ART. 19 NEW MOTHS OF THE FAMILY CERURIDAE SCHAUS 35 



thickly so medially between fold and vein 1, forming a fuscous streak; 

 a short curved basal line af black and cinnamon scales on costa; 

 antemedial line formed by some black scales, double on costa, incurved 

 to below cell, and outcurved across fold; reniform indicated by cin- 

 namon buff lines; a postmedial line of black scales outcurved beyond 

 cell to vein 2, interrupted and inbent on inner margin, followed by two 

 faint series of black scales, barel}^ forming lines; veins beyond cell 

 whitish irrorated with black; some white scaling at apex preceded by 

 a black streak between veins 7 and 8; shorter subterminal black 

 streaks between veins 5 and 7; some terminal black points; cilia 

 white on interspaces. Hind wing white; inner margin light buff and 

 Isabella color, the latter forming a narrow shading on outer margin. 



Expanse 38 mm. 



Habitat. — Blumenau, Brazil. 



Type— C&t. No. 33348, U.S.N. M. 



TALMECA DABUISA, new species 



Female. — Palpi bone brown fringed with light buff. Head, collar, 

 and thorax deep olive buff. Abdomen above citrine drab, the termi- 

 nal segments deep olive buff; underside citrine buff with pale seg- 

 mental lines. Fore wings vinaceous buff with scattered huffy brown 

 irrorations; a chartreuse yellow streak below cell and vein 2 to termen; 

 a drab shade in base of cell, and a large black spot on discocellular; a 

 hair brown streak on vein 4 to outer points, above it a faint greenish 

 shade to termen, and similar shades on terminal interspaces; a faint 

 basal line on costa; antemedial line punctiform, double, outbent to 

 middle of cell, then slightly inbent; faint traces of a postmedial line, 

 and a more remote series of points on interspaces, followed by two 

 series of black points on veins; terminal black spots on interspaces; 

 cilia with dark spots at veins. Hind wing drab, the cilia white. 



Expanse 33 mm. 



Habitat. — Corozal, Canal Zone. 



Type.— Cat. No. 33349, U.S.N.M. 



TALMECA AGATHOSA, new species 



Male. — Palpi fuscous fringed with pale ochraceous buff. Head^ 

 collar, and thorax dark olive buff, the tegulae deep olive buff. Abdo- 

 men above chaetura drab, the last two segments and hairs at base 

 light ochraceous buff; underneath white. Fore wing pale ochraceous 

 buff, the inner margin suffused with dark olive buff; a similar streak 

 below median at base, then above median to termen above vein 4; a 

 basal and a subbasal russet vinaceous line on costa, the inner ante- 

 medial line starting from the basal line; antemedial double deeply 

 outbent and outangled in cell, lunular below cell; a small yellowish 

 citrine spot on discocellular; a line from costa above cell deeply out- 



