yo. 20H9. NOCTVID MOTHS FROM TROPICAL AMERICA— SCHAUS. 523 



darker shade to termen, almost fuscous from vein 5 to imier margin; 

 dark points at ends of discocellular, connected by a fine line; sub- 

 terminal whitish points on interspaces preceded by fuscous shades; 

 cilia fuscous tipped with white at tornus and near apex. Hind wings 

 wdth finer striae; a dark brown antemedial line; a small round spot 

 on discocellular; postmedial line bright brown, geminate, divided by 

 a whitish lilacine line; traces of faint fuscous subterminal spots; cilia 

 tipped \v-ith white, except near vein 3, where it is grayish. Fore wuigs 

 below buff gray striated with fuscous, the disk of fore wings to apex 

 tinged vfiih pale roseate brown; a tenninal dark line. Fore wings: 

 A medial spot on fold; a black orbicular pomt, and Ime on discocel- 

 lular; subterminal pale points preceded by fuscous shadings between 

 veins 6 and 7, and 2 and 5. Hind wings: A spot on discocellular, and 

 a line from it to inner margin; a faint medial line on costa; post- 

 medial macular, outwardly pale shaded; some subterminal fuscous 

 spots. 



Expanse. — 25 mm. 



Hahitat. — Rockstone, Essequebo River, British Guiana. 



Typc.~Cat. No. 16605, U.S.N.M. 



ORSA OCULATA, new species. 



Male. — Palpi dark brown, fringed below with gray, the joints tipped 

 with white. Frons mottled wliite and gray. Body and wings above 

 slate brown; thorax wliitish below collar; body below white, legs 

 creamy white. Fore wings: The costa finely yellow with black spots 

 at lines; lines slightly darker; antemedial outcurved, inwardly edged 

 with some wliitish scales on costa, and just below cell ; medial line out- 

 angled in cell, orbicular and reniform defined by some wliitish scaling; 

 postmedial outcurved, outwardly pale edged and followed by a narrow 

 parallel shade; subterminal defiiied by small whitish spots; cilia 

 partly whitish at apex and tornus. Hind wings: A faint medial fine, 

 followed by a large round wlute spot from vein 3 to costa, its outer 

 edge wavy ; a dark lilacine postmedial line, dark edged, spotted with 

 ' white opposite cell, and at anal angle ; cilia partly wliite. Fore wings 

 below lilacme gray crossed by dark striae; cell and space beyond to 

 apex fuscous gray; tornus and termen near apex whitish, mth few 

 striae; medial, and postmedial geminate lines; an orbicular point and 

 dark Ime on discocellular. Hind wings below: Base and inner margin 

 lilacine white, with darker striae except on inner margin; medial line 

 distinct ; the large white spot diffuse, its margins striated ; postmedial 

 line partly interrupted ; outer margin broadly fuscous gray with a few 

 whitish striae. 



Expanse. — 27 mm. 



Habitat. — St. Jean, Maroni River. 



Type.—CAt. No. 16606, U.S.N.M. 



