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Genus LYCOMORPHODES Hampson. 

 LYCOMORPHODES EPATRA, new species. 



Froiis, colliir, :ind thorax .shining coal bhick; vertex ochreoiis. 

 A])d()in(Mi (Inll black. Primaries shining coal black; an ochreons 

 sti"eak at l)ase below costa. Secondaries dull black. 



Kxpause. — 18 mm. 



llaljltat. — St. Jean, French (juiana. 



Tyyjt^— Cat. No. 8542, U.S.N. M. 



Genus TALARA Walker. 

 TALARA ORNATA, new species. 



Head and collar light gre^^sh brown. Thorax blackish. Alidoraen 

 roseate, the last segment black. Primaries: basal half and apex 

 creamy buff, thinl}' irrorated with brown; outer half more thickly 

 irrorated with brown, forming a broad difl'use postmedial shade; 

 sul)terminal blackish shades, a dark })rown spot at end of cell. 

 Secondaries: the base and inner margin roseate, otherwise black. 

 Underneath the primaries are black, the inner margin yellowish. 



Kxpimse. — 16 nun. 



llahUat. — St. Jean, French Guiana. 



Ty;^..— Cat. No. 8;UP.. U.S.N. M. 



TALARA SUBCOCCIl«IEA, new species. 



Head and thorax light roseate brown. Abdomen and secondaries 

 j'oseate ochroous; anal hairs black. Primaries pale buff, shaded with 

 roseate except on costal and inner margins, and thinly irrorated with 

 In'own; a fine oblique darker shade from below cell to inner margin; 

 fringe shaded with black-l)rown. Underneath the primaries are 

 roseate, the costa, apex, and outer margin shaded with brown. 



Kxpanse. — 18 nun. 



JIahitat. — St. Jean, French Guiana. 



Type.— C?ii. No. 8544, U.S.N.M. 



TALARA DECEPTA, new species. 



Frons, thorax, and al)domen black; vertex yellow. Primaries black, 

 tinged with deep blue; a postmedial whitish fascia interrupted below 

 cell by a dai'k streak; a pale buff spot close al)ove inner angle, and 

 extending on to fringe. Secondaries light brown at base, suffusing 

 to l)lack on outer margin. 



E.i'paitse. — 19 nun. 



IIahltat.--i*>i. Jean, French Guiana. 



Type.—C2ii. No. 8545, U.S.N.M. 



