NO. 2039. NOCTUID MOTHS FROM TROPICAL AMERICA— SCHAU8. 509 



black orbicular and reniform point. Hind wings below with some 

 brownish irrorations and a faint discal point. 



Expanse. — 35 mm. 



Habitat. — Geldersland, Surinam. 



Type.— Cat. No. 16576, U.S.N.M. 



HERMINODES LONGISTRIATA, new species. 



Male. — Palpi fuscous brown tipped with white. Head, and collar 

 mottled white and dark brown. Thorax dark brown, streaked with 

 dull lilacine. Abdomen fuscous, mottled with pale gray on two 

 basal segments. Fore wings: A broad streak on costal margin, and 

 one below cell to termen, fuscous brown; a white streak along sub- 

 costal, shaded with gray beyond middle and with a few dark irrora- 

 tions; cell grayish with a brown streak above median; a black 

 orbicular and reniform point; veins from cell broadly shaded with 

 lilacine gray, except v/here interrupted by subcellular streak; a 

 fuscous streak from cell to termen between veins 5 and 6 ; finer dark 

 terminal streaks on other interspaces; submedian fuscous; a lilacine 

 gray streak above and below it. Hind wings dark brown. Wings 

 below brownish gray without marking except a terminal fine darker 

 line. 



Expanse. — 32 mm. 



Habitat. — Cayenne, French Guiana. 



.Type.—€at. No. 16577, U.S.N.M. 



HERMINODES INCULTA, new species. 



Male. — Body and fore wings dull dark gray. Fore wings: Some 

 brownish irrorations ; the lines faintly indicated, rust brown ; a black 

 point at base of cell; antemedial wavy, barely traceable; orbicular 

 small, dark brown; reniform fuscous gray edged with rust brown 

 except in front; postmedial outcurved, partly punctiform; traces of 

 a fine parallel outer Ime; black terminal spots on interspaces. Hind 

 wings similar, pale shaded at base and on inner margin; a dark discal 

 spot; a faint, fine, fuscous postmedial line. Wings below slightly 

 paler; round fuscous spots on discocellulars; an outer fuscous line. 



Expanse. — 32 mm. 



Habitat. — St. Laurent, Maroni River. 



Type.— C&t. No. 16578, U.S.N.M. 



HERMINODES PILOSA, new species. 



Male. — Palpi fuscous brown, streaked above with lilacine gray. 

 Head grayish tinged with lilacine. Collar, thorax, and fore wings 

 purplish gray, the latter irrorated with reddish brown, a fuscous line 

 on shoulders. Abdomen brown, the two basal segments buff. Fore 

 wings: Lines brown; antemedial fine, inbent, from subcostal to 

 inner margin; a line on discocellular ; postmedial broader, outwardly 



