NEW SOUTH AMERICAN MOTUSSVHA VS. 223 



Genus BARITIUS Walker. 

 BARITIUS H^MORRHOIDES, new species. 



Body black; tlii-ee tonuiiuil segments of a])doiii(>ii und anal hairs 

 scarlet. Legs and coxtv l)lack. Primaries leaden black; the veins 

 black; a black basal space above submedian; a broad oblique black 

 shade above end of cell from costa to above vein 3: a narrow shade 

 from end of cell to inner margin. Secondaries white, the veins and 

 outer margin black. 



Ki-panse. — 45 nnn. 



Hahifat. — C'ayenne, French Guiana. 



Type.— Odt. No. 8011, U.S.N.M. 



Genus ELYSIUS Walker. 

 ELYSIUS PHANTASMA, new species. 



Palpi, frons, and legs dark greyish brown. Vertex, collar, and 

 thorax lilacine fawn; large blackish spots on collai'. Abdomen ochre- 

 ous. Primaries lilacine fawn, palest at base and on costa; a pah^ shade 

 at end of cell. Secondaries similar, somewhat thinly scaled, white at 

 base; inner margin ochreous 3^ellow. 



Expanse. — 3-1 nmi. 



IJahitat. — Maroni River, French Guiana. 



Tt/pe.— Cut. No. 8612, U.S.N.M. 



Genus HALISIDOTA Hubner. 

 HALISIDOTA RACEMA, new species. 



Palpi light brown, fringed with buff. Head and thorax light brown, 

 streaked with butt'. Al)domen ochreous above, luteous underneath. 

 Primaries yellowish butt', with ttne brown lunular marks between the 

 veins, those on the outer half of wing more distinct; a large lilacine- 

 brown space at end of cell, and a similar shade from it to apex; 

 another narrower shade from submedian, near ])ase, to outer margin 

 between veins 2 and 3. Secondaries whitish; a marginal brown spot 

 at apex; a submarginal brown spot between 5 and 6; a dark shade on 

 and below vein 2; inner margin tinged with ochreous. 



Expanse. — 45 mm. 



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



Tt/pe.— Cat. No. 8«513, U.S.N.M. 



HALISIDOTA MARONIENSIS, new species. 



Antennaj long and deeply pectinated. Pale yellowish butt', the mark- 

 ings light brown. Primaries: ten spots on costa, the commencement 

 of fine wavy lines, which are broken by the veins; a dark point at end 

 of cell, and one on subterminal between veins 5 and 0; terminal dark 



