no. 2372. NEW SPECIES OF LEPIDOPTERA—SCHAUS. 381 



DIRPHIA PLACIDA, new species. 



Male. — Palpi black fringed with reddish brown. Frons reddish 

 brown. Vertex, collar, and thorax dark brown. Abdomen above 

 deep orange with black segmental lines; a lateral black line and a sub- 

 lateral white line with black points. Body below orange, the legs 

 dark brown; fore legs black fringed with white; hind tarsi white 

 with black rings. Fore wings pale brownish gray; a large dark 

 brown space on basal half of inner margin, its anterior edge straight 

 below cell, its outer edge oblique edged by three black lunules; 

 some smaller faint black lunules antemedially across cell; a large 

 brown spot beyond cell inwardly edged by a black line on discocel- 

 lular; a brown spot on costa at apex, irregularly triangular and 

 edged with white; a straight broken black line from below the apical 

 spot to inner margin, mostly lunular, but straight from vein 2 to 

 inner margin; a faint subterminal whitish shade; cilia pale with 

 dark brown spots at interspaces. Hind wings brownish, darkest 

 along inner margin; a fuscous line and shade at discocellular; a 

 black postmedial line; a fuscous brown subterminal shade; the 

 space following the postmedial and termen paler; cilia with smaller 

 brown spots. Wings below whitish ocherous, the veins brown; 

 fore wings with a dark discocellular line and a fine straight post- 

 medial line outcurved to apex; hind wings with a wavy dark post- 

 medial line and an irregular postmedial line. 



Expanse. — 64 mm. 



Habitat. — St. Jean, French Guiana. 



Type.— Cat. No. 23419, U.S.N.M. 



HYLESIA DYAREX, new species. 



Male .— Head ocherous. Collar and thorax brown. Abdomen dark 

 yellow. Fore wings whitish clay color at base, limited by a fine dark 

 antemedial line which joins the postmedial on inner margin; a fus- 

 cous streak from base of cell to near middle of inner margin; beyond 

 the antemedial line the space from vein 4 to termen and inner margin 

 is slightly darker; the space above vein 4 to costa and termen dark 

 purplish gray; the fine dark discocellular line broadly edged with 

 whitish clay color. Hind wings whitish gray; a fine dark streak on 

 discocellular; some dull yellowish scaling at base and along inner 

 margin. 



Expanse. — 45 mm. 



Habitat. — Quirigua, Guatemala. 



Type.— Cut. No. 23420, U.S.N.M. 



The apex of fore wing produced and falcate. 



