ART. 19 NEW MOTHS OF THE FAMILY CERURIDAE SCHAUS 9 



white scaling on outer side of each line; postmedial line faintly double, 

 brownish olive, outbent on costa, excurved to near vein 5, then inbent 

 and excurved, paler, indentate to inner margin; a white semilunular 

 line on middle of inner margin; a fine fuscous line above vein 4, not 

 reaching termen; a white line from costa near apex, excurved, expand- 

 ing between vein 7 to termen at vein 5 preceded and followed by- 

 light brownish olive shading; below vein 5, marginal oblique white 

 lines outwardly edged with brownish olive; cilia white mottled with 

 hair brown, forming spots at veins. Hind wing buff white, the termen 

 broadly benzo brown; cilia white, with dark scaling near anal angle; 

 some dark scaling extends upward at anal angle crossed by a short 

 silvery white line. 



Expanse 32 mm. 



Habitat. — Minas, Brazil. 



Type.— Co^t. No. 33303, U.S.N.M. 



Larger than L. postpitca Schaus, paler, and without the golden 

 brown markings of the latter species. 



MARTHULA THOREDA, new species 



Male. — Palpi and head sorghum brown, the vertex light russet 

 vinaceous. Collar vinaceous brown. Thorax dark livid brown, the 

 tegulae light russet vinaceous. Abdomen above sorghum brown; 

 underneath light buff, the last two segments dark livid brown. Fore 

 wing light russet vinaceous, the costal area broadly suffused with 

 hay's brown, also the termen from apex to vein 3, with similar suffu- 

 sions before the subbasal and antemedial lines to near vein 1, before 

 the postmedial line on inner margin and before the outer line to vein 

 1; lines fine, light grayish vinaceous, the subbasal line vertical on 

 costa, outset below cell and slightly inbent to vein 1 ; antemedial line 

 double, inbent, the first line interrupted in cell by a dark round spot, 

 the second line followed by a smaller spot in cell; reniform long, nar- 

 row, oblique, defined by a pale line; postmedial and outer lines slightly 

 inbent from costa; a subterminal line of small black lunules on inter- 

 spaces. Hind wing aeneous sorghum brown, the base and central 

 area faintly whitish. Hind wing below buff white, the termen 

 narrowly sorghum brown. 



Expanse 37 mm. 



Habitat. — St. Laurent Maroni, French Guiana. 



Type.— Cat. No. 33304, U.S.N.M. 



Allied to M. quadrata Walker. 



Four males from the Dognin collection. 



MARTHULA CYNRICA, new species 



Male. — Palpi and body above as in M. tJioreda Schaus; underneath 

 the terminal segments carob brown, the anal hairs tipped with black. 

 Fore wing light vinaceous drab, medially between lines from cell to 



