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less distinct; postmedial line outcurved, finely lunular, followed by a 

 fine brownish shade. Hind wings: A black discal spot, and faint 

 line above it; postmedial also followed by a brown shade. Fore 

 wings below brownish, the inner margin yellowish white. Hind 

 wings below yellowish white; discocellular markings as above; a 

 faint postmedial line; a faint brownish marginal shade; the terminal 

 spots on both wings distinct; cilia with darker spots. 



Expanse. — 22 mm. 



Habitat. — St. Jean, Maroni River. 



Type.—€&t. No. 16624, U.S.N.M. 



CAPNODES ABAS, new species. 



Male. — Palpi brown, the joints tipped with white, the third also 

 ringed with white at base. Body above grayish brown, underneath 

 whitish. Wings grayish brown, faintly tinged with lilacme; some 

 scattered fuscous irrorations; brown spots edged with black on dis- 

 cocellular; two subterminal dentate darker Imes; termiaal black 

 points on interspaces, paired at submedian fold. Fore wings: 

 Antemedial and postmedial lines, fine, brown, darkest on costa, the 

 antemedial outcurved on costa, and lunular, the postmedial incurved 

 on costa and finely wavy. Hind wings: A postmedial finely wavy 

 line, down bent toward anal angle. Fore wings below dull grayish 

 brown ; a fuscous spot near base of subcostal, an orbicular point and 

 shadings on discocellular; fine postmedial and subterminal lines. 

 Hind wings below whitish yellow; a dark discal point and fine post- 

 medial line; the outer margin broadly grayish brown. 



Expanse. — 22 mm. 



Habitat. — Geldersland, Surinam River. 



Type.—Csit. No. 16625, U.S.N.M. 



CAPNODES DEOIS, new species. 



Male. — Body above gray, darkest on head and collar; a fine 

 brownish line across thorax m front; body below white. Fore wings 

 gray, the medial space almost whitish irrorated with gray; ante- 

 medial and postmedial lines fine, brown, edged with whitish on 

 medial side; a round fuscous spot on discocellular; behind and above 

 it a large oval oblique linear spot; subterminal fine, brownish, 

 inwardly edged with white, lunular below costa, outset and inwardly 

 oblique from vein 5 to submedian fold, then outcurved; a terminal 

 dark line, expanding on interspaces, inwardly edged with whitish. 

 Hind wings sumlar, paler on basal half; a black point on discocellular; 

 postmedial line straight to near inner margin above angle; inner 

 margin grayish white; subterminal Ime vertical to vein 5, inbent, 

 angled at vein 2 and downbent to anal angle; cilia pale yellow 

 tipped with white. Fore wings below dull gray, paler on costa and 

 termen; an orbicular fuscous point and geminate lines on discocel- 



