NO. 1420. NE W so I 'TH A MERK'A N MO THS—SCHA US. 299 



on inner marg-in; the outer margin wliitc with a subtenninal and a 

 marginal grey shade. Secondaries tliinly scaled, white, a dark medial 

 spot on inner margin; reddish brown shades suhterminally at and near 

 inner margin. The fringe ochreons red at anal angle. 



Expanse. — 29 mm. 



Ilahltat.—Si. -lean, Maroni River, French Guiana. 



Type.— Cat. No. SS03, U.S.N.M. 



COLLA ALBESCENS, new species. 



White. The abdomen above reddish brown. Primaries: the costa 

 finely light brown; a grey spot on inner margin near base; a small 

 grey spot between veins 3 and 3; an interrupted grey postmedial 

 shade; an interrupted subterminal grey line below vein 4; a marginal 

 grey shade between veins 3 and 7; a terminal fine ochreous line; 

 fringe grey between 2 and 7. Secondaries: inner margin spotted 

 with oliv^aceous brown; a grey subterminal spot near inner margin; 

 some faint grey marginal spots. 



Ex2)ans,e. — 22 mm. 



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



Jy^jf^.— Cat. No. 8804, U.S.N.M. 



COLLA UMBRATA, new species. 



Palpi brown. Head and thorax white. Abdomen pale brown 

 above, white underneath. Wings white. Primaries: the costa finely 

 light brown, a greyish basal shade on inner margin; a greyish medial 

 shade from cell to inner margin; a greyish postmedial .shade not 

 extending above vein 5, but continued as two fine brownish lines from 

 vein 4 to costa; an olivaceous spot on the inner line at vein 5; outer 

 margin broadly shaded with grey; a lai'ge terminal olivaceous patch 

 from veins 5 to 7; fringe olivaceous. Secondaries shaded with grey 

 below vein 4; the inner margin light })rown and olivaceous. 



Expanne. — 23 mm. 



Hahltat. — Amazons. 



Type.—Cd^t. No. 8805, U.S.N.M. 



Family LASIOCAMPID^E. 



Genus CLAPHE V^alker. 



CLAPHE NARAXA, new species. 



Body mottled grey and l)rown, darkest subdorsally on abdomen at 

 base. Primaries l)rown, irrorated with white medially, in cell and 

 costa; lines l)lackish, finely dentate; a dark brown basal line; anteme- 

 dial line g-eminate, divided by gi'ayish scales; a black point in cell; 

 postmedial line single, very slightly luigled below costa, followed by 

 grey points on veins, and grey irrorations on costal margin; a light 



