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ZATREPHES OSSEA, new species. 



Palpi whitish; a crimson streak behind. Head and thorax g-reyi.sh 

 white thinly irrorated with rod; a brown spot on vertex; a subdorsal 

 dark line. Abdomen roseate above, whitish underneath. Primaries 

 bone white; a few red irrorations on basal half; outer portion with 

 coalescing- brownish striw; costal margin finely brown; fringe and 

 outer margin narrowly dark brown; an antemedial and a postmedial 

 brown line; closer together on inner margin than on costal margin; 

 veins on outer margin brown. Secondaries white; the inner margin 

 broadly roseate; fringe brown, 



^u-panse. — 35 mm. 



ILihltat. — St. Jean, Maroni River, French Guiana. 



Type.—K^^i. No. 8575, U.S.N.M. 



Genus EU PSEUDOSOM A Grote. 

 EUPSEUDOSOMA ABERRANS, new species. 



Palpi white; second segment terminally and upper part black. Head 

 and thorax white; a brown bar on frons; .some yellow on vertex. 

 Abdomen white; crimson above, except on first and two terminal seg- 

 ments; a dorsal row of white spots. Wings white; outer half of 

 extreme costa on primaries fuscous; a fuscous streak below cell, between 

 veins 2 and 3, and below submedian. 



Expanse. — 43 mm. 



Ilahitat. — Coatepec, Mexico. 



This species differs from ]£. involuta Sepp in the position of the 

 fuscous lines on primaries. 



Tyjye.—Cvit. No. 857<3, U.S.N. INI. 



Genus NEAXIA Hampson. 

 NEAXIA GNOSIA, new species. 



Head and thorax yellow; a crimson line behind palpi; a red line 

 across frons; red spots on thorax; patagia fringed and with a crimson 

 line. Abdomen roseate above, white underneath. Primaries yellow; 

 a large dark gre}' space from middle of cell to inner margin, where it 

 is widest, edged with crimson and crossed l)y a crimson streak below 

 cell; a crimson spot near base of costa and at base below median vein; 

 a pale grey spot in cell and a row of four spots beyond cell, followed 

 })y a series of postmedial darker g're}' spots, coalescing between veins 

 5 and 8; a marginal row of very pale spots. All the spots edged more 

 or less with reddish. Secondaries roseate; the costal margin white; 

 fringe yellow. 



Expanse. — 31 mm, 



Hah'itat. — Oinai, British (iruiana. 



Type.—C2it. No. 8577, U.S.N.M. 



