NO. 1420. NE W so UTH A M ERICA N MO THS— SCHA I X 337 



Expanse. — 25 m m . 



Habitat. — 8t. Jean, Maroiii River, French Guiaiui. 



Type.—Q^i. No. 8922, U.S.N.M. 



MESOCIA TERMINATA, new species. 



Antenna? creamy l)utt'. Frons l)rown; vertex white. Colhir and 

 thorax darkgre}". patag'ia white. Abdomen black; anal hairs white; 

 a white ventral line. Legs white; tarsi pale l)rown. Primaries grey; 

 the costa finely light brown; apex whitish; outer margin below vein 7 

 broadly light brown, crossed by black veins and fine black streaks 

 between the veins; a faint subterminal white shade; a postmedial den- 

 tate srhade, where the grey and brown meet. Secondaries black; the 

 outer margin below apex creamy white. 



Expame. — 27 mm. 



Habitat. — St. Jean, Maroni River, French (ruiana. 



Type.—C^t. No. 8928, U.S.N. M. 



Genus CYCLARA Schaus. 

 CYCLARA BRUNNEIPENNIS, new species. 



Body dark brown. Antennte olivaceous brown. Wings dark golden 

 brown. Primaries: a dentate whitish postmedial line from vein .5 to 

 inner margin; a subterminal darker brown spot at vein T. 



Expanse. — 16 mm. 



Hahitat. — Petropolis. Brazil. 



Type.— C'dt. No. 8924. r.S.N.M. 



CYCLARA OBSCURA, new species. 



Palpi and frons dark brown. Vertex dark velvety brown. Thorax 

 and abdomen greyish brown. Wings light greyish brown. Primaries: 

 a broad, difiuse, dark brown postmedial shade, partly edged by wavv 

 whitish lines; a black spot at ])ase; a subterminal black spot at vein 7. 



Expaniie. — 17 mm. 



Habitat. — St. Jean, Maroni River. French (Juiaiia. 



TyjM.—C'At. No. 8925, U.S.N.M. 



CYCLARA AMARGA, new species. 



Body black. Alxlomen tinged with grey laterally. Primaries 

 brownish black; the apex broadly, the outer margin narrowly light 

 greyish butf; a postmedial whitish line, oblique from costa at two- 

 thirds from base to vein 5, then deeply dentate to \'ein 2, and wavy to 

 inner margin, sepaiutes the dark and liglit [)(>rti()iis: a marginal row of 

 triangular blackish spots, preceded at vein T by another spot. Sec- 

 ondaries smoky l)lack, becoming paler on outer margin. 

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