NO. U2Q. N^w SOUTH AMERICAN MOTHS— SCIIA US. 215 



cell and on inner margin; two whitish points medially above subme- 

 dian vein. Secondaries lilacine gre}-; the costal margin broadly 

 whitish on basal half; a dark streak from base, below cell to outer 

 margin, and a similar, streak near inner margin. 



E.i'paniie. — 28 nmi. 



Habitat. — St. Laurent, Maroni River, French Guiana. 



Tv//;^'.— Cat. No. 85.S5, II.S.N.M. 



AUTOMOLIS PULVEROSA, new species. 



Head and thorax grey. Palpi circled and tipped wdth white. 

 White lines on head and collar. Collar and patagia dorsally fringed 

 with white; patagia with a lateral pale 3^ellow streak. Abdomen 

 ochreous al)ove, white underneath; a white line across next to last 

 segment, white anal hairs. Primaries gre3nsh brown; a greyish white 

 shade along discocellular, and ol)]i([uely from middle of vein 2 to vein 

 4, and along it to margin; basal half of costa, base of median, basal 

 half of submedian, base of vein 4, veins 5 and 6, spotted and streaked 

 with white; ends of veins below G, and fringe, white. Secondaries 

 whitish 3'ellow; costal margin white with a large brown patch of 

 androconia; veins 3 and 5 from lower angle of cell; fJ and 7 coincident. 



Ej'/xirtne. — 29 mm. 



Ilahitat. — Geldersland, Surinam River, Dutch (hiiana. 



rupe.—Qvii. No. 8o8(), U.S.N.M. 



AUTOMOLIS CARINOSA, new species. 



Palpi pale grey streaked behind with black. Frons brown. Ver- 

 tex and collar white, the latter irrorated dorsally with red. Thorax 

 ochreous brown, the patagia tipped with red. Abdomen crimson 

 above; subdorsal points, anus, and venter white. Primaries: the 

 base obliquely from costa dark brownish gre\' cut by white veins; a 

 crimson streak on inner margin; a white triangular medial space on 

 which in and below cell is a large pale yellow spot; a broad dark 

 brown grey fascia across end of cell, widening on margins, outwardly 

 divided by white veins; the outer space pale yellow. Secondaries 

 whitish broadly tinged with roseate above anal angle. The seconda- 

 ries have costa evenlv rounded; veins and 8 stalked; 6 and T coinci- 

 dent. 



Expanse. — 35 mm. 



Ilahitat. — Rio Janeiro, Brazil. 



Type.— Cut No. 8587, U.S.N.M. 



AUTOMOLIS IRRUPTA, new species. 



Palpi gre>'ish brown in front, crimson l)ehind. Head, collar, and 

 thorax ochreous bufl', spotted with red; patagia fringed and streaked 

 with red; two white spots edged with brown posteriorly on thorax. 

 Abdomen crimson above; the anal segments yellow; underneath 



