﻿NO. 
  1947. 
  NEW 
  SPECIES 
  OF 
  SATURNIAN 
  MOTHS— 
  DYAR. 
  125 
  

  

  Z^ 
  Smaller; 
  costa 
  of 
  fore 
  wing 
  dark- 
  

   blotched; 
  wings 
  narrower; 
  abdomi- 
  

   nal 
  hairs 
  dark 
  ocher. 
  

  

  mystica 
  Dyar 
  (24). 
  

  

  Z- 
  Larger; 
  costa 
  of 
  fore 
  wing 
  concolorous; 
  

  

  wings 
  broader 
  and 
  more 
  rounded; 
  

  

  abdominal 
  hairs 
  brown, 
  scarcely 
  

  

  ocherous 
  athlia 
  Dyar 
  (25). 
  

  

  k 
  ' 
  Discal 
  mark 
  of 
  fore 
  wing 
  invisible, 
  con- 
  

   colorous 
  ; 
  hind 
  wing 
  with 
  only 
  the 
  margin 
  

  

  paler 
  cedomnibus 
  Dyar 
  (26). 
  

  

  1 
  2 
  Sub 
  terminal 
  pale 
  shade 
  faint, 
  subordinated. 
  

  

  j 
  ^ 
  Pale 
  lines 
  of 
  fore 
  wing 
  relieved 
  on 
  a 
  dark 
  ground 
  

   without 
  bordering 
  shades, 
  somewhat 
  approxi- 
  

   mate 
  below 
  vindex 
  Dyar 
  (27). 
  

  

  ^■^Pale 
  lines 
  of 
  fore 
  wing 
  with 
  inner 
  blackish 
  

   bordering 
  shades, 
  strongly 
  approximated 
  

  

  below 
  solvex 
  Dyar 
  (28). 
  

  

  <7 
  2 
  Abdomen 
  of 
  male 
  without 
  ocherous 
  hairs 
  dorsally. 
  

   h} 
  Abdomen 
  with 
  lateral 
  and 
  ventral 
  ocherous 
  hairs. 
  

  

  frigida 
  Schaus. 
  

   A 
  2 
  Abdominal 
  hair 
  entirely 
  black 
  bouvereli 
  Dognin. 
  

  

  (1) 
  HYLESIA 
  GYREX, 
  new 
  species. 
  

  

  Male. 
  — 
  Fore 
  wing 
  rather 
  strongly 
  falcate, 
  pointed 
  at 
  end 
  of 
  vein 
  7; 
  

   liind 
  wing 
  with 
  a 
  rounded 
  projection 
  of 
  outer 
  margin 
  between 
  veins 
  

   3 
  and 
  4; 
  brown, 
  like 
  melanostigma 
  Herrich-Schaeffer; 
  two 
  brown 
  lines 
  

   across 
  the 
  wing, 
  similar, 
  but 
  more 
  approximate; 
  a 
  slender 
  dash 
  on 
  

   discal 
  vein; 
  submarginal 
  line 
  as 
  in 
  melanostigma. 
  Hind 
  wing 
  with 
  a 
  

   single 
  line 
  beyond 
  the 
  middle 
  and 
  a 
  faint 
  submarginal 
  line, 
  the 
  pair 
  

   much 
  farther 
  apart 
  than 
  in 
  melanostigma; 
  no 
  discal 
  mark; 
  inner 
  mar- 
  

   gin 
  darkly 
  shaded 
  and 
  hairy. 
  Expanse, 
  57 
  mm. 
  

  

  Type.— 
  Male, 
  Omai, 
  British 
  Guiana 
  (W. 
  Schaus), 
  Cat. 
  No. 
  14959, 
  

   U.S.N.M. 
  

  

  (2) 
  HYLESIA 
  MYMEX, 
  new 
  species. 
  

  

  Male. 
  — 
  Head 
  and 
  thorax 
  black; 
  abdomen 
  black 
  above, 
  with 
  longer 
  

   reddish 
  brown 
  hairs, 
  reddish 
  brown 
  below, 
  the 
  feet 
  with 
  darker 
  outer 
  

   hairs. 
  Fore 
  wing 
  rather 
  shortly 
  falcate, 
  hind 
  wing 
  rounded; 
  fore 
  

   wing 
  purplish 
  brown, 
  apex 
  broadly 
  fuscous 
  shaded; 
  a 
  dark 
  brown 
  

   band 
  at 
  base 
  of 
  inner 
  margin; 
  a 
  weak 
  bar 
  on 
  discal 
  cross 
  vein 
  and 
  

   small 
  mark 
  in 
  the 
  cell; 
  outer 
  line 
  parallel 
  to 
  margin, 
  blackish 
  brown, 
  

   rather 
  broad. 
  Hind 
  wing 
  with 
  mesial 
  shaded 
  band. 
  Expanse, 
  39 
  

   mm. 
  

  

  Type.— 
  Male, 
  Colombia 
  (W.E. 
  Pratt), 
  Cat. 
  No. 
  14960, 
  U.S.N.M. 
  

  

  (3) 
  HYLESIA 
  TAPABEX, 
  new 
  species. 
  

  

  Male. 
  — 
  Head, 
  thorax, 
  and 
  first 
  abdominal 
  segment 
  black 
  above; 
  

   abdomen 
  ocher 
  bro^^^l; 
  below 
  pectus 
  and 
  venter 
  ferruginous, 
  legs 
  and 
  

   sublateral 
  stripe 
  on 
  abdomen 
  gray-brown. 
  Fore 
  wing 
  falcate, 
  sooty 
  

  

  