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and at vein 3, then wav}" to inner margin; this line is followed by a 

 tine brownish shade, and again by a heavier shade from costa to vein 

 5; these lines all start from brown spots on costa; a marginal black 

 line, disconnected, oblique and lunular below vein 4; terminal dark 

 points at ends of veins; fringe white mottled with brown. Seconda- 

 ries smoky white, the veins on basal half luteous; on outer half veins 

 and outer margin brown; brown hairs on inner margin; fringe white. 



Expanse. — Male, 81 mm.; female, 84 mm. 



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



Type.—C^t. No. 8718, U.S.N.M. 



BLERA LAUTA, new species. 



Head and thorax grey mottled with brown. Abdomen dorsally 

 grey; a large dark lateral space extending on to dorsum; underneath 

 white with dark brown anal hairs. Primaries light brown; outer 

 margin white, irrorated with dark grey, widest between veins 4 and .5, 

 and 2 and 3; inner margin pure white almost to angle, the white 

 extending somewhat above the submedian medially; some white spots 

 on costa before apex; the veins irrorated with black and white; traces 

 of antemedial and postmedial black lines on brown portion of wing; a 

 dark grey marginal line, partly lunular. Secondaries white; a termi- 

 nal dark shade; ends of veins dark; fringe white. 



Expanse. — 31 mm. 



Ilahitat. — Oniai, British Guiana. . 



Ty2)e.—C2it. No. 8719, U.S.N.M. 



Genus CHADISRA Walker. 

 CHADISRA MULTIFIDA, new species. 



Palpi dark ])rown fringed with reddish brown. Head and thorax 

 mottled dark and lighter brown. Abdomen dark brown; a subdorsal 

 velvet}' basal tuft. Primaries: basal portion, including one third of 

 costa and two thirds of inner margin, dark brown, crossed b}" a lunu- 

 lar darker velvety line, geminate on costa; some light brown and 

 faw n scales at base; a dark brown spot in cell, with a fawn streak on 

 either side; these are somewhat lunular in shape; costal margin on 

 outer two-thirds whitish, iri-orated, and spotted w^th dark brown; a 

 velvet}' black postmedial line from vein 8, forming two outward curves 

 to vein 3, then inwardly curved to inner margin, edged with white 

 below vein 3, and above it shaded with brown, followed between 4 

 and 5 by a velvety black streak, and a dark blotch from vein 3 to 

 below vein 2; submarginal velvety black streaks on a dark brown 

 shade a1)Ove vein 5, followed by a dentate whitish line; outer margin 

 brown; a bufi' shade from veins 2-5, widest between veins 3 and 4; a 

 marginal wavy black line, beyond which the veins are Idack; a pale 

 line at base of fringe, which is brown, mottled with bufl' above vein 4. 



