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maries black with a narrow black edge along inner margin; seconda- 

 ries with an outer black border roundedly incised between veins 2 and 

 3 and before anal angle, produced nearly half way up the inner margin 

 and abruptly terminated. It is less than one-fourth of the wing in 

 width. 



Expanse. — 22 mm. 



IFabitat. — Cuesta de Misantla, Vera Cruz, Mexico. 



Type.— Q?it. No. 8516, U.S.N.M. 



Genus EPECTAPTERA Hampson. 

 EPECTAPTERA DISCALIS, new species. 



Head, thorax, and hairs on base of al)domen black; abdomen other- 

 wise dark, metallic blue above, black undei'neath. Primaries dark 

 blackish brown, with a few scattered butf scales; a quadrate whitish 

 patch in middle of cell; a postmedial blackish shade. Secondaries 

 orange red, the margins all broadl}' black. 



Expanse. — 31 nnu. 



Ildbitat. — Carabaya, Peru. 



Tijpe.—O^i. No. 8517, U.S.N.M. 



EPECTAPTERA UMBRESCENS, new species. 



Antennse black. Palpi white at base, otherwise black. Head, col- 

 lar, and thorax dark brown. Abdomen black above, irrorated with 

 ochreous, underneath irrorated with light gray. Legs brown; fore 

 coxa? creamy butf. Primaries dark brown, almost black on inner mar- 

 gin; a vague, darker spot at end of cell. Secondaries brown, irrorated 

 with 3^ellow, especially in cell; outer margin broadly blackish. 



Expanse. — 30 m m . 



Habitat. — Carabaya, Peru. 



Type.—Q?ii. No. 8518, U.S.N.M. 



Family NOLID^. 



Genus CELAMA Walker. 

 CELAMA ALBIRUFA, new species. 



Body white. Legs grey, the tarsi circled with white. Primaries 

 brown grey; a white streak from base through cell to apex; median 

 vein and vein 4 distinctly white; a whitish space at base of inner margin; 

 an antemedial row of brown points angled below cell; a brown spot 

 in cell close to subcostal; a postmedial row of black points on veins 

 from costa to vein 2; veins terminally shaded with white; some dark 

 terminal points; fringe brown. Secondaries white, the apex clouded 

 with brown. 



Expanse. — 8 mm. 



Habitat. — St. Jean, French Guiana. 



Ty^e?.— Cat. No. S558, U.S.N.M.- 



