﻿126 
  PR0CEEDIN08 
  OF 
  THE 
  NATIONAL 
  MV8EVM. 
  vol.44. 
  

  

  brown, 
  lighter 
  toward 
  base; 
  discal 
  mark 
  pale 
  with 
  central 
  dot; 
  outer 
  

   line 
  faint, 
  dark. 
  Hind 
  wing 
  with 
  faint 
  mesial 
  shade 
  and 
  discal 
  dot. 
  

   Expanse, 
  42 
  mm. 
  

  

  Female. 
  — 
  Thorax 
  above 
  and 
  legs 
  purplish 
  brown; 
  abdomen 
  and 
  

   thorax 
  below 
  ocher 
  brown; 
  wings 
  purplish 
  brown, 
  fore 
  wing 
  with 
  

   angled 
  tips, 
  but 
  not 
  falcate; 
  dark 
  at 
  base 
  to 
  inner 
  line; 
  rather 
  large 
  

   discal 
  spot; 
  outer 
  line 
  broad, 
  straight, 
  diffused; 
  subterminal 
  line 
  

   waved 
  on 
  its 
  outer 
  side, 
  diffused 
  within. 
  Hind 
  wing 
  with 
  two 
  par- 
  

   allel 
  dusky 
  bands. 
  Expanse, 
  55 
  mm. 
  

  

  Cotypes, 
  one 
  male, 
  one 
  female, 
  Calamar, 
  Colombia 
  (H. 
  Skinner); 
  

   two 
  males, 
  two 
  females, 
  Aroa, 
  Venezuela 
  (Schaus 
  collection), 
  Cat. 
  

   No. 
  14961, 
  U.S.N.M. 
  

  

  (4) 
  HYLESIA 
  OCHRIFEX, 
  new 
  species. 
  

  

  Male. 
  — 
  Thorax 
  dark 
  gray, 
  abdomen 
  and 
  venter 
  ocherous, 
  the 
  abdo- 
  

   men 
  with 
  dorsal 
  brown 
  banding. 
  Fore 
  wing 
  square 
  at 
  apex, 
  hardly 
  

   falcate, 
  the 
  markings 
  as 
  in 
  annulata 
  Schaus, 
  with 
  the 
  following 
  dif- 
  

   ferences: 
  Discal 
  mark 
  smaller, 
  its 
  annulus 
  narrower 
  and 
  less 
  clouded; 
  

   dark 
  area 
  at 
  base 
  less 
  black, 
  with 
  more 
  included 
  pale 
  spots; 
  outer 
  line 
  

   less 
  curved. 
  Expanse, 
  44 
  to 
  48 
  mm. 
  

  

  Cotypes. 
  — 
  Tliree 
  males, 
  Rio 
  Huacamaya, 
  Carabaya, 
  Peru 
  (Schaus 
  

   collection), 
  Cat. 
  No. 
  14962, 
  U.S.N.M. 
  

  

  (5) 
  HYLESIA 
  INDEX, 
  new 
  species. 
  

  

  Male. 
  — 
  Fore 
  wing 
  square 
  at 
  apex, 
  not 
  falcate; 
  body 
  parts 
  all 
  dark 
  

   sooty 
  brown; 
  fore 
  wing 
  with 
  purplish 
  cast, 
  especially 
  toward 
  center 
  

   of 
  inner 
  margin, 
  the 
  lines 
  parallel, 
  dark 
  brown, 
  straight, 
  fading 
  toward 
  

   the 
  costa; 
  subterminal 
  line 
  doubly 
  dentate 
  between 
  the 
  veins 
  as 
  in 
  

   annulata 
  Schaus 
  and 
  oclirifex 
  Dyar; 
  discal 
  mark 
  clouded, 
  indistinct, 
  

   hardly 
  annular, 
  but 
  showing 
  a 
  dark 
  line 
  on 
  the 
  cross 
  vein 
  of 
  cell 
  and 
  

   inner 
  dark 
  line. 
  Hind 
  wing 
  with 
  two 
  outer 
  dark 
  lines, 
  the 
  submar- 
  

   ginal 
  one 
  somewhat 
  irregular. 
  Expanse, 
  43 
  mm. 
  

  

  Ootypes. 
  — 
  Four 
  mviles, 
  Rio 
  Huacamaya, 
  Carabaya, 
  Peru 
  (Schaus 
  

   collection). 
  Cat. 
  No. 
  14963, 
  U.S.N.M. 
  

  

  (6) 
  HYLESIA 
  POLLEX, 
  new 
  species. 
  

  

  Male. 
  — 
  Thorax 
  dark 
  brown-gray; 
  abdomen 
  with 
  dark 
  ocherous 
  

   hairs. 
  Fore 
  wing 
  lilacine 
  gray; 
  basal 
  space 
  filled 
  in 
  with 
  dark 
  brown; 
  

   discal 
  mark 
  large, 
  clouded; 
  outer 
  band 
  broad, 
  shaded, 
  indistinctly 
  

   separated 
  by 
  a 
  lighter 
  space 
  from 
  the 
  wavy 
  subterminal 
  band, 
  which 
  

   is 
  shaded 
  inward; 
  fringe 
  dark. 
  Hind 
  wing 
  with 
  discal 
  mark; 
  the 
  two 
  

   outer 
  bands 
  approximated 
  and 
  shaded 
  together 
  into 
  one 
  broad 
  band 
  

   with 
  lighter 
  center. 
  Expanse, 
  37 
  to 
  40 
  mm. 
  

  

  Female. 
  — 
  Similar, 
  the 
  markings 
  more 
  diffused 
  and 
  shaded. 
  Ex- 
  

   panse, 
  48 
  to 
  52 
  mm. 
  

  

  