NO. 1420. JSfEW SOl'TH AMERICAN MOTHS— SCHA US. 279 



line, beyond which are terminal black spots on veins; fringe brown. 

 Secondaries dark brown. 



Ji.qxoise. — Male, 37 nnii. 



Hahltat. — St. Jean, Maroni River, French (iviiana. 



Type.—OAi. No. 8752, U.S.N.M. 



ANITA SYRTA, new species. 



Palpi light grey tipped with l)rown. Head, collar, and thorax 

 ochreous brown; patagia creamy Avhite edged with lilacine. Abdo- 

 men brown, slightly paler underneath. Primaries l)rown, lines black- 

 ish; a wavy basal line; costal margin ])roadly white from ])asal to 

 antemcdial line; antemedial line wavy, becoming reddish brown on 

 inner margin; a thick black mark in cell; a reddish brown streak at 

 end of cell; postmedial line lunular, becoming brown below vein 3, fol- 

 lowed by white points and black streaks on veins 3 to 7; costal margin 

 medialh' darker brown, then mottled with white to apex; submarginal 

 black spots on a white shade; a marginal brown line; terminal black 

 spots on veins. Secondaries dark ]>rown. 



Expanse. — 34 mm. 



Ilahltat. — St. Jean, Maroni Riv^er, French (ruiana. 



Type.—C^t. No. 8753, U.S.N.M. 



ANITA GALIBENSIS, new species. 



Palpi dark velvety l)rown, deeply fringed with butf and brown. 

 Head and collar mottled dark and ochreous brown; a violaceous space 

 posteriorly on thorax; a pale streak on patagia. Abdomen dark 

 brown above; a subdorsal darker tuft on third segment; underneath 

 dark buff. Primaries: basal third dark velvety brown, with a lighter 

 brown shade at base of costa and l»elow cell, and limited b}" a 

 wavy slightly curved pale line; immediately after this a small velvety 

 brown spot in cell; at)ove median vein and vein 4 the wing is light gre}', 

 below it brown; an annular dark grey spot at end of ceil; a dentate 

 black line, curved around cell, followed by a finer reddish brown 

 dentate line; a deeply dentate submarginal ])lack line; a marginal 

 wavy dark brown line. Secondaries dark brown. 



Expanse. — Male, 44 mm.; female, 50 nmi. 



Ilalt'itat. — Maroni River, French Guiana; Essequebo River, British 

 Guiana. 



7yj>t?.— Cat. No. 8754, U.S.N.M. 



ANITA LASSA, new species. 



Palpi and patagia light brown. Head and collar velvety ])lack. 

 Abdomen blackish brown above, light brown underneath. Primaries 

 light brown shaded with dark steel grey on costa before apex, above 

 inner angle, and on basal third between median and submedian veins; 



