NO. 2039. NOCTUID MOTHS FROM TROPICAL AMERICA— SCHAUS. 491 



below whitish with dark irrorations ; a black discal spot ; a fine post- 

 medial line and some sub terminal siiadings. 



Expanse. — 23 mm. 



Habitat. — Rockstone, Essequebo River. 



Type.~C&t. No. 16535, U.S.N.M. 



MONODES IXION, new species. 



Female. — Palpi dark brown, third joint grayish. Head, collar, and 

 thorax white shaded with brown. Abdomen whitish irrorated with 

 brown. Fore wings white to near middle, also beyond on costa to 

 postmedial line, suffusing with the oblique white reniform; some 

 brown spots on costal margin; pale brown shadings at base and a fine 

 inbent antemedial line; space beyond dark brown, inwardly edged 

 from subcostal to submedian fold by a black line, and a similar line 

 along reniform; postmedial gray white finely edged with brown, fol- 

 lowed by a fuscous brown streak between veins 5 and 6, and a dark 

 brown shade above it to costa; outer space gray-brown; the subter- 

 minal white line minutely lunular dentate; an interrupted fuscous 

 brow^i terminal line, inwardly finely edged with white. Hind wings 

 dark gray brown. Hind wings below white, shaded with brown ter- 

 minally; some brown irrorations on costa; a dark discal point and 

 fine postmedial line. 



Expanse. — 17 mm. 



Habitat. — St. Jean, Maroni River. 



Type.— Cat. No. 16536, U.S.N.M. 



MONODES PHLEGYAS, new species. 



Male. — Palpi dull brown, fringed below with brownish white. 

 Head brownish white, the frons darker shaded. Collar and thorax 

 dark brown. Abdomen purplish brown. Fore wings whitish brown 

 with pale brown shadings on costa; some dark brown at base of inner 

 margin; an antemedial outbent dark brown line below cell, followed 

 on fold by a dark brown spot, outwardly edged with white ; orbicular 

 large, white; reniform space pale brown edged on either side with 

 white lines; space in cell between spots dark brown, and a similar 

 shade beyond reniform; postmedial line fine, dark brown, edged with 

 whitish, outangled below vein 6, joined at angle by a white streak 

 from costa near apex; space beyond postmedial dark brown, becoming 

 paler on termen; indistinct subterminal fuscous brown spots; an 

 interrupted terminal fuscous brown line, inwardly edged with white. 

 Hind wings dark brown ; a fuscous shade on discocellular. Fore wings 

 below brown, the costa paler; inner margin white. Hind wings below 

 whitish irrorated with brown; a fuscous brown shade on discocellular; 

 a fine brown postmedial line, and narrow subterminal shade. 



Expanse. — 18 mm. 



Habitat. — St. Jean, Maroni River. 



Type.— Cat. No. 16537, U.S.N.M. 



