NEW SOr^Tir AMEIUCAX MOTHS— SCIIAVS. 385 



TROSIA MIRABILIS, new species. 



Body white; frons black; antoiuuv and ^'el•tex bright red; mid and 

 fore legs brown; anal hairs black. Wings white; costal margin of 

 primaries black. 



E.i'panse. — ?>!, mm. 



Hahitaf. — Colombia. 



Type.—QyX. No. SOlo, U.S.N.M. 



TROSIA IGNICORNIS, new species. 



Bod}^ and wings wliitc. Mid and fore legs mottled with l)lack. 

 Antennge: the shaft crimson; the pectinations ochreous. 

 Ea-pa/nse. — 21 mm. 



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

 Ti/pe.—C2.t. No. 891(5, U.S.N.M. 



TROSIA INCOSTATA, new species. 



Head, abdomen, and legs reddish; tarsi black, spotted with white. 

 Collar and thorax yellowish buff, the latter spotted with red. Prima- 

 ries greenish yellow; a postmedial row of black spots. Secondaries 

 roseate. Underneath dull roseate. In this species the costa of pri- 

 maries is of the same color as the wing. 



Expanse. — 3-1 mm. 



Habitat. — Merida, Venezuela. 



Type.— C2it. No. 8917, U.S.N.M. 



TROSIA PURENS, new species. 



Body white; face, tarsi, fore tibi{\?, and coxa? black. Wings silvery 

 white. Primaries with the costa finel}^ black, which does not reach 

 apex. 



Expanse. — 36 mm. 



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



Type.— Cfit. No. 8918, U.S.N.M. 



Genus EDEBESSA Walker. 

 EDEBESSA CIRCUMCINCTA, new species. 



Head and thorax black, irrorated with white scales. Tarsi red, irro- 

 rated with white hairs. Abdomen red above; the basal segment black; 

 underneath black. Primaries dark mouse grey; a red line along basal 

 third of costa, then below costa and along vein 7 to apex. Another 

 red line from base of costa to inner margin near angle, then up to vein 

 5 on extreme margin; the outer two-thirds of costa and the outer 

 margin below vein 5 black; fringe between vein 5 and apex yellowish. 

 Secondaries blackish; the outer margin broadly red, except a black 

 line on extreme margin and fringe between vein 3 and anal angle. 



