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Expa7ise. — 22 mm. 



Habitat. — St. Jean, Mai'oni River, French Guiana. 



Ti/j?e.— Cat No. 8926, U.S.N.M. 



Genus GOIS Dyar. 

 GOIS NIGRESCENS, new species. 



Bod}^ and legs black; tarsi tipped with white; a fine subdorsal 

 whitish line on abdomen; anal hairs whitish. Primaries black; the 

 apex broadly pale bull'; the black space limited by a white line, oblique 

 fi'om costa at two -thirds from liase to yein 4, then lunular and deeply 

 indentate at vein 2, followed by black marginal spots between inner 

 margin and vein 4; a subterminal black point at vein 7. Secondaries 

 black, thinly scaled; the outer margin pale bulf. 



Mt'jxmse. — 23 mm. 



Hah if at. — Omai, British Guiana. 



Type.—C^X. No. 8927, U.S.N.M. 



Genus PODALIA Walker. 

 PODALIA MAJOR, new species. 



Antenna?, frons, legs, and a])domen brown, the latter banded with 

 white. Collar whitish in front, olivaceous brown behind. Thorax 

 mottled olivaceous brown and white. Primaries white, the markings 

 light olivaceous brown; a small black spot at base below median; a 

 a broad median shade, darkest along upper portion of cell, crossed bj^ 

 whitish shades between the veins and limited by a broad white post- 

 medial line, which is followed by cuneiform streaks and spots; a ter- 

 minal row of spots between the veins. Secondaries white; space 

 below cell and inner margin shaded with olivaceous brown; some faint 

 terminal spots. 



Expmise. — Male, 65 mm. 



TIabitat. — Merida, Venezuela. 



Type.— Cat. No. 8928, U.S.N.M. 



PODALIA MULTICOLLIS, new species. 



Antenniv: shaft black, pectinations light brown. Frons. legs, and 

 body underneath light brown. Vertex and tegula? white, the latter 

 edged with dark brown. Thorax brown edged with white in front. 

 Abdomen brown, banded with white. Primaries white, the cell and 

 space below it streaked with grey; costa streaked with black for two- 

 thirds from base; a black streak along median to end of cell; an oblique 

 black shade from cell at vein 2 to near inner angle; discocellular black; 

 the veins on outer portion edged with light greyish brown; fringe 

 brownish. Secondaries white; inner margin ])roadly pale l)rown; 

 f rine-e similar. 



