ART. 19 NEW MOTHS OF THE FAMILY CERURIDAE SCHATJS 3 1 



MALOCAMPA BRONACHA, new species 



Male. — Palpi black with a few grayish hairs in fringe. Head, collar, 

 and thorax fuscous, the metathoracic tufts mottled with ochraceous 

 ta<vny. Abdomen above cinnamon brown, underneath light buff. 

 Fore wing fuscous suffused with hair brown; base ochraceous tawny, 

 Its outer edge indentate on median vein; antemedial line light brown- 

 ish olive, finely edged with black, slightly outcurved and lunular; a 

 round buffy olive spot on discocellular containing a few dark scales; 

 postmedial line crenulate outwardly edged with light brownish olive 

 on interspaces, followed by white points on veins between black points; 

 the terminal space brownish olive, the veins black; a subterminal 

 fuscous shade from apex to vein 4; a terminal black line preceded by 

 light brownish olive spots on interspaces; cilia brownish olive with 

 fuscous lines at veins. Hind wing fuscous brown, somewhat paler at 

 base; a fine medial dark line, defined by slightly paler shading; a black 

 and white spot at anal angle; cilia buffy brown. Fore wing below 

 dusky drab with some whitish shading on costa to apex. Hind wing 

 below from within cell to inner margin at anal angle light buff, other- 

 wise dusky drab; cilia light buff. 



Expanse 45 mm. 



Habitat. — Avangarez, Costa Rica. 



Type.—Qs,t. No. 33342, U.S.N.M. 



Allied to M. ohscura Schaus. 



RHUDA DECEPTA, new species 



Male. — Body and fore wing above as in R.jocula Cramer. Hind 

 wing light orange yellow, the termen fuscous black, 4 mm. in width, 

 emitting a broad black streak toward base before inner margin; cilia 

 light orange yellow. Fore wing below dark purplish gray, base of 

 costal margin, inner margin to near tornus and a broad streak below 

 cell and vein 4 to subterminal line buff yellow; costa on outer half 

 white with black spots and fine lines; a fine subterminal whitish line 

 preceded by velvety black spots above vein 6 to costa and followed 

 by a similar streak above vein 7; terminal triangular yellow spots at 

 veins 5-8, below 5 the termen yellow divided by a fine dark line 

 between veins 4 and 2. Hind wing below pinard yellow, the marginal 

 dark band not so broad as above, projecting very slightly well before 

 inner margin; cilia light orange yellow which extends slightly on 

 termen. 



Expanse 55 mm. 



Habitat. — Colombia. 



Type.— Cat. No. 33343, U.S.N.M. 



The hind wing is more like that of R. tuisa Schaus, the male of 

 which is much smaller. 



