NO. 2089. NOCTUID MOTHti FROM TROPICAL AMERICA— SCEAU8. 495 



form, which is obUque, white; a marginal dark brown shade opposite 

 cell and above tornus; a terminal fuscous brown line interrupted at 

 veins 2, 3, and 4. Hind wings brownish gray; a terminal dark line. 

 Fore wings below brownish gray. Hind Avdngs below white; the 

 costal and outer margins irrorated with brown, a small spot on 

 discocellular. 



Expanse. — 14 mm. 



Habitat. — St. Jean, Maroni River. 



Type.— Cat. No. 16544, U.S.N.M. 



EROCHA ALBIFERA, new species. 



Male. — Palpi, head, coUar, and thorax fuscous brown with some 

 fine white irrorations. Abdomen above black; anal hairs, and a 

 lateral tuft at base white; underneath orange, not reaching anal seg- 

 ment; a sublateral orange tuft. Fore wings dull purple brown, the 

 lines rich fuscous brown; antemedial outcurved between vems, pre- 

 ceded from cell to inner margin by an oUve green shade; orbicular 

 round; reniform oblique, olive green edged with dark brown; above 

 reniform a large white spot from costa to veia 4, its inner edge out- 

 bent, its outer edge slightly curved, limited by the postmedial line 

 which is mangled at vein 2, and is followed by a broad olive green 

 shade, crossed by a fine dark line, all obsolescent just above sub- 

 median; subterminal shade from costa to submedian fold; a narrow 

 terminal dark shade and a few whitish irrorations. Hind wings 

 black; an opalescent white spot from base in and below cell expand- 

 ing and reaching just beyond middle of wing; ciHa on inner margin 

 white. Wings below black; white spot on fore wings narrower, not 

 reaching costa, downbent to near vein 2 ; a white streak on costa of 

 hind wings ; the spot as above. 



Expanse. — 27 mm. 



Hahitat.—St. Jean, Maroni E.iver. 



Type.— Cat. No. 16545, U.S.N.M. 



EROCHA DIPSAS, new species. 



Male. — Palpi, head, collar, and thorax fuscous browTi. Abdomen 

 fucous. Fore wings dark reddish brown; a fuscous streak below cell; 

 a large white shade mottled with olive beyond cell, reaching from 

 vein 2 to costa. Hind wings fuscous brown; a large yellow spot 

 from base including costa to near termen at vein 2, its upper edge 

 down curved, leaving the apical space very broadly dark. Wings 

 below duller; the white space on fore wings without mottling, tinged 

 with yellow, and shaded ^vith deep yellow on costa ; the spot on hind 

 wings paler. 



Expanse. — 28 mm, 



Habitat. — St. Jean, Maroni River. 



Type.— Cat. No. 16546, U.S.N.M. 



