ART. 19 NEW MOTHS OF THE FAMILY CERURIDAE SCHATJS 3 



toward inner margin; a wavy fuscous sub terminal line from vein 3 

 to tornus. Hind wing drab, darkest on termen; a slight whitish 

 shade at base. 



Expanse 60 mm. 



Habitat. — Paneiras, Rio, Brazil. 



TVpe.— Cat. No. 33294, U.S.N.M. 



NYSTALEA PARSONI, new species 



Female. — Palpi: Second joint with hazel stripe above; a light drab 

 streak laterally. Frons white; hazel tufts at base of antenna; tuft 

 on vertex and front of collar light buff, collar otherwise ochraceous 

 tawny. Thorax benzo brown. Abdomen above hair brown with 

 pale hairs at base and a raised dorsal hazel tuft; underneath abdo- 

 men light buff, the thorax cinnamon drab. Fore wing largely hair 

 brown with dull purplish suffusions, the inner margin and termen 

 broadly tawny olive except between veins 4 and 6; the lines mostly 

 fuscous; a black and white streak on median near base; antemedial 

 line double, outangled on costa, filled in with buff, less angled below 

 cell; medial line double, irregular, lunular, and inbent below cell, on 

 costa filled in with hazel; reniform long and narrow, huffish broken 

 by dark lines, followed by an outcurved black line from costa to sub- 

 median fold where it is marked by a small brownish oHve or fuscous 

 spot; postmedial line double, lunular, filled in with brownish, almost 

 vertical, outwardly edged partly with some white scales; a sinuous 

 hazel line follows; a sub terminal line from below costa consisting of 

 chestnut brown lunules followed by some white scales, above and 

 below vein 2 suffusing with dark terminal spots; cilia mottled fuscous 

 and wood brown. Hind wing hair brown; base, inner margin, and 

 cilia at tornus light buff; cilia avellaneous toward apex. 



Expanse 65 mm. 



Habitat. — Incachaca, Bolivia. 



Type.— Cat. No. 33295, U.S.N.M. 



Described from three females in the United States National 

 Museum. 



Allied to N. porgana Schaus, but smaller, more variegated, the 

 apical pale area of fore wing more elongated and not so broad. 



NYSTALEA AMATURA, new species 



Male. — Closely allied to N. mocotana Schaus which is the male of 

 N. marmorea Schaus, the latter name having priority. Fore wing 

 darker and more evenly benzo brown, the apical pale spot shorter, 

 edged behind by a white line from costa, but not reaching termen; 

 reniform vertical, defined by darker lines and without any white. 

 Hind wing white, somewhat suffused with brown; termen broadly 

 hair brown; veins hair brown. 



