XEW SPECIES OF MOTHS— SCHAUS 557 



yellow-orange; stigma small, the color of fore wing. Wings below pale 

 ochraceoiis-salmon, the fore wing with traces of antemedial and post- 

 medial lines, the cilia finely dark red. 



Female.— Fore wing somewhat darker than in the male, the sub- 

 terminal line better defined and distally pale edged. 



Expanse.— Mnle 32 mm.; female 44 mm. 



Type.— V.S.N. M. no. 34727. 



Habitat. — Aroa, Venezuela. 



Allied to Hemiceras ruizi Dognin. Three males and four females in 

 collection. 



Family BOMBYCIDAE 



Subfamily Epiinae 



Genus QUENTALIA Schaus 



QUENTAUA CAMELOI, new species 



Female. — Head, collar, and thorax aniUne black; abdomen vina- 

 ceous slate. Fore wing deep heliotrope-gray, the markings aniline 

 black; a streak on base of costa; a basal patch below cell; an angled 

 faint medial line; the end of cell and slightly beyond connecting with 

 a postmedial angled line; the termen narrowly, and a sub terminal Une 

 from apex pale vinaceous-drab. Hind wing vinaceous-slate ; a faint 

 paler subterminal Une; on inner margin three small black spots sepa- 

 rated by pale grayish vinaceous scaling. Wings below dark helio- 

 trope-gray. Fore wing with termen below apex narrowly dark slate- 

 violet not reaching tornus, proximally edged by a pale ecru-drab fine; 

 dark suffusions at base; inner margin ocliraceous-buff. Hind wing 

 below with a thick darker medial line and a fine streak on discocellular; 

 a subterminal dark lunular fine distally edged with some paler scales. 



Expanse, 34 mm. 



Habitat. — Tuxtepec, Oaxaca, Mexico. 



Ti/pe.— U.S.N.M. no. 34701. 



Collected by Joaquin Camelo. 



Subfamily Zanolinae 

 Genus APATELODES Packard 



APATELODES MERLONA, new species 



Maic— Head, collar, and patagia Hght russet-vinaceoas; a small 

 dorsal black spot on collar, thorax posteriorly black, probably the 

 same under patagia; abdomen somewhat darker with fine dark trans- 

 verse lines, the anal segment above fuscous. Fore wing light russet- 

 vinaceous, the termen partly and tornal space with dark vinaceous- 

 drab suffusions formnig broad upright lines; subbasal, antemedial, 

 medial, and postmedial black points on costa with faint, darker, 



