NO. 2039. NOCTUID MOTHS FROM TROPICAL AMERICA— SCHAVS. 531 

 CAPNODES PARTITA, new species. 



Male. — Palpi brownish buff, the third joint terminally grayish. 

 Body gi-ayish brown. Fore wings: Base grayish brown, limited by a 

 vertical broad fuscous brown line; a fine wavy subbasal black line, 

 not reaching costa; a coarse antemedial black line vertical on costa 

 and crossed by a fine white line, inbent from subcostal to submedian, 

 outer space whitish brown; a broad terminal brown shade, inangled 

 opposite cell ; an outbent postmedial white line on costa, followed by a 

 grayish brown shade, and some fuscous brown shading on vein 8, from 

 vein 8 to below vein 6, consisting of a geminate dark brown line; sub ter- 

 minal black points on interspaces ; marginal black points connected by 

 a fine lunular line. Hind wings browner, paler shaded on postmedial 

 toward costa; a fine black medial line; a broad fuscous brown post- 

 medial shade, somewhat outbent to vein 3, below 3 consisting of a 

 fuscous line with white points; subterminal points and terminal 

 line as on fore wings. Wings below brownish white. Fore wings: 

 Orbicular and reniform points; a fuscous medial line, heavy on 

 costa; a very fine outcurved postmedial line; a dark subterminal 

 point on costa. Hind wings : A well-marked medial and postmedial 

 line; subterminal dark shading chiefly near costa. 



Expanse. — 42 mm. 



Habitat. — St. Jean, Maroni River. 



Type.— Cat. No. 16621, U.S.N.M. 



CAPNODES PELOPS, new species. 



Male. — Palpi fuscous gray, the third joint white at base and tips. 

 Head, collar, and thorax dark brown, the latter behind and tips of 

 patagia shaded with fuscous. Abdomen above dark gray, under- 

 neath luteous. Fore wings: Base to antemedial fuscous brown, 

 inclosing a lighter brown basal shade from subcostal to submedian; 

 antemedial white, broad on costa and in front of cell, then partly 

 interrupted to fold, with only a small spot above and below median, 

 below fold expanding into a large spot to submedian, and below sub- 

 median reduced to a small spot crossed from subcostal by two fine 

 orange brown lines; cell medially and below it to fold brownish; costal 

 margin fuscous bro\^^l; reniform very large, dark grayish brown 

 edged with fuscous; a brown space beyond reniform crossed by an 

 interrupted white streak from costa to vein 6, edged with bright 

 brown; inner and outer margin dark gray; a vertical fuscous medial 

 line from fold to inner margin; an irregular outer fuscous shade, 

 inbent to fold near medial line, angled and slightly outbent to inner 

 margin; the tornal space largely paler gray; an interrupted subter- 

 minal fine fuscous shade; marginal black spots on interspaces. 

 Hind wings light brown, the base and apical area darker; a medial 

 fuscous line; fine darker brown postmedial, outer, and subterminal 



