line from base below cell, suffusing 

 with antemedial white line, which is inangled on submedian; a small 

 white spot medially in cell; a fine whitish line on discocellular; post- 

 medial line white, wavy, incurved just above cleft; a subterminal 

 white line, irregular, and expanding between veins 6 and 7; the shad- 

 ing before lines rather darker. Hind wings grayish brown; post- 

 medial and subterminal white lines only well marked across vein 2, and 

 edged with fuscous brown shadings; a terminal pale line inwardly 

 edged \vith fuscous; cilia dark spotted at anal angle. Hind wings 

 below white shaded with yellow buff and irrorated with dark bro\\Ti; 

 a dark brown spot in cell, and coarse line on discocellular; a wavy 

 postmedial line; subterminal white, macular, darkly shaded. 



Expanse. — 25 mm. 



Habitat. — St. Laurent, French Guiana. 



Type.— C&t. No. 19695, U.S.N.M. 



LASCORIA ANTIGONE, new species. 



Male. — Closely allied to L. laurentia Schaus. Smaller, the apex of 

 fore wings acute, the costa apically less arched; the palpi tipped with 

 white; wings brighter brown; the antemedial white line broader; 

 the white line on discocellular thicker; the postmedial broader, inbent 

 below cell; reniform formmg a triangular white spot; the subterminal 



