N'-'- 1 IJ>- iV7':TI' SOVTIf AMERICAN MOTHS—SCIfA CS. 277 



brown and butf. Secoiularios p:ilo yellowish butl'. rhc outer niarg'in 

 shaded with pale reddish brown. 



E.ppanxc. — 25 iniu. 



Halniat. — St. Jean, Maroni River, French (xuiana. 



Tiipe.—0<xt. No. S747. U.S.N.M. 



DYLOMIA FRAGILIS, new species. 



Head vnojaceous. Palpi, collar, and thorax ochreous; jjatagia buti'. 

 Abdomen ochreous l)rown a]K)ve, paler underneath. Primaries pale 

 yellow; the costal and outer margins broadly violaceous and lilacine; 

 a dark brown point at end of cell; a brown shade below end of cell, 

 angled below vein 2, then inwardly oblicpie to inner maroin, out- 

 Avardly edged by a darker brown line, and a white point on submediaii, 

 followed on inner margin by a grey and brown shade, limited out- 

 wai'dly by a short white line; a submarginal ochreous l>rown shade 

 from vein -i to inner maig'in, edged on either side l)y a dark Ijrown 

 line, outer margin at inner angle thickly irrorated with lilacine. Sec- 

 ondaries dirty white, shaded with pale rc^ldish brown on outer and 

 inner margins. 



Exjxin St'. — 8( ) mm. 



ILilflfat. — St. Jean,' Maroni River, French (luiana. 



rv/>.— Cat. No. 8T4S, U.S.N.M. 



DYLOMIA PULVEREA, new species. 



Palpi and head pale reddish brown; vertex white. Collar dark rod- 

 dish brown. Thorax lilacine grey. Abdomen reddish brown above, 

 luteous underneath. Primaries ])r()wn, thickly irrorated with lilacine, 

 except on outer half of inner margin, and the outer margin, where 

 there is onl}' a cluster of lilacine scales al)ove the sulimedian and vein 

 2; an oblique white line from apex to submedian at one-third from 

 base, inwardly shaded with clear brown; a perpendicular line from 

 this line at vein 2 to inner margin; a black point at end of cell; beyond 

 cell to oblicjue line the veins are brown; a black point below apex, and 

 white marginal points above and below vein 6. Secondaries reddish 

 brown, paler at base. 



Expanse. — 28 mm. 



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



Type.—Oiit. No. 8749, U.S.N.M. 



DYLOMIA GERMANA, new species. 



Palpi, head, and collar reddish brown, vertex white. Thorax lila- 

 cine brown. Abdomen reddish brown above, luteous underneath. 

 Primaries lilacine brown, finely irrorated with lilacine on margins; an 

 oblique pale line, inwardly shaded with dark brown from a black spot 

 below apex to middle of sul)median vein, then forming an outward 



