NO. 2039. ^^OCTUID MOTHS FROM TROPICAL AMERICA— 8CHAVS. 499 



on discocellular; a fine brown shade on inner margin near tornus. 

 Hind wings whitish faintly shaded with pale grayish brown scaling. 

 Wings below whitish ; fore wings with a dark brown shade from base 

 of inner margm, including cell and costa to near apex; hind wings 

 wfth brownish shading on costa and a dark discal point. 



Expanse. — 11 mm. 



Habitat — Cayenne, French Guiana. 



Type.~Cat. No. 16554, U.S.N.M. 



PARANGITIA ATYS, new species. 



Male. — Palpi buff. Frons buff brown. Vertex, collar, and thorax 

 grayish brown UTorated with black. Abdomen above dull dark 

 brown, underneath white. Fore wings light brown, the lines deeply 

 outcurved, wavy, darker brown on costa, otherwise fuscous; a black 

 shade from middle of cell to near termen; a similar shade below cell 

 from base to middle ; a yellow brown shade at base ; antemedial and 

 medial lines geminate ; a broad light gray shade on inner margin to 

 middle; postmedial geminate, followed by a fuscous shade from 

 vein 3 to inner margui ; subterminal dark streaks between veins 6-9 ; 

 marginal fuscous shades from below cellular streak to tornus. Hind 

 wings fuscous brown; cilia spotted and tipped with pale buff. Fore 

 wings below fuscous gray, the termen paler. Hind wings below dark 

 grayish ; medial and postmedial fine outcurved dark lines, the former 

 suffusing with fuscous spots on discocellular. 



Expanse. — 31 mm. 



Habitat. — St. Jean, Maroni River. 



Type.— Cat. No. 16555, U.S.N.M. 



PARANGITIA CHLOROSTICTA, new species. 



Female. — Palpi and head brown hrorated with wliite. Collar fus- 

 cous brown crossed by a green line. Thorax whitish behmd, other- 

 wise fuscous brown mottled with green in front, medially, and on 

 patagia. Abdomen dorsally bright green, laterally gray brown. 

 Wings dull brown. Fore ^vings: Base partly brilliant green foUowed 

 by darker brown shading, forming three lines on costa, divided by 

 green scalmg ; a velvety fuscous brown spot below cell, and a fine out- 

 curved line on inner margin; some dull green scaling antemedially 

 and on costa; three green lines across cell; a smaU green spot on dis- 

 cocellular with two wliite points above and below it; a fine darker 

 brown shade outcurved close to cell; an outer fine pale line, dark 

 edged and minutely lunular; subterminal dark brown streaks on in- 

 terspaces ; cUia bright green from vein 3 to iimer margin before tor- 

 nus, and between veins 5 and 6, otherwise fuscous brown. Hind 

 wings: A darker terminal line, and minute wliite points at veins; a 

 short white streak near angle on inner margin ; cilia bright green from 

 angle to vein 6, above 6 dark brown. Wings below paler, the hind 



