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BANIANA GYAS, new species. 



Male. — Antennae pubescent, ciliate. Palpi and frons brown; frons 

 above and vertex grayish buff; vertex behind and collar dark brown. 

 Thorax grayish brown. Abdomen above fuscous; underneath and 

 anal hairs buff. Fore wings: Base brown, limited by an outbent rose- 

 ate buff broad line, outwardly shaded with dark brown, becoming 

 })aler medially and suffusing \nth the postmedial roseate buff shade, 

 which is limited by a dark brown vertical shade; the outer margin 

 broadly olive brown; terminal dark brown spots on interspaces; a 

 fine incurved dark line on discocellular, expanding slightly at lower 

 end. Hind wings dull fuscous brown. Wings below dull grayish 

 brown; costa of fore wings tinged with buff; hind wdngs with a dark 

 discal point and postmedial line; small terminal dark spots on 

 interspaces. 



Expanse. — 27 mm. 



Habitat. — St. Laurent, Maroni River. 



Type.— C&t. No. 16649, U.S.N.M. 



BANIANA HERCEUS, new species. 



Male. — Antennae pubescent, fasciculate. Body brown, the thorax 

 slightly shaded with fuscous. Fore wdngs: Base of costa gray, the 

 basal space otherwise rich brown, limited by a fine white antemedial 

 line, wavily outbent and curved above submedian near middle of 

 wing; medial space grapsh irrorated with black, limited by a straight 

 outbent fine white line from below subcostal to inner margin; orbic- 

 ular a dark brown point circled with whitish; space beyond to sub- 

 terminal rich brown, except on costa postmedially, and just beyond 

 cell, which is grayish, crossed by a fine postmedial line, outcurved, 

 upangled below reniform, then outbent and barely traceable on brown 

 ground; reniform spot small, white, broadly circled with brown, 

 which is outwardly edged by a fine whitish line; subterminal line 

 fuscous, slightly sinuous, inwardly edged with buff; term en grayish 

 shaded with brown from near vein 2 to near vein 5 ; a terminal brown 

 line; inner margin with tuft before antemedial line. Hind wings 

 brown; a darker terminal line; cilia bistre brown. Wings below 

 paler brown, with darker discocellular spots. 



Expanse. — 27 mm. 



Habitat. — St. Laurent, Maroni River. 



Type.— C&t. No. 16650, U.S.N.M. 



BANIANA SERPENS, new species. 



Male. — Palpi dark brown outwardly. Vertex m front and thorax 

 pale-buff brown. Head behind, and collar velvety brown black. 

 Abdomen grayish brown. Fore wings: A fine whitish line from 

 inner margin antemedially, upbent, and angled in cell, down curved 



