NO. H20. NEW SOUTH AMERICAN MOTHS—SCHA US. 233 



below veins 3 and 2; an irregular outer row of dark steel grey spots 

 between veins 3 and 8; an irregular submarginal, Hne, velvety I>lack 

 line, followed V)y dark steel grey marginal spots; fringe dark with 

 butf spots at tips of veins. Secondaries brownish white at base, 

 becoming dark brown on outer margin; fringe whitish. 



Expanse. — 54 m m . 



Ilahitaf. — liockstone, British Guiana. 



Type.—C^i. No. S641, U.S.N.M. 



NYSTALEA MARONA, new species. 



Body dark ])rownish grey; a l)lackish subdorsal spot at base of abdo- 

 men. Primaries light brown irrorated with darker brown, black, and 

 grey, so that all the markings are very indistinct; blackish streaks at 

 base below costa and on inner margin; faint brownish geminate trans- 

 verse, basal, medial, and postmedial lines; a line velvety geminate 

 line at end of cell, united above; the postmedial line black between 

 the veins; a thick outer lunular black line, widest at vein 5; a fine 

 submarginal black velvety line, partly shaded with grey outwardly 

 and followed by marginal blackish shades, chiefly above vein 4; fringe 

 blackish spotted with light brown. Secondaries pale at base, the 

 outer margin broadly dark brown; the fringe whitish. 



Expanse. — 51 mm. 



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



Type.— C?ii. No. 8642, U.S.N.M. 



Genus HEORTA Walker. 

 HEORTA CAREMA, new species. 



Palpi brown. Frons bull'. Vertex and collar reddish brown mottled 

 with lilacine. Al)domen dark brown, grey above, luteous underneath. 

 Primaries: costal margin oliye brown spotted with dark brown, cell 

 and a little below it butf; three dark points in cell; basal half of inner 

 margi 1 green; a basal white streak below cell; a geminate velvet}^ 

 brown line crossing cell before and to just below vein 2, where it is 

 joined by a similar postmedial line from vein 7; the triangular space 

 formed by these lines mottled brown, lilacine, green, and white, with 

 two dark brown spots on yein 6; an irregular black subterminal shade, 

 outwardl}^ mottled with white; some marginal white shadings below 

 vein 5. Secondaries dark brown. 



Expanse. — 27 mm. 



llahitat. — Cayenne, French Guiana. 



Type.— Cat. No. 8643, U.S.N.M. 



Genus BARDAXIMA Walker. 



The type of this genus is luciUnea Walker. Longara Stoll refers 

 to some other species which I have not yet identified. 



