NO. M20. NEW SOUTH AMERICAN MOTHS— Si'HA US. 239 



maries: costa brown with a green streak from base to apex; a snow 

 white space from before end of cell to submarg'inal line. This space 

 is irrorated with brown and green scales along the costal margin, but 

 posteriorly it is pure white, edged by a tine black line, which runs 

 straight to above middle of vein 3, is there rounded and curves ob- 

 liquely to submarginal line at vein 6; beyond and below this white 

 mark the wing is dark green; the base below cell and inner margin 

 rather broadly pale gre}^ irrorated with darker grey scales; traces of 

 an antemedial black irregular line; the suV)marginal line tine, black, 

 outwardl}" lunular; a similar terminal line; fringe dark green, grey at 

 inner angle. Secondaries reddish brown at base, becoming violaceous 

 brown on outer half; fringe brown, tipped with white. Underneath 

 the primaries dark brown; a pale subcostal streak and another on 

 inner margin; the outer margin and apex pale green, with submarginal 

 black points between the veins and paired black spots at end of veins. 



Expanse. — 35 mm. 



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



Allied to P. mumetes Cramer, which should l)e placed in this genu'^. 



Type.— C'At. No. 8655, U.S.N.M. 



Genus LEPASTA Moschler. 

 LEPASTA MAONICA, new species. 



Palpi, head and patagia lilacine brown. Teguliv and thorax dark 

 velvety brown. Abdomen violaceous brown above, paler below. 

 Primaries reddish ))rown; the veins streaked with black, edged above 

 and below with dark lilacine; the outer margin lilacine irrorated with 

 grey and ])rown and crossed by a velvet}^ black line slightly dentate 

 between the veins; a dark shade precedes the paler outer margin, 

 curving from costa to inner margin near base; five white points on 

 costa from middle to apex; a short white streak above inner margin on 

 its outer half; an indistinct oblique dark antemedial and postmedial 

 shade on costa; some yellowish green scaling on outer margin below 

 vein 3, Secondaries dark brown, the fringe mottled with 3'ellow. 



Expanse. — 39 mm. 



Ilahilat.— St. Jean, Maroni River, French Guiana; Rockstone, 

 Essequebo River, British Guiana. 



Allied to Z. f/iixta Moschler {calophasloides Ka3^e), but much darker 

 altogether, 



Tt/pe.— Cat. No, 8656, U.S.N.M. 



LEPASTA MALTHA, new species. 



Palpi reddish brown, mottled in front with white. Head, tuft 

 and thorax mottled with white, gre}', and olivaceous; the patagia 

 outwardly dark brown, Al)d()men light brown above, luteous under- 



