NO. 1420. ]^EW SOUTH AMERICAN MOTHS— SCHA US. 189 



Genus CHRYSOSTOLA Herrich-Schaeffer. 

 CHRYSOSTOLA DISCOPLAGA, new species. 



Antenntv, palpi, head, collar, and thorax auteriorl}^ black; a lilacine 

 spot on vertex; collar broadly lilacine in front; thorax posteriorly 

 and pataoia ochreous, the latter streaked with black. Abdomen 

 ochreous. the last two segments black. Underneath yellow, the tarsi 

 partly black. Wings hyaline. Primaries: basal half of costa, median 

 vein, vein 2, base of vein 3 and inner margin ochreous yellow; a black 

 streak on subcostal near base; a black spot at end of cell; outer half 

 of costa, apex, and fringe black. Secondaries: the veins yellow; the 

 apex and inner margin black, the latter fringed with ochreous. 



Expaiue. — 24 mm. 



Habitat. — Caura Valley, Venezuela. 



Ti/jje.— Cat No. 8500,Yt.S.N.M. 



Genus PSEUDACLYTIA Butler. 

 PSEUDACLYTIA MINOR, new species. 



Body black, the abdomen above velvety black; some ochreous brown 

 behind head; fore coxai white. Primaries: black, the veins velvet}' 

 black. Secondaries: semihyaline white, the veins, inner margin 

 broadly, apex and outer margin narrowly, black. 



Expanse. — 22 mm. 



Hahitat. — St. Jean, Maroni River, Frencli Guiana. 



Type.—C^ii. No. 8501, U.S.N.M. 



PSEUDACLYTIA UNIMACULA, new species. 



Body black above, underneath brownish, with apparently grey 

 streaks on abdomen. Wings black. Primaries: with a broad yellow 

 fascia from costa beyond cell to vein 2, close to outer margin. 



Expanse. — 34 mm. 



Hahitat. — Cayenne, French Guiana. 



Tijpe.—C?iX. No. 8502, U.S.N.M. 



Genus CYANOPEPLA Clemens. 

 CYANOPEPLA PERSPICUA, new species. 



Head black, red behind; some white scales laterally on frons. Col 

 lar, thorax, and abdomen dark blue above; a whitish subdorsal line. 

 Patagia brown, streaked with white and fringed with blue. Body 

 underneath white. Legs blue and white, tarsi brown. Primaries 

 black; cell partly hyaline, also below cell and vein 2, and above vein 

 2; a hyaline fascia beyond cell from subcostal to near outer margin 

 above vein 3; a lilacine streak above submedian and contiguous to 



