378 PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. vol.50. 



METALECTRA GEMINICINCTA, new species. 



Male. — Body and wings moss green, the body and base of wings 

 palest; some segmental black irrorations on abdomen. Fore wings: 

 A dark gray antemedial fascia; a double black medial line; reniform 

 a paler shade crossed by a dark line; postmedial fine, dark, double, 

 wavily outcurved; a fuscous shade from apex, inbent opposite cell, 

 then oblique to termen at vein 4; a terminal lunular black line. 

 Hind wings similar but without the antemedial fascia. Wings below 

 white. Fore wings suffused with brown; a medial and a fainter 

 postmedial line, on costa fuscous and broader; an antemedial fus- 

 cous costal spot. Hind wings : A medial brown line ; a lunular post- 

 medial line; sub terminal brown irrorations. The fore tibiae with 

 expanding tuft. Hind legs smooth. 



Exj>anse. — 18 mm. 



HaMtat.— Santiago, Cuba; Orizaba, Jalapa, Mexico. 



Type.— Cat. No. 19861, U.S.N.M. 



Closely alhed to Metalectra i/icta Schaus. 



METALECTRA CORCYRA, new species. 



Male. — Body and wings light brown. Abdomen dorsally irrorated 

 with black. Wings: A double fuscous medial line; a black line on 

 discocellular; postmedial fine, dark, lunular dentate, followed by a 

 darker brown shade; a subterminal dark dentate shade; a terminal 

 dark line somewhat punctiform on fore wings; cilia mottled with 

 fuscous. Fore wings: An antemedial fuscous brown fascia; a large 

 fuscous spot on costa from postmedial to subterminal. Hind tibiae 

 short without tufts. 



Expanse. — 16 mm. 



Habitat. — Aroa, Venezuela. 



Type.— Cat. No. 19862, U.S.N.M. 



METALECTRA LITHOSTIS, new species. 



Male. — Head, collar, and thorax whitish, mottled with brown. 

 Abdomen light brown above with dark irrorations. Wings grayish 

 brown, mottled with white, and a few reddish irrorations. Fore 

 wings: A faint whitish basal and medial lino; an irregular similar 

 antemedial line; postmedial lino, dark brown, lunular, oblique to vein 

 4, then incurved and outanglcd on submedian, followed by a whitish 

 shade; an irregular subterminal whitish shade; a terminal wavy 

 black line; reniform large, white, inwardly edged by a black line. 

 Hind wings with lines corresponding to fore wings; a thick, velvety 

 black line on discocellular. Hind tibiae smooth. 



Expanse. — 18 mm. 



Habitat. — Rio Trinidad, Panama. 



Type.— Cat. No. 19863, U.S.N.M. 



