Sept. iSgg] ScHAUS : New Species of Lithosiid^. 217 



Cyclosticta discata, sp. nov. 



$ . Body brownish yellow. Primaries above yellowish white, the inner margin 

 faintly clouded with brownish ; the costal margin yellow ; underneath purer white 

 ■with a patch of chrome yellow velvety scales at the end of the cell. Secondaries 

 white, faintly tinged with yellow above. Expanse, 24 mm. 



Habitat: Rio Janeiro. 



Mintopola braziliensis, sp. nov. 



Head and thorax light reddish brown. Abdomen grayish. Primaries above 

 pale creamy brown, with darker shadings beyond the cell and on either side of vein 2. 

 Underneath light brown, the bas-e of costa darker. Secondaries yellowish white. 

 Underneath with an orange patch at base of inner margin. Expanse, 25 mm. 



Habitat: Nova Friburgo, Brazil. 



Thyone melanocera, sp. nov. 



Antennae black ; palpi brownish. Head, collar and patagia white. Thorax and 

 abdomen yellowish white. Wings above white, the primaries heavily scaled. Under- 

 neath the primaries are faintly suffused with yellow. Expanse, 21 mm. 



Habitat: Trinidad, B. W. I. 



Nyctosia coccinea, sp. nov. 



Head and thorax blue black. Abdomen brownish black. Primaries dull dark 

 olive green. Secondaries crimson, the costal margin narrowly and the fringe black. 

 Expanse, 35 mm. 



Habitat : City of Mexico. 



Roeselia medioscripta, sp. nov. 



Head and thorax silver gray. Abdomen yellowish ; legs darker gray. Primaries 

 silvery gray ; the basal third of costa blackish ; a median black band slightly curved 

 and starting from a broader spot on costa ; a fine transverse outer line, curved beyond 

 cell and nearly contiguous to median band below vein 3 ; a faint subterminal and ter- 

 minal darker gray shade. Secondaries grayish white with a darker terminal line. 

 Expanse, 20 mm. 



Habitat : Orizaba, Mexico. 



