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  PROCEEDINGS 
  OF 
  THE 
  NATIONAL 
  MUSEUM. 
  vol. 
  44. 
  

  

  (18) 
  HYLESIA 
  LITUREX, 
  new 
  species. 
  

  

  Male. 
  — 
  Like 
  livex, 
  but 
  smaller 
  and 
  less 
  contrastingly 
  marked; 
  

   outer 
  line 
  less 
  defined, 
  nearly 
  continuous 
  with 
  the 
  submarginal 
  shad- 
  

   ing. 
  Lines 
  of 
  hind 
  wing 
  less 
  relieved, 
  less 
  approximate, 
  the 
  outer 
  

   nmning 
  nearer 
  the 
  margin. 
  Expanse, 
  33 
  to 
  35 
  mm. 
  

  

  Cotijpes. 
  — 
  Five 
  males, 
  60 
  miles 
  up 
  the 
  Maroni 
  River, 
  French 
  

   Guiana, 
  August, 
  1904 
  (W. 
  Schaus), 
  Cat. 
  No. 
  14977, 
  U.S.N.M. 
  

  

  (19) 
  HYLESIA 
  MOLPEX, 
  new 
  species. 
  

  

  Entirely 
  similar 
  to 
  H. 
  rex, 
  except 
  that 
  the 
  inner 
  line 
  of 
  hind 
  wing 
  

   runs 
  slightly 
  beyond 
  the 
  discal 
  mark, 
  which 
  is 
  faintly 
  shown. 
  Ex- 
  

   panse, 
  35 
  mm. 
  

  

  Tijpe. 
  — 
  One 
  male, 
  St. 
  Jean, 
  Maroni 
  River, 
  French 
  Guiana, 
  July, 
  

   1904 
  (W. 
  Schaus), 
  Cat. 
  No. 
  14978, 
  U.S.N.M. 
  

  

  Probably 
  but 
  a 
  variation 
  of 
  H. 
  rex 
  Dyar. 
  

  

  (20) 
  HYLESIA 
  MORTIFEX, 
  new 
  species. 
  

  

  Male. 
  — 
  Thorax 
  deep 
  brown; 
  abdomen 
  with 
  ocher 
  hairs, 
  banded 
  on 
  

   the 
  segments. 
  Fore 
  wing 
  slightly 
  falcate, 
  lilacine 
  gray, 
  heavily 
  

   shaded 
  with 
  dark 
  gray; 
  a 
  whitish 
  powdering 
  on 
  costa 
  near 
  middle; 
  

   discal 
  mark 
  large, 
  clouded; 
  outer 
  line 
  slender, 
  hardly 
  linear, 
  slightly 
  

   incurved 
  centrally; 
  subterminal 
  shading 
  scalloped 
  below; 
  marginal 
  

   shade 
  present 
  above 
  vein 
  4. 
  Hind 
  wing 
  with 
  two 
  mesial 
  lines 
  shaded, 
  

   the 
  outer 
  scalloped. 
  Expanse, 
  35 
  mm. 
  

  

  Type. 
  — 
  One 
  male, 
  Aroa, 
  Venezuela 
  (Schaus 
  collection). 
  Cat. 
  No. 
  

  

  14979, 
  U.S.N.M. 
  

  

  (21) 
  HYLESIA 
  LOLAMEX, 
  new 
  species. 
  

  

  Male. 
  — 
  Brown, 
  like 
  nigricans 
  Berg, 
  but 
  fore 
  wing 
  more 
  falcate, 
  

   discal 
  mark 
  larger, 
  clouded, 
  browner, 
  the 
  outer 
  line 
  browner 
  and 
  less 
  

   rigid; 
  subterminal 
  shading 
  browner 
  and 
  less 
  defined. 
  Hind 
  wing 
  

   brown 
  like 
  fore 
  wing, 
  the 
  lines 
  curved, 
  brown, 
  similar 
  in 
  shade. 
  

   Beneath 
  the 
  hind 
  wing 
  has 
  two 
  faint 
  remote 
  curved 
  similar 
  bands, 
  

   not 
  with 
  a 
  strong, 
  straight, 
  inner 
  one 
  as 
  in 
  nigricans. 
  Expanse, 
  

   35 
  mm. 
  

  

  Type.— 
  One 
  male, 
  Aroa, 
  Venezuela 
  (Schaus 
  collection). 
  Cat. 
  No. 
  

  

  14980, 
  U.S.N.M. 
  

  

  (22) 
  HYLESIA 
  SCHAUSI, 
  new 
  species. 
  

  

  Lilacine 
  gray, 
  more 
  rosy 
  in 
  the 
  female. 
  Fore 
  wing 
  squarely 
  

   pointed, 
  not 
  falcate; 
  abdomen 
  densely 
  clothed 
  with 
  ocher 
  hairs 
  in 
  

   both 
  sexes. 
  Lines 
  pale, 
  converging 
  to 
  inner 
  margin, 
  the 
  outer 
  with 
  

   a 
  dark 
  border 
  within 
  it, 
  touching 
  the 
  discal 
  clouded 
  mark; 
  terminal 
  

   space 
  pale, 
  defined 
  by 
  a 
  scalloped 
  shade 
  ; 
  a 
  dark 
  shade 
  on 
  the 
  upper 
  

   half 
  of 
  the 
  outer 
  margin, 
  leaving 
  a 
  pale 
  spot 
  at 
  tip. 
  Hind 
  wing 
  with 
  

   two 
  curved 
  outer 
  dark 
  lines, 
  parallel, 
  similar; 
  no 
  discal 
  dot 
  in 
  the 
  

  

  