no. 2372. NEW SPECIES OF LEPIDOPTERA—SCHAUS. 355 



costal shade; postmedial line black, punctiform, only slightly out- 

 curved, and inbent at veins, vertical below vein 2, preceded through- 

 out by a brownish gray shade; sub terminal shade fuscous, oblique 

 from costa, and twice inset; terminal black spots; cilia white with 

 fuscous spots. Hind wings fuscous gray. Hind wings below white, 

 costa with dark irrorations; a dark spot on discocellular; termen 

 tinged with gray. . 



Expanse. — 19 mm. 



Habitat. — Cayuga, Guatemala. 



Type.— Cat. No. 23365, U.S.N.M. 



NOLA CUBENSIS, new species. 



Female. — Head, collar, and thorax white shaded with light reddish 

 brown. Abdomen brownish. Fore wings white; costal margin to 

 beyond middle and cell reddish brown; a geminate, black ante- 

 medial line, evenly outcurved and inbent to base of inner margin; a 

 fine black medial line, well defined below cell where it is lunular; 

 postmedial black, geminate, sinuously outbent from costa, curved 

 across veins 4 and 3, and deeply inbent to vein 2, angled near the 

 median line, and from there to inner margin it forms a slight outward 

 curve; from the angle at vein 2 another black line is outcurved to 

 near tornus, inbent on submedian with a slight outcurve below it; 

 the subterminal is oblique from costa to near termen, mangled on 

 vein 5, where a projecting line connects it with the outer postmedial 

 line ; it is then outcurved and is obsolescent below vein 3 ; some black 

 scaling forms a vague terminal line. Hind wings whitish, the veins 

 streaked with gray. Hind wings below white ; some dark irrorations 

 on costa; a vague postmedial, punctiform line; a faint discocellular 

 mark. 



Expanse. — 18 mm. 



Habitat. — Alto del Cedro; Baracoa, Cuba. 



Type.— Cat. No. 23366, U.S.N.M. 



Bears a strong resemblance to Roeselia bifiliferata Walker. 



NOLA ELSA, new species. 



Female. — Head, collar, and thorax white with a few brownish 

 irrorations. Abdomen gray. Fore wings white with a few scattered 

 dark irrorations; traces of antemedial and postmedial brownish lines; 

 the raised tufts light brown, the outer spot surmounted by a triangular 

 light brown costal spot; a faint subterminal line suffusing with two 

 marginal series of short paired streaks. Hind wings whitish gray; 

 a fine dark terminal line. 



Expanse. — 12 mm. 



Habitat. — Cayuga, Guatemala. 



Type.— Cat. No. 23367, U.S.N.M. 



The triangular costal spot is the most conspicuous character in 

 determining this species. 



