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Genus GLAUCOSTOLA Hampson. 

 GLAUCOSTOLA FLAVIDA, new species. 



Head, legs, thorax, and priuiai-ie« grey-brown; some yellow behind 

 head; a dark yellow streak at base of inner margin; a darker oblique 

 shade at end of cell. Abdomen and secondaries dark yellow. Under- 

 neath the primaries are tinged w itli yellow. 



E.rpaiitie. — 3 7 n i m . 



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



71/yA.— Cat. No. 8604, U.S.N.M. 



GLAUCOSTOLA METAXANTHA, new species. 



Palpi and legs dark brown grey. Head orange; a l)lack spot on ver- 

 tex. Collar orange: subdorsal and lateral blackish spots. Thorax 

 blackish; the patagia inwaidly edged with yellow. Abdomen orange; 

 a black band across last segment. Primaries dark brown; pale streaks 

 on costa, in cell, al)ove inner margin, and above and below vein 2; an 

 oblicpie white band beyond cell from subcostal to vein 3 near outer 

 margin; an acute elongated white spot at base lielow cell. Second- 

 aries: base and itiiier area yellow; outer portion from middle of costa 

 and fron) beyond anal angle black. 



Expanse. — 3-t mm. 



JIahltat. — Tuis, Costa Rica. 



Type.—Q^t. No. S6()5, U.S.N.M. 



GLAUCOSTOLA BINOTATA, new species. 



Palpi, head, and collar dark grey; some yellow behind head, and 

 posteriorly on teguhe. Abdomen yellow a])ove; a sid)dorsal and a 

 lateral black band; the last segment black, leaving anal hairs yellow. 

 Primaries grey; a large whitish spot beyond cell from veins 4 to <i; a 

 diffuse whitish spot below cell near base; the veins on outer half 

 streaked with l)lack. Secondaries yellow at ))ase; the outer half black ; 

 underneath the primaries are darker than above. 



Kr pause. — 26 mm. 



Ilahitat. — Rockstone, Esse<(ue))o River, British Guiana. 



Type.—0^ii. No. 8606, U.S.N.M. 



Genus H YPERTH^^MA Hampson. 

 HYPERTH^MA RUBERRIMA, new species. 



Body crimson. Alxiomen with two lateral rows of black spots. 

 Legs crimson; tibia?, and tarsi black, the latter with lii'oad white 

 annuli; a black spot on teguhe. Primaries crimson; a ))Iack point at 

 base of su})costal vein; a large round white antemedial spot lielow 

 cell, and another beyond cell between veins 4 and 6, both circled with 



