ART. 19 NEW MOTHS OF THE FAMH.Y CERURIDAE SCHAUS 7 



scaling above median to end of cell; a small black spot on discocel- 

 lular; a black line on median from vein 3, extending along vein 5 to 

 termen, partly double beyond cell, but interrupted by a silvery white 

 streak on vein 5 beyond the fine double postmedial line; the latter 

 is preceded from cell to inner margin by a diffuse hair brown shade; 

 sub terminal dark spots on interspaces. The entire wing is more or 

 less covered with darker striae. Hind wing white, the termen nar- 

 rowly suffused with drab. 



Expanse 46 mm. 



Habitat. — British Guiana. 



Type.— CB,t. No. 33300, U.S.N.M. 



ELYMIOTIS BOISIL, new species 



Male. — Palpi drab gray; a lateral fine fuscous line, the second 

 joint crossed near tip by a broader black line. Head, collar, and 

 mesothorax fuscous, the metathorax and tegulae, except narrowly in 

 front, light cinnamon drab. Abdomen above drab, the basal dorsal 

 tuft darker, underneath pale with a ventral black line. Fore wing 

 light cinnamon drab; fine basal, and double antemedial dark lunular 

 lines, followed from vein 1 by a velvety black thick line upcurved to 

 discocellular and outbent along vein 5, not reaching termen where 

 there are two small black spots above it; this line has a triangular 

 projection below it across median fold, black points above and below 

 it on discocellular, and a small silvery white spot on it near the end 

 with a white projection basad; vein l,and veins from cell and sub- 

 costal to end of postmedial area irrorated with black and white 

 scales; a fine subterminal lunular line; terminal white points on 

 veins; cilia with hair brown spots at veins. Hind wing white at 

 base, the termen broadly dark cinnamon drab, its inner edge diffuse; 

 cilia white. Fore wing below dull drab, the termen with paler shad- 

 ing, also the costa toward apex more narrowly. Hind wing below 

 white, the costa and outer margin to anal angle benzo brown, not so 

 broad as above. 



Expanse 45 mm. 



Habitat. — French Guiana; Amazons near Teffe. 



Type.— C&t. No. 33301, U.S.N.M. 



PROELYMIOTIS SEVERINA, new species 



Male. — Palpi black, the first joint partly white. Frons white with 

 two large fuscous black spots and two small spots below them; ver- 

 tex and collar black, the tufts at base of antenna cinnamon brown. 

 Thorax black, the tegulae deep slaty brown, dorsally edged in front 

 with cinnamon brown. Abdomen above benzo brown, becoming fus- 

 cous on last segments; a black dorsal tuft at base, with diverging 

 tufts of fuscous and cinnamon hairs; second segment with subdorsal 

 cinnamon hairs; underneath whitish buff. Fore wing: Basal half 



