NO.1420. NEW SOUTH AMERICAN MOTHS— SCHAUS. 301 



postniedial row of white points on veins; a dentate submarginal grey 

 line, preceded by a \vhiti«h shade and followed by blackish streaks on 

 veins; fringe dark grey, spotted with white at ends of veins. Second- 

 aries similar; the inner margin broadly pale l)rown; the subtermiiial 

 line followed l)y paler blotches. Undern(nith whitish grey; traces of 

 a submarginal darker line; the costal margin of secondaries irrorated 

 with darker grey. 



E^fj)a)i><e. — 40 mm. 



Ilahlfaf. — Merida, Venezuela. 



Type.— Cat. No. SSOO, U.S.N.M. 



CLAPHE HERBERTI, new species. 



Head and thorax grey, thinly irrorated with brown. Abaomen 

 dark brown; anal segment dark grey. Primaries grey, thickh" irro- 

 rated with black and brown; antemedial line black, indented below 

 median vein and connected to base by a tine black line; no spot in cell; 

 postmedial nearly straight, closely lunular. emitting short black 

 streaks inwardly on veins; subterminal line very distinct, irregular, 

 lunular-sagittate, followed by tine black streaks on the veins; fringe 

 dark grey, with pale spots at the ends of the veins. Secondaries 

 brown; the costal margin ))roadly grey; the subtei'minal distinct 

 above vein 5, dentate; below vein 5 more regular and indistinct, 

 i^nderneath light l)rown; a darker subterminal line; a dark median 

 streak on costa of secondaries. 



E.vjKnue. — 47 mm. 



Ilalritat. — Santo Domingo, S. E. Peru. 



1 am indebted to Mr. Herbert Druce for a specdmen of this species. 



Type.^Cai. No. 8810, U.S.N.M. 



CLAPHE IRESCA, new species. 



Head, thorax, primaries, and costal margin of secondaries gre}", 

 irrorated rather thickly with brown. Abdomen and secondaries 

 otherwise light brown. Primaries: lines brown, tinely dentate; a tine 

 brown streak in cell; the antemedial and postmedial lines slightly 

 angled below costa; the subterminal outcurved below costa, incurved 

 between veins 4 and 6; fringe spotted with dark grey-brown. Second- 

 aries: traces of antemedial and postmedial lines on costal margin; the 

 subterminal slightly wavy. U nderneath dull brown without markings. 



Expanse. — 86 mm. 



Ilahltat. — Geldersland, Dutch Guiana. 



Type.— Cat. No. 8811, U.S.N.M. 



CLAPHE ALBIPLAGA, new species. 



Head greyish brown. Collar and thorax white. Abdomen dark 

 grey; anal hairs yellow. Primaries dark grey, really a white ground 

 thickly irrorated with black and fawn scales; a white space at base 



