NO. 2039. NOCTUID MOTHS FROM TROPICAL AMERICA— 8CHAU8. 511 



spotted with buff. Hind wings fuscous brown; cilia tipped with 

 grayish buff. Wings below dark brown, the termen dark grayish; 

 a faint fuscous brown postmedial shade. 



Expanse. — 27 mm. 



Habitat. — St. Jean, Maroni River. 



Type.— Cat. No. 16581, U.S.N.M. 



LEPTOCTENISTA OREAS, new species. 



Male. — Palpi fuscous brown. Head, collar, and thorax dark 

 brown. Abdomen dull brown. Fore wings brown, the lines fuscous 

 brown; a basal line; antemedial fine, angular; orbicular small, fus- 

 cous brown ; a curved buff line on discocellular, the middle of its inner 

 edge with a small fuscous spot ; postmedial slightly outcurved, finely 

 dentate, outwardly finely edged with light brown; subterminal fine, 

 indistinct, light brown, followed by darker shadings; terminal triangu- 

 lar dark spots on interspaces ; cilia fuscous brown, with a basal inter- 

 rupted pale line, and light brown spots. Hind wings fuscous brown; 

 cilia grayish white with a crenulate dark brown shade at base. Fore 

 wings below buff brown; a dark discal point, postmedial line, and 

 broad terminal shade. Hind ^\ings below pale buff; a brown discal 

 point, postmedial line, subterminal, and terminal shades; cilia spotted 

 with brown. 



Expanse. — 30 mm. 



Hahitat. — St. Jean, Maroni River. 



Type.— C&t. No. 16582, U.S.N.M. 



LEPTOCTENISTA FUNEBRIS, new species. 



Male. — Body fuscous brown above, the head and collar mottled 

 with lighter brown. Fore wings dark brown, the base of costa and 

 cell still darker to a light brown shade preceding the antemedial, 

 which is fuscous, inangled in cell, on fold, and on submedian; orbicu- 

 lar small, fuscous; a small fuscous spot on discocellular preceded by 

 a few gi-ayish scales; postmedial poorly defined, fine, fuscous, in- 

 angled on fold, irregidarly outbent below it; a lighter brown shade 

 beyond postmedial, followed by a dark brown dentate shade inwardly 

 edging the light brown subterminal; terminal semilunar velvety 

 brown spots preceded by a lunular pale line mottled with lilacine gray; 

 cilia fuscous gray brown, divided by a paler line, and paler tipped. 

 Hind wings fuscous brown. Fore wings below dull brown; a dark 

 postmedial line, and straight subterminal shade; terminal dark 

 brown spots. Hind wings below grayish buff, the costal and outer 

 margins tinged with brown; a fuscous line on discocellular; a dark 

 postmedial and subterminal line; the termen narrowly darker shaded. 



Expanse. — 24 mm. 



Habitat. — Cayeime, French Guiana, 



Type.— Cat. No. 16583, U.S.N.M. 



