NEW SPECIES OF MOTHS— SCHAUS 559 



APATELODES VISTANA. newspeciea 



Female.— Yertex light grayish vinaceous; collar and thorax cuma- 

 mon-buff, the former with a small dorsal black spot, the latter posteri- 

 orly black connected with a basal black band on abdomen, which is 

 slightly darker than the thorax. Fore wing with the base and ante- 

 riorly light pinkish cinnamon; an antemedial fine dark line, basally 

 pale edged outwardly curved from costa, preceded on inner margin 

 by a large, almost quadrate velvety-black spot nearly reaching cell; 

 medial, postmedial, and subterminal fine outcurved lines; the tornal 

 area to vein 3 from medial line to termen suffused with mikado brown, 

 also along termen to apex inwardly limited by a pale roseate line from 

 costa. Apex of wing produced, the termen excui-ved below it. Hind 

 wing pecan brown, the costal margin more roseate; a dark antemedial 

 curved line and a pale postmedial line; a livid pink streak on inner mar- 

 gin cut by a small black spot. Fore wing below vinaceous-fawn the 

 costal margin white to near apex; the lines faint except the distinct post- 

 medial line; a subterminal fine white line from costa, faintly indicated 

 from vein 4 to inner margin; termen dark vinaceous-purple except at 

 tornus. Hind wing below somewhat darker except the broad roseate 

 costal region; a short dark line at cell, a distinct dark medial line, and 

 a fine whitish subterminal Ime more deeply curved; termen at anal 

 angle dark vinaceous-purple; the pale line on inner margin as above. 



Expanse, 73 mm. 



Habitat. — Buena Vista, Colombia. 



Type.— V.S.N. M. no. 34697. 



APATELODES DAMORA, new species 



Male. — Head and collar pale congo pink; patagia white, irrorated 

 with grayish-vinaceous hairs; thorax concealed by patagia. Abdomen 

 above with white hairs at base, then roseate followed by white seg- 

 ments all crossed by black segmental fines; anal hairs partly cinnamon- 

 drab ; underneath roseate. Fore wing base with costa white, followed 

 by gray and black scaling in base of cell, a Ught russet-vinaceous ante- 

 medial space from below costa to inner margin followed by white 

 scaling in cell; a medial cinnamon-drab fascia, broad on costa, con- 

 stricted to a line from cell to belov/ vein 2, expanding on inner margm, 

 the whole limited by a sinuous drab line; terminal third lilacine white; 

 a postmedial fine dark lunular fine; traces of a subterminal from costa 

 to vein 3 ; a small russet-vinaceous spot on costa before apex with a 

 small white spot. Hind wing cinnamon-buft' without lines; costa 

 whitish; inner margin whitish with two small dark spots. Fore wing 

 below whitish faintly sufl^used with pinkish buff; a faint postmedial 

 line; a triangular terminal russet-vinaceous patch from apex to vein 3; 



