Dec, 1903.] ScHAUs : New Tropical Noctl'id.*. 233 



Himella goniostigma, sp. nov. 



Palpi inwardly, head and collar buff. Palpi outwardly, vertex and thorax dark 

 brown. Abdomen grayish-brown. Primaries brown shaded with buff near base, in 

 cell, and before subterminal line ; a dark space at base crossed by basal line ; inner 

 line dark, geminate, oblique from costa to median, then wavy to inner margin ; 

 median shade dark, visible on costa and inner margin ; orbicular dark, obli(iue ; reni- 

 form large, dark velvety brown, edged with pale buff, constricted and broader pos- 

 teriorly ; outer line from middle of costa sharply curved around reniform, pale, pre- 

 ceded by small velvety brown spots between veins 3 and 7, and followed by a geminate 

 row of dark points on veins ; subterminal pale, nearly straight, inwardly edged with 

 reddish-brown; the outer margin dark grayish-brown; terminal black points between 

 the veins; fringe light brown with two darker lines. Secondaries whitish along inner 

 margin, otherwise dark gray ; a dark discal point. Expanse 27 mm. 



Habitat : Guadalajara, Mexico. 



Himella ochrota, sp. nov. 



Body grayish-brown. Primaries liglit Ijrown, irrorated with gray scales, chiefly 

 on costal and outer margins, the latter being quite dark ; the subterminal heavy, vel- 

 vety black from submedian to vein 7 ; orbicular round, circled with dark gray ; reni- 

 form broad, inwardly and outwardly shaded with dark gray, also with white outwardly. 

 Secondaries whitish, the veins dark ; gray irrorations along costa ; a black discal spot, 

 and a terminal black line. Expanse 28 mm. 



Habitat: San Andres, Chalchicomula, Mexico. 



Himella marginalis, sp. nov. 



9. Head, thorax and primaries very dark brown. Abdomen and secondaries 

 dull dark brown. Piimaries : traces of geminate and inner irregular black lines filled 

 in with lighter brown ; reniform large, indistinct, faintly outlined with lighter brown, 

 and marked by four paler points ; outer line fine, black, lunular, the lunules filled in 

 with lighter brown, and followed on veins 2, 3 and 4 by a pale point between two 

 small black dashes ; a subterminal dark velvety brown spot between 5 and 6 ; the 

 outer margin broadly gray, inwardly marked by two large whitish spots; a terminal 

 black line ; terminal black spots between the veins ; fringe light brown spotted with 

 black. Secondaries: a dark discal jwint ; fringe light reddish-brown. Expanse 36 mm. 



Habitat : Sao Paulo, southeastern Ikazil. 



Himella gigantea, sp. nov. 



Head and thorax lilacine brown. Abdomen dark gray above ; lilacine brown 

 laterally ; anal tufts yellowish. Primaries pale buff, tinged with lilacine on costal 

 and inner margins and thinly irrorated with black ; cell and outer margin tinged with 

 light brown ; a minute black spot in cell near base ; inner line very fine, black, indis- 

 tinct ; orbicular small, reniform large, formed by a darker shade ; outer line very fine, 

 indistinct, followed by black points on veins ; a subterminal fine brownish line ; ter- 

 minal gray spots between the veins ; fringe light brown. Secondaries white ; the costal 

 margin and fringe buff; some black terminal points. Expanse 57 m™- 



Habitat : Petropolis, Brazil. 



