ART. 7. NEW SPECIES OF MOTHS SCHAUS, 9 



3 to costa forming short streaks on interspaces. Hind wing with the 

 margins black, rather wider on inner margin than on termen. 



Expanse. — 22 mm. 



Habitat. — San Esteban Valley, Venezuela. 



Type.—Q&X. No. 25885, U.S.N.M. 



Received from Dr. H. G. Dyar. 



DYCLADIA MARMANA. new species. 



Female. — Palpi fuscous. Antennae black with white before tips. 

 Head and body fuscous black; frons and vertex with metallic blue 

 scaling; bluish white spots on tegulae in front, points on shoulders, 

 and irrorations on thorax; some faint bluish white scaling on ab- 

 domen dorsally, and similar lateral patches ; underneath with ochra- 

 ceous shading on basal segment. Legs fuscous; a streak on inner side 

 of fore femora, mid and hind tarsi, also throat cream buff. Fore 

 wing fuscous black ; a blue point at base. Hind wing fuscous black 

 f antly tinged with blue black ; cilia on inner margin white. Wings 

 below fuscous black; some white hairs at base of fore wing below 

 cell. The antennae are pectinated, the hind tibiae and tarsi smooth; 

 otherwise it might be taken for a Macrocneme. 



Expanse. — 31 mm. 



Habitat. — Potaro River, British Guiana. 



Type.— C^t. No. 25886, U.S.N.M. 



DTCLADIA BASIMACULA, new species. 



Male. — Palpi ochraceous orange, the third joint, except narrowly 

 at base, and tips of second joint black. Head black; a transverse 

 band in front of antennae ochraceous orange. Antennae black, the 

 basal joint ochraceous orange. Body above black; outer edge of 

 tegulae, the patagia and a lateral stripe on abdomen ochraceous 

 orange ; some black hairs on outer edge of patagia. Legs black ; fore 

 coxae capucine yellow, other coxae, and base of tai'si pale orange 

 yellow. Fore wing semi-hyaline pale ochraceous buff ; a large black 

 spot at base and one at end of cell with a black fascia below it to 

 termen, this fascia extending from vein 3 to inner margin; a large 

 black spot occupying the apical space; costal margin and inner 

 margin to middle cinnamon rufous; termen between veins 3 and 5 

 narrowly fine orange ; veins across semi-hyaline portions orange buff. 

 Hind wing capucine j^ellow, the termen black broadly from vein 2 to 

 costa. Wings below similar but the basal spot or fore wing much 

 smaller. 



Expanse. — 30 mm. 



Habitat. — Caura Valley, Venezuela; also from Trinidad. 



Type.—CsLt. No. 26063, U.S.N.M. 



