NEW HETEROCEROUS MOTHS — SCHAUS 511 



apex; the veins on terminal half pale brown, subterminal semicircular 

 spots on interspaces; black jjoints terminally. Hind wing the inner 

 margin broadly pyrite yellow, the costa and termen white. Wings 

 below pinard yellow, the fore wing markings indistinctly apparent on 

 terminal third, the hind wing with a dark subterminal spot near anal 

 angle. 



Expanse: 44 mm. 



Habitat. — Santa Catharina, Brazil. 



T2/2?e.— U.S.N.M. No. 34783. 



HAUSIDOTA CHESTERIA, new species 



Male. — Head and collar vinaceous-buff; thorax purplish brown, the 

 patagia pinkish white ; abdomen above with clay color and dark trans- 

 verse lines, the anal hairs white underneath with narrow dark and 

 broad whitish transverse lines. Fore wing pale congo pink, the veins 

 finely darker; small dark spots on basal half of costa and a few dark 

 irrorations, subterminal semicircular dark reddish spots on inter- 

 spaces; terminal black spots at tips of veins, at end of cell a very con- 

 spicuous round black spot; between veins 6 and 7 the subterminal 

 spots form streaks. Hind wing light buff, with slightly darker 

 suffusions except on margins; a short dark streak on termen below 

 costa. Wings underneath naphthaline yellow, the fore wing with 

 markings reduced and fainter, the hind wing with a few dark scales 

 at end of costa. 



Expanse: 42 mm.. 



Habitat. — Santa Catharina, Brazil. 



T2/i?e.— U.S.N.M. No. 34784. 



V S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE; 1940 



