ART. 19 NEW MOTHS OF THE FAMILY CERURIDAE SCHAUS 23 



DISPHRAGIS EPIMACHA, new species 



Female. — Palpi fuscous streaked above, lateraUy light buff, the 

 fringe buffy brown. Head, collar, and thorax mottled light buff and 

 vinaceous cinnamon, the tegulae dorsally and metathorax with some 

 fuscous and drab scales. Abdomen above light drab on basal half, 

 the terminal half vinaceous buff; some fine dark segmental lines; 

 underneath vinaceous buff with dark segmental lines. Fore wing: 

 Basal half mostly sayal brown; base grayish limited by a double black 

 line from a small orange spot near base of median vein, outbent to 

 vein 1, and filled in with white; antemedial line fine, black and out- 

 bent on costa, then oblique wavy lunular to the fine medial black line 

 at inner margin; postmedial fuscous line incurved from subcostal to 

 vein 3 followed by a large huffish white spot, partly suffused with 

 warm buff which narrows and reaches costa before apex. This space 

 is indentated at its middle by a brown space on costa, its outer edge 

 is limited by a cinnamon brown subterminal sinuous shade, which 

 encroaches upon it between veins 6 and 4, below vein 4 the subter- 

 minal is velvety fuscous, outcurved to below vein 3, inangled, and out- 

 angled below vein 2 ; the pale space is crossed near cell by a fine curved 

 cinnamon line, and by a partly double cinnamon brown outer line, 

 which on costa is outbent and filled in with white; terminal antimony 

 yellow spots on interspaces preceded by some diffuse hair brown 

 shading and crossed by a fine cinnamon brown line ; vein 1 and veins 

 from cell partly irrorated with black and white; cilia tipped with 

 ochraceous buff on interspaces; postmedially below vein 2 is a smaller 

 huffish white space. Hind wing dark buffy brown; a faint postmedial 

 pale line, ending at a small white spot on inner margin above anal 

 angle; cilia white with dark spots at veins. 



Expanse 43 mm. 



Habitat. — Cayuga, Guatemala. 



Type.—Csit. No. 33329, U.S.N.M. 



DISPHRAGIS MARUSA, new species 



Female. — Palpi mottled wood brown and white, streaked above 

 with fuscous. Head and collar mottled light buff and pecan brown. 

 Thorax mottled brownish drab and light buff, the lateral tuft of 

 tegulae dark grayish brown. Abdomen above dark grayish brotvn, 

 except at base and on two last segments which are whitish irrorated 

 with cinnamon and cinnamon drab; dorsal tuft at base dark grayish 

 brown; underneath drab. Fore wing mostly saj^^al brown ; base of costa 

 to below cell and inner margin medially suffused with cinnamon buff; 

 an irregular cinnamon brown subbasal line; costa mediall}^ mottled 

 olive buff and light yellow crossed by three dark lines; a faint double 

 medial dark line, very fine, vertical from subcostal to vein 1 ; a white 

 crescent on discocellular divided by a fine cinnamon brown line 



