No. 2307. 2^EW SPECIES OF LEPIDOPTERA—SCHAUS. Ill 



riorly and posteriorly; abdomen with black bands above and later- 

 ally suffusing with a dorsal black line ; tarsi fuscous. Wings yellowish 

 hyaline. The veins and margin finely black, expanding very slightly 

 at apices; fore wing with a yellow streak above subcostal vein; a 

 yellow and crimson spot at base of wing. 



Expanse. — 21 mm. 



Habitat. — Cayuga, Guatemala. 



Type.— Cs^t. No. 22401, U.S.N.M. 



Very much like Pheia stratistes Dyar which also has the base of 

 abdomen constricted. 



GYMNELIA FRUTERA, new species. 



Male. — Body black, with some scattered metallic blue scales 

 chiefly subdorsally at base of abdomen, on terminal segments, and 

 on thorax below; frons blue; blue paired spots, at back of head and 

 on tegulae; crimson spots on shoulders and dorsally on first segment 

 of abdomen; abdomen below silvery white, becoming orange on 

 next to last segment, the orange extending laterally over two seg- 

 ments; anus black. Wings hyaline somewhat yellowish, the veins 

 and margins finely black, expanding very slightly at apices; base of 

 wings black, more broadly so on fore wing; hind wing with a terminal 

 black spot at anal angle. 



Expanse. — 25 mm. 



Habitat. — Cayuga, Guatemala. 



Type.—Csit. No. 22402, U.S.N.M. 



The female is slightly larger, the lateral orange space on abdomen 

 does not extend ventrally and is there replaced by a dark gray shade. 



LOXOPHLEBIA OMALESIA, new species. 



Male. — Antennae black tipped with white. Palpi, head, thorax 

 and legs fuscous brown; fore coxae white; patagia orange red, 

 edged with black; abdomen yellow, the three terminal segments 

 black. Wings hyaline, the veins and margins black, the latter 

 expanding at apices, and slightly at inner angles; fore wings with a 

 black line on discocellular. 



Expanse. — 25 mm. 



Habitat. — Cayuga, Guatemala. 



Type.— C&t. No. 22403, U.S.N.M. 



COSMOSOMA NETTIA, new species. 



Male.—'H.esid, thorax, legs, and antennae black; abdomen yellow, 

 the terminal segment black. Wings hyaline white, the veins and 

 margins black, widest at apices; discocellular on fore wing thick 

 and angled ; the black at anal angle of hind wing expanding. 



Expanse. — 23 mm. 



Habitat. — Cayuga, Guatemala. 



Type.— C&t. No. 22404, U.S.N.M. 



