no. 2372. NEW SPECIES OF LEPIDOPTERA—SCHAUS. 893 



tling near termen; a subterminal, very irregular, dull brown line 

 edged with fuscous from vein 8 to inner margin, widest between veins 

 4 and 5 and veins 6 and 8; cilia dark brown with white spots at mid- 

 dle of interspaces. Hind wings smoky gray with faint darker striae; 

 a white shade at base, and terminally before anal angle. Fore wings 

 below mostly smoky gray, with darker striae and spots; costal mar- 

 gin white with numerous dark spots; termen mottled with white. 

 Hind wings below white with numerous dark spots and thick striae, 

 the latter suffusing somewhat postmedially, forming round white 

 spots; a dark gray shade below cell. 



Expanse. — 29 mm. 



Habitat. — Cayuga, Guatemala. 



Type.— Cut. No. 23428, U.S.N.M. 



LENTAGENA EURECA, new species. 



Male . — Palpi and throat fuscous brown. Frons dark gray, shading 

 to dark brown on vertex. Collar whitish gray, shaded with fus- 

 cous in front. Thorax whitish gray, shaded with darker gray. Abdo- 

 men above dark gray, paler terminally, with fine fuscous segmental 

 lines. Fore wings silky, grayish white, with some dark brown striae 

 except on extreme costa; inner margin shaded with brown; a vel- 

 vety dark brown spot from vein 2 to submedian, its inner edge straight, 

 its outer edge rounded; from this spot to apex a fuscous gray shade 

 expanding toward apex. Hind wings fuscous gray. Wings below 

 fuscous gray, the inner margin of fore wings whitish with dark striae. 



Expanse. — 43 mm. 



Habitat. — Cayuga, Guatemala. 



Type.— Cat. No. 23429, U.S.N.M. 



LENTAGENA OPHELIA, new species. 



Male. — Head, collar, and thorax white with brown irrorations. 

 Abdomen whitish. Fore wings white with grayish transverse striae; 

 inner margin with a few brown irrorations; a tringular fuscous brown 

 spot on base of costal margin, not reaching the submedian, the longest 

 side along costa, the shortest on basal side; a dark spot on discocel- 

 lular, and a streak above it along costa. Hind wings white. Fore 

 wings below without the basal spot. Hind wings below with a faint 

 brownish shade from costa across discocellular. 



Expanse. — 35 mm. 



Habitat. — Cayuga, Guatemala. 



Type.— -Cat. No. 23430, U.S.N.M. 



PHILANGLAUS BEATRIX, new species. 



Male. — Palpi fuscous. Head, collar, and thorax white with some 

 pale brown mottling. Abdomen dull gray; two dorsal dark spots 

 near base. Fore wings white at base, limited by an oblique black 



