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Secondaries: white; some brown at apex and at anal angle; a fine 

 brown terminal line; fringe white mottled with brown. 



Expanse. — 30 mm. 



Hahitat. — St. Laurent, Maroni Kiver, French Guiana. 



Type.— 0<it. No. 8720, U.S.N.M. 



CHADISRA (?) CUCULLIOIDES, new species. 



Head and collar reddish brown with a few lilacine hairs. Thorax 

 and abdomen above dark grey, thinly irrorated with white. Prima- 

 ries gre3dsh brown, the costal margin and veins irrorated with white; 

 a pale shade at base below cell; postmedial dark spots between the 

 veins, the spot between veins 2 and 3 velvety and the most conspicu- 

 ous; submarginal l)rown streaks between the veins, indistinct; termi- 

 nal brown shades inwardly lunular. Secondaries whitish, the veins 

 and outer margin dark brown; a blackish spot at anal angle, divided 

 b}' a white line. 



Expanse. — 41> nun. 



Hahitat. — St. Jean, French Guiana. 



I am doubtful about the true position of this species, as it is described 

 from a female with simple antenna\ 



Ti/jje.— Cat No. 8T21, U.S.N.M. 



Genus MERAGISA Schaus. 

 MERAGISA ARIDA, new species. 



Head and thorax dark gre}'. Abdomen greyish al>ove, whitish 

 underneatli. Primaries grey with darker irrorations; a broad dark 

 brown transverse shade near base, crossed b}^ two blackish lines; an 

 outer, and a marginal row of white spots between the veins, outwardly 

 edged with ochreous and black scales; fringe white mottled with grey 

 scales. Secondaries whitish, the inner and outer margins clouded 

 with smoky grey; some luteous hairs at base and on inner margin. 



Expanse. — 45 mm. 



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



Type.—Qat. No. 8722, U.S.N.M. 



MERAGISA ARENOSA, new species. 



Palpi dark ])rown fringed with whitish fawn. Head grey. Thorax 

 dark brown streak with fawn. Abdomen dark grey, paler at base and 

 terminally; underneath creamy white. Primaries dirty white, irro- 

 rated with grey and light brown, especially on costa and medial por- 

 tion; a ))asal brown shade from below median vein at base, outward!}' 

 oblique to inner margin; some dark brown lines at end of cell, sepa- 

 rated by pale reddish brown, and contiguous to a large brown costal 

 spot before apex; brownish marginal spots between the veins. Sec- 



