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white line broader; the terminal black spots better marked, followed 

 by two fine lines on cilia. Ilmd wings whitish, shaded with pale 

 grayish brown; a fine medial shade; a subterminal whitish line, dark 

 edged near anal angle. Wings below paler than in L. laurentia; the 

 costa of fore mngs mottled with white; the subterminal white 

 markings better defined. 



Expanse. — 18 mm. 



Habitat. — Geldersland, Surinam. 



Type.— Cat. No. 19696, U.S.N.M. 



LASCORIA CRISTATA, new species. 



Hale. — Body mottled yellow brown and creamy yellow, with 

 darker brown shadings on abdomen dorsally. Fore wings yellow 

 brown, darkci^t medially; antemedial line indicated by paler basal 

 shading; a ridge of upturned spatulate scales below cell near base; 

 postmedial lino fine, dark brown, wavy, incurved around cleft, out- 

 wardly shaded with white; subterminal white spots from vein 5 to 

 costa, the largest between veins 6 and 7, outset; some terminal 

 whitish shades and traces of an interrupted terminal black line. 

 Hind wings whitish, terminally suffused with brown, the veins partly 

 fringed with brownish hairs; a fine dark postaiedial line; an indistinct 

 subterminal whitish line. Fore wings below gray brown; inner mar- 

 gin whitish; a dark straight postmedial line from costa to cleft; the 

 subterminal white spots less distinct. Hind wings below whitish, 

 irrorated with brov>ni; a black point in cell and one on discocellular; 

 postmedial line fine, fuscous brown; a subterminal macular white 

 line. 



Expanse. — 21 mm. 



Habitat. — Rio Trinidad, La Chorrera, Panama. 



Type.— Cat. No. 19697, U.S.N.M. 



Collected by August Busck. 



LASCORIA MARONIALIS, new species. 



Male. — Head, collar, thorax, base of abdomen and wings white, 

 with some yellow and dark brown irrorations; abdomen beyond basal 

 segment more thickly irrorated; a black dorsal spot at base. Fore 

 wings: A dark brown, inwardly obhque, antemedial line broadly 

 shaded outwardly with yellowish and dark irrorations; two black 

 points on discocellular; postmedial indicated by pale yellowish 

 shadings on cither side; traces of an outangled subtermmal line, 

 marked by a fuscous spot between veins 6 and 7; terminal black spots. 

 Hind wings: A geminate faint line on discocellular; postmedial fine, 

 wavy, fuscous; an outer narrow dark shade; traces of a subterminal 

 line; the terminal black line well defined. 



Expanse. — 19 mm. 



Habitat. — St. Jean, Maroni River, French Guiana. 



Type.— Cut. No. 19698, U.S.N.M. 



