﻿NO. 
  1947. 
  NEW 
  SPECIES 
  OF 
  SATURNIAN 
  MOTHS— 
  DYAR. 
  127 
  

  

  Cotypes. 
  — 
  Six 
  males, 
  five 
  females, 
  Aroa, 
  Venezuela 
  (Schaiis 
  collec- 
  

   tion), 
  Cat. 
  No. 
  14964, 
  U.S.N.M. 
  

  

  One 
  of 
  the 
  females 
  has 
  been 
  labeled 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Schans 
  "approximans 
  

   Walk., 
  comp. 
  type." 
  (See 
  remark 
  under 
  H. 
  valvex 
  below.) 
  

  

  (7) 
  HYLESIA 
  VALVEX, 
  new 
  species. 
  

  

  Male. 
  — 
  Larger 
  than 
  the 
  preceding, 
  the 
  subtevminal 
  line 
  of 
  fore 
  wing 
  

   scarcely 
  at 
  all 
  wavy, 
  broadly 
  shaded 
  to 
  the 
  outer 
  band. 
  Hind 
  wing 
  

   with 
  the 
  two 
  lines 
  remote, 
  evenly 
  shaded, 
  but 
  not 
  joined. 
  Expanse, 
  

   47 
  to 
  50 
  mm. 
  

  

  Female. 
  — 
  Still 
  more 
  diffusely 
  shaded, 
  the 
  outer 
  and 
  subterminal 
  

   lines 
  of 
  fore 
  wing 
  joined 
  in 
  a 
  broad 
  band, 
  not 
  separated 
  as 
  in 
  pollex. 
  

   Expanse, 
  62 
  mm. 
  

  

  Cotypes. 
  — 
  Four 
  males, 
  two 
  females, 
  St. 
  Jean 
  and 
  St. 
  Laurent, 
  

   ^laroni 
  River, 
  French 
  Guiana, 
  March, 
  April, 
  and 
  November, 
  1904 
  

   (W. 
  Schaus), 
  Cat. 
  No. 
  14965, 
  U.S.N.M. 
  

  

  One 
  of 
  the 
  females 
  is 
  labeled 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Schaus 
  " 
  approximans 
  Walker 
  

   = 
  female 
  type;" 
  but 
  as 
  he 
  has 
  similarly 
  labeled 
  pollex, 
  described 
  

   above, 
  and 
  schausi, 
  described 
  below, 
  and 
  as 
  approximans 
  Walker 
  was 
  

   described 
  from 
  Brazil, 
  I 
  thinlv 
  it 
  probable 
  that 
  it 
  represents 
  a 
  species 
  

   distinct 
  from 
  all 
  of 
  these. 
  

  

  (8) 
  HYLESIA 
  MUREX, 
  new 
  species. 
  

  

  J1/«Z^.— 
  Fore 
  wing 
  pointed, 
  subfalcate; 
  thorax 
  gray; 
  abdomen 
  with 
  

   dull 
  ocherous 
  hairs. 
  Fore 
  wing 
  dark 
  mouse-gray, 
  the 
  lines 
  nearly 
  

   obliterated; 
  discal 
  spot 
  dark; 
  subterminal 
  line 
  apparently 
  scalloped 
  

   and 
  broadly 
  shaded 
  toward 
  the 
  outer 
  line. 
  Hind 
  wing 
  with 
  the 
  two 
  

   outer 
  lines 
  relieving 
  outer 
  and 
  submarginal 
  paler 
  areas. 
  Expanse, 
  

   32 
  mm. 
  

  

  Type. 
  — 
  One 
  male, 
  Geldersland, 
  Surinam 
  River, 
  Dutch 
  Guiana 
  (W. 
  

   Schaus), 
  Cat. 
  No. 
  14966, 
  U.S.N.M. 
  

  

  (9) 
  HYLESIA 
  ASCODEX, 
  new 
  species. 
  

  

  Male. 
  — 
  Smooth 
  mouse-gray 
  above 
  and 
  below, 
  the 
  abdomen 
  with 
  

   dark 
  ocherous 
  hairs. 
  Fore 
  wing 
  with 
  a 
  large, 
  faint, 
  discal 
  dot 
  and 
  

   traces 
  of 
  the 
  scalloped 
  outer 
  edge 
  of 
  subterminal 
  line. 
  Hind 
  wing 
  

   with 
  two 
  faint 
  dark 
  outer 
  bands, 
  not 
  relieving 
  a 
  lilacine 
  ground. 
  

   Expanse, 
  40 
  mm. 
  

  

  Cotypes: 
  Three 
  males, 
  Rio 
  Huacamaya, 
  Carabaya, 
  Peru 
  (Schaus 
  

   collection). 
  Cat. 
  No. 
  14967, 
  U.S.N.M. 
  

  

  (10) 
  HYLESIA 
  LEILEX, 
  new 
  species. 
  

  

  Similar 
  to 
  the 
  preceding, 
  but 
  more 
  shaded 
  with 
  blackish, 
  the 
  veins 
  

   darker 
  lined; 
  discal 
  spot 
  large, 
  round, 
  dark; 
  irregular 
  blotchings 
  rep- 
  

   resent 
  the 
  subterminal 
  line. 
  Hind 
  wing 
  without 
  distinguishable 
  lines, 
  

   the 
  veins 
  darker. 
  Expanse, 
  40 
  mm. 
  

  

  