NO. 1434. VENEZUELAN SYNTOM ID MOTHS— KLAGES. 537 



Types.— Q?ii. No. 8i09, U.S.N.M., and in collection of the author. 



The orang-e-red of the body and wings in arheinon is, in this form, 

 almost if not entirely superseded by l)lack. It is closely allied to C. 

 remotinn Walker, and it is very likely that the latter and, perhaps, one 

 or two more of the related *•• species," may yet be added to* the list of 

 varieties. The three forms herein listed were found together and are 

 exactly alike in habits. 



MYCETROCNEME VARIPES Walker. 



The' only specimen taken is a female in which the hyaline area of 

 the fore wing is reduced to a small spot below the cell, and another 

 between veins 3 and 4. 



Habitat, — Suapure, Venezuela. 



SAURITA CRYPTOLEUCA Walker. 



Ilalj'itat. — Suapure, Venezuela. 



SAURITA CASSANDRA Linnaeus. 



IlaMtat. — Ciudad Bolivar and Suapure. Venezuela. 



SAURITA VITRISTRIGA Druce. 



As the male of this species was evidently unknown when Mr. 

 Hampson monographed the family, the following description is given: 



Male. — Abdomen with ventral \alve covering the basal segments, 

 the valve black-brown broadly fringed with white; the last four ven- 

 tral segments yellowish, and the preceding two with su])lateral white 

 spots. 



In this species the wings show considerable variation; the hyaline 

 area in some individuals l)eing inconspicuous, though it is usually 

 prominent and occasionally occupies about one-fourth of the whole 

 area. 



The male having a ventral valve would place this species in the same 

 group as S. Cassandra Linna?us. 



Hahitat. — Suapure, Venezuela. 

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SAURITA ANTHRACINA, new species. 



Female. — Body black; frons and vertex with bluish metallic spots 

 and some whitish scales; spots on teg-ulte, shoulders, pectus, meso- 

 thorax, and spot on metathorax metallic blue with some whitish scales; 

 legs brown-black; abdomen with dorsal and lateral lines, and sublateral 

 series of spots metallic green merging into blue at base; wings brown- 

 black. Fore wing above slightl}^ suffused with brilliant blue; under- 

 neath with short metallic blue streak on base of costal nervure, and a 

 suffused brilliant blue streak on median nervure with branches on 



