SEVEN NEW SPECIES OF ETHMIA FROM TROPICAL AMERICA 55 



Ethmia Hnda, new species. 



Labial palpi white, second joint smoky toward base and with a narrow 

 black annulation at apex ; terminal joint with a broad black annulation 

 immediately below the apex. Face white. Head white latefcJly, with 

 a large central, deep black crown. Antennae dark fuscous with basal 

 joint white. Thorax white with two lateral deep black spots and with 

 a posterior, black, transverse band.; extreme posterior tip white. Fore- 

 wings white tinged with smoky fuscous, especially on costal haJf, except 

 around the deep black spots which constitute the wing markings ; extreme 

 bawe of the wing and a small costal spot near base black ; besides these 

 black spots and the black marginal markings there are nine round black 

 dots of nearly equal size on the wing ; five on basal half of the wing and 

 four on apical third of the wing, all within the margins, and all sunounded 

 by pure white scales ; around apical and termineJ edges is a series of 

 nearly contiguous black dashes, beyond which the edges of the wings are 

 pure white ; cilia smoky white. Hindwing dark bronze fuscous with 

 whitish cilia. Abdomen dark brown. Legs whitish fuscous ; amterior 

 tarsi cinnylated with black. 



Alar expcinse, 16-17 mm. 



Habitat, Caracas, Venezuela. 



Type, Cat. No. 18267, U. S. Nat. Mus. 



Intermediate between Ethmia paucella Walker, from Santo Domingo, 

 and Ethmia mulleri Busck, from Mexico, but considerably smaller than 

 either and easily differentiated by the different pattern of the forewing 

 and by the dark colored hindwing. 



Ethmia. mansita, new species. 



Labial palpi white, slightly sprinkled with black. Face and head 

 white. Thorax white with front and a Icirge posterior spot black. Fore- 

 wings white shaded with light brown, especially on dorsal and costal 

 basal half; a central, longitudinal row of five blac]: dashes from base to 

 apex, below which are two black dots in the cell and some black scales 

 at the end of the cell ; extreme costal edge, black at base of the wing ; 

 a marginal series of black deishes around apical and terminal edges. 

 Cilia white shaded with light brown at the tip. Hindwing rather dark 

 fuscous with white cilia. Abdomen blackish fuscous with white under- 

 side. Legs light gray, tarsal joint blackish. 



Alar expanse, 1 8 mm. 



