NO. 1420. NEW so UTH AMERICAN MOTHS—SCItA VS. 309 



CLAPHE HORRIFER, new species. 



Body above })lack-l)ro\vii, uiiderneatli reddish brown. Priinai'ies 

 brown, the basal two-thirds sutt'used with ))lack; tlie veins hhick; a 

 postmc^lial row of white points on veins; a snbterniinal l)lack line, 

 tinel}' lunular, and toothed tt)ward8 base. Secondaries bi'own, the 

 veins black; the costal margin suti'used with black; traces of a gemi- 

 nate black postmedial line; a subterminal dark ))rown shade; black 

 points on tips of veins. Underneath lighter brow'n; the apex of 

 secondaries irrorated with grey and black. 



Expan He. — 86 m m . 



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



Type.—C^t. No. 8835, U.S.N.M. 



CLAPHE LAPANA, new species. 



Body brown, the collar and thorax mottled with buff. Primaries 

 light blown;" obli(|ue dark brown streaks on costal and inner margins, 

 the commencement of basal, geminate antemedial, geminate postme- 

 dial, and subterminal lines; basal and postmedial dark streaks on veins, 

 the latter connected by a broad greyish shade; dark brown terminal 

 streaks on veins and a terminal bi'own line; the subterminal consisting 

 of dark grey spots between the veins; fringe dark grew with a pale 

 basal line. Secondaries reddish brown; a black terminal line at apex. 



E.i'panxe. — 26 mm. 



Ilahifat. — St. Jean, Maroni River, French (Tuiana. 



Type.—C^i. No. 8836, U.S.N.M. 



CLAPHE PASTICA, new species. 



Body dark grey; a few whitish irro rations on collar and thorax. 

 Primaries dark gre}^, the veins slightly' irrorated with pale brown: a 

 small rufous spot at end of cell, containing a black point; whitish 

 postmedial points on veins; marginal white lunules between the veins. 

 Secondaries dark greyish brown; the costal margin irrorated with 

 white; an irregular whitish subterminal line. Underneath dark grey 

 with a whitish subterminal line; apices buff; costal margin of second- 

 aries blackish. 



Expanse. — 23 mm. 



llahltat. — St. Jean, Maroni River, French (luiana. 



Type.—Q'A. No. 8837, U.S.N.M. 



CLAPHE DALTHA, new species. 



Body dark brown, some buff' irrorations on collar and thorax. Pri- 

 maries dark brown, irrorated with tine whitish scales; a blackish brown 

 streak at base of cell, and a similar patch at upper angh^ of cell; a 

 darker brown, wavy, geminate, antemedial line, and a finely dentate. 



