Dec, 1903.] ScHAUS : New Tropical Noctuid.-k. 235 



Himella pallescens, sp. nov. molbarn omih 



Head, thorax and anal tuft fawn color. Abdomen dull black above. Primaries 

 lilacine fawn color, irrorated with black scales ; lines very fine, black, indistinct ; a 

 black point at base of cell, and a similar point at orbicular; reniform large, consist- 

 ing of a pale line inwardly edged with reddish scales, and with a black spot anteriorly 

 and another posteriorly ; a subterminal pale line ; terminal black points ; fringe at 

 apex tipped with black. Secondaries dark gray ; a dark discal spot ; fringe pale. 

 Expanse 32 mm. 



Habitat: Sao Paulo, southeastern Brazil. 

 Himella azucara, sj). nov. 



Head and collar light brown. Thorax dark brown. Abdomen and secondaries 

 dull brown. Primaries light brown thickly irrorated with dark brown, the markings 

 very indistinct ; traces of dark basal, inner and outer lines; spots dark faintly out- 

 lined with light brown ; the reniform marked by white spots on either side posteriorly ; 

 a faint pale subterminal line ; fringe black, spotted with light brown. Secondaries : 

 an indistinct discal spot ; fringe paler, divided by a dark line. Expanse 37 mm. 



Habitat : Sao Paulo, southeastern Brazil. 



Conservula furva, sp. nov. 



Head, collar and primaries reddish-brown. Abdomen above violaceous brown, 

 the thorax somewhat darker. Primaries shaded with violaceous at base, on costa and 

 beyond outeY line, also the spots which are outlined with grayish scales ; the orbicular 

 small, oblique ; the reniform large ; the outer line angled on subcostal, then oblique 

 to middle of inner margin, gray inwardly shaded with dark reddish-brown ; the veins 

 darker on outer margin ; a darker brown subterminal shade edged with gray at costal 

 margin ; fringe violaceous. Secondaries whitish, the veins brown ; a dark terminal 

 line. Expanse 25 mm. 



Habitat : Orizaba, Mexico. 

 Hydraecia pexa, sp. nov. 



Head and thorax lilacine brown. Abdomen grayish-brown above. Primaries 

 light brown ; the base, orbicular, a spot below it, and subterminal shades ochreous 

 brown irrorated with dark scales ; inner and outer lines line, black ; median shade 

 thick, dull brown ; reniform large, white, with an ochreous spot and two dark brown 

 lines ; costal margin tinely dark gray ; outer margin dull brown ; a terminal dark 

 line. Secondaries gray ; the veins brown. Exjianse 32 mm. 



Habitat : Oaxaca, Mexico. 

 Hydraecia cauta, sp. nov. 



9. Head gray. Thorax dark reddish-brown. Primaries blackish-gray ; four 

 small yellow spots on costa beyond outer line; a streak below costa, one in cell, the 

 space below cell and a spot on inner margin all dark red, crossed by a fine inner lun- 

 ular black line ; reniform large, white, mottled with red ; outer line fine, dentate, 

 black, beyond which the wing is more brownish-red, crossed by a blackish subterminal 



