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BLEPTINA VULTURA, new species. 



Male. — Body and wings dull brownish gray. Fore wings narrow, 

 tlio apex acute; lines very fine, black; antemedial wavily outbent to 

 middle of inner margin; the postmedial minutely wavy and evenly 

 outcurved; orbicular absent; an oblique yellowish line on discocellu- 

 lar. Hind wings below paler; a discal point and fine dentate post- 

 medial line. The palpi are acute and smooth with only a small tuft 

 on 3rd joint behind; the fore legs have only a small tuft of hairs at 

 base of tarsi below. 



Expanse. — 28 mm. 



Hahitat. — ^Aroa, Venezuela. 



Type.— Cat. No. 19832, U.S.N.M. 



BLEPTINA PUDESTA, new species. 



Hale. — Body and wings grajdsh brown. Abdomen and fore wings 

 darkly irrorated. Fore wings: Lines fine, black, indistinct; the post- 

 medial lunular dentate; orbicular round, orange brown, finely darkly 

 edged; reniform similar, slightly incurved with a white point at 

 either end. Hind wings below whitish irrorated with brown ; a dark 

 discal point, and fuie postmedial line; subterminal fine, whitish, not 

 distinct. The sheath on fore legs is extended over base of tarsi, the 3d 

 joint of palpi is not so heavily fringed as in B. deleona Schaus., to which 

 it bears a strong resemblance, and B. pudesta is grayer and smaller. 



Expanse. — 23 mm. 



Hahitat. — Baracoa, Cuba. 



Type.— Cat. No. 19833, U.S.N.M. 



BLEPTINA ATHUSALIS, new species. 



Male. — Body and wings dull whitish yellow with scattered black 

 irrorations. Fore wings: Minute antemedial spots on costa, median, 

 and submedian veins; orbicular and reniform shghtly darker than 

 ground color; a fine dark - brown postmedial, punctiform line, 

 slightly outcurved; a dark subterminal shade with a small fuscous 

 spot between veins 6 and 7; terminal black points on interspaces. 

 Hind wings: The costal half suffused with gray; a pimctiform post- 

 medial line; a dijffuse darker subterminal shade. Wings below 

 whitish, fore wings suffused with brown except on inner margin and 

 termen, and with a fuscous subterminal shade; hind wings with 

 some dark irrorations, a discal point, a punctiform postmedial line, 

 and broad subterminal shade. The palpi have the 2d joint heavily 

 fringed in front, the 3d only shortly so, but with well-developed tuft 

 behind. 



Fore tibiae with long sheath. Fore wings narrow, the apex acute. 



Expanse. — 29 mm. 



Hahitat. — Baracoa, Cuba. 



Type.— Ca.t. No. 19834, U.S.N.M. 



