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spots between the veins. Secondaries white; the tips of veins and 

 outer margin narrowl}' brown; fringe whitish. 



Expanse. — 40 mm. 



Habitat. — St. Jean, French Guiana. 



Type.— Cat. No. 8648, U.S.N.M. 



MARTHULA CASTRENSIS, new species. 



Palpi and head ochreous brown; a bhick line behind head; collar 

 and thorax dark reddish brown; tegulte lilacine brown. Abdomen 

 dark brown alcove, luteous underneath; the anal tuft dark violaceous 

 brown. Primaries brown, slightly reddish on costa, shaded with 

 lilacine below cell; black spots on basal half of costal margin; some 

 black irrorations in and below cell; a round black spot anteriorly in 

 cell before end; a large spot vaguel}' outlined with black at end of 

 cell; three lilacine lines partly bordered by black irrorations from 

 cell, one l)efore vein 2, one at vein 2, starting in cell, and the third 

 from base of vein 3; an outer lilacine line inwardly shaded with ochre- 

 ous brown from costa near apex to just be3^ond middle of inner margin; 

 beyond this line the outer margin is partly tinged with lilacine and 

 slightly irro rated with black; a submarginal and a marginal row of 

 black spots between the veins. Secondaries white, a terminal li^t 

 golden brown shade. 



Expanse. — 31 mm. 



Habitat.— C&stro., Parana, Brazil. 



This type specimen was figured" as 3f. <piadrata Walker, but is 

 quite distinct from that species. 



Type.—Cvii. No. 8649, U.S.N.M. 



MARTHULA HIRSUTA, new species. 



Palpi, head, and thorax reddish brown. Collar and patagia lilacine 

 brown. Abdomen dark reddish brown above, whitish underneath, 

 with long tufts below and laterally on anal segments of violaceous 

 black hairs. Primaries lilacine brown; a broad reddish brown shade 

 from middle of costa to outer margin above vein 3; a blackish brown 

 shade separates it from the lilacine portion below; the lines oblique, 

 pale, inwardly shaded with brown; the basal line from median to sub- 

 median veins, the antemedial line from just a))ove median to inner 

 margin, the postmedial from costa, curved around cell, very indis- 

 tinct above vein 3, and followed by a finer line parallel to it; the outer 

 line from costa; a submarginal row of black points between the veins. 

 Secondaries smoky white; the veins l)rown; the costal and outer mar- 

 gins shaded with brown; the inner margin broadly blackish. 



Expanse. — 34 mm. 



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



Type.— G2it. No. 8650, U.S.N.M. 



a Trans. Ent. Soc, 1901, pi. xi, fig. 2. ' 



