﻿NO. 
  1947. 
  NEW 
  SPECIES 
  OF 
  8ATURNIAN 
  MOTHS— 
  DYAR. 
  131 
  

  

  male, 
  a 
  faint 
  one 
  in 
  the 
  female. 
  Expanse, 
  male 
  40 
  mm.; 
  female 
  

   53 
  mm. 
  

  

  Cotypes. 
  — 
  Three 
  females, 
  Aroa, 
  Venezuela 
  (Schaus 
  collection), 
  

   Cat. 
  No. 
  14982, 
  U.S.N.M. 
  Also 
  five 
  males, 
  which 
  are 
  not 
  made 
  

   types 
  on 
  account 
  of 
  the 
  uncertainty 
  of 
  associating 
  the 
  sexes 
  in 
  this 
  

   genus. 
  One 
  of 
  the 
  males 
  is 
  labeled 
  " 
  approximans 
  Walk.," 
  another 
  

   'Hnficita 
  Walk." 
  (See 
  remark 
  under 
  valvex.) 
  

  

  (23) 
  HYLESIA 
  PAUPER, 
  new 
  species. 
  

  

  Male. 
  — 
  Fore 
  wing 
  narrow, 
  subfalcate; 
  all 
  pale 
  mouse-gray, 
  the 
  

   lines 
  whitish 
  gray; 
  a 
  blotch 
  in 
  the 
  cell 
  and 
  one 
  at 
  apex, 
  quite 
  distinct; 
  

   discal 
  mark 
  darker, 
  clouded; 
  shade 
  on 
  upper 
  half 
  of 
  outer 
  margin 
  

   also 
  dark. 
  Hind 
  wing 
  narrow, 
  discal 
  mark 
  and 
  two 
  outer 
  lines 
  

   faintly 
  darker. 
  Expanse, 
  40 
  mm. 
  

  

  Type. 
  — 
  One 
  male, 
  Rio 
  Huacamaya, 
  Carabaya, 
  Peru 
  (Schaus 
  col- 
  

   lection), 
  Cat. 
  No. 
  14986, 
  U.S.N.M. 
  

  

  (24) 
  HYLESIA 
  MYSTICA, 
  new 
  species. 
  

  

  Male. 
  — 
  Fore 
  wing 
  rounded 
  at 
  apex; 
  darkly 
  shaded 
  over 
  lilacine 
  

   gray; 
  mesial 
  and 
  outer 
  lines 
  faint, 
  pale; 
  discal 
  mark 
  a 
  diffuse 
  narrow 
  

   dark 
  shade; 
  marginal 
  space 
  pale, 
  defining 
  the 
  scalloped 
  submarginal 
  

   dark 
  shade. 
  Hind 
  wing 
  with 
  the 
  dark 
  bands 
  dissolved 
  in 
  the 
  ground 
  

   color, 
  leaving 
  a 
  single 
  curved, 
  pale 
  lilacine 
  band 
  at 
  outer 
  third. 
  

   Expanse, 
  32 
  mm. 
  

  

  Female. 
  — 
  Similar, 
  still 
  more 
  darkly 
  shaded; 
  abdomen 
  with 
  dense 
  

   lateral 
  and 
  terminal 
  tufts 
  of 
  dark 
  ocher 
  hairs. 
  Expanse, 
  45 
  mm. 
  

  

  Cotypes. 
  — 
  Two 
  males, 
  one 
  female, 
  Trinidad, 
  British 
  West 
  Indies 
  

   (Schaus 
  collection). 
  Cat. 
  No. 
  14981, 
  U.S.N.M.; 
  also 
  nine 
  males, 
  one 
  

   female 
  from 
  the 
  Guianas 
  (W. 
  Schaus), 
  apparently 
  identical. 
  In 
  a 
  

   few 
  of 
  the 
  Guiana 
  males 
  the 
  dark 
  bands 
  of 
  hind 
  wing 
  are 
  incompletely 
  

   dissolved 
  in 
  the 
  ground 
  and 
  are 
  visible, 
  somewhat 
  contradicting 
  the 
  

   character 
  assigned 
  in 
  the 
  table. 
  

  

  H. 
  composita 
  Dognin,i 
  from 
  Venezuela 
  is 
  apparently 
  closely 
  alHed, 
  

   possibly 
  identical, 
  but 
  rt 
  is 
  impossible 
  to 
  be 
  sure 
  of 
  its 
  position 
  

   without 
  seeing 
  specimens. 
  

  

  (25) 
  HYLESIA 
  ATHLIA, 
  new 
  species. 
  

  

  Male. 
  — 
  Abdomen 
  with 
  dense, 
  slightly 
  ocherous, 
  brown 
  hairs. 
  

   Fore 
  wing 
  broad, 
  rounded, 
  not 
  square 
  at 
  apex; 
  mouse-gray 
  with 
  

   slight 
  brown 
  tint; 
  discal 
  mark 
  broadly 
  clouded; 
  lines 
  broad, 
  pale, 
  

   defined, 
  converging 
  on 
  inner 
  margin; 
  submarginal 
  pale 
  line 
  sinuous. 
  

   Hind 
  wing 
  with 
  faint 
  dark 
  mark 
  at 
  end 
  of 
  cell; 
  single 
  outer 
  pale 
  line, 
  

   faintly 
  preceded 
  and 
  followed 
  by 
  darker. 
  Expanse, 
  40 
  mm. 
  

  

  Type. 
  — 
  One 
  male, 
  Rio 
  Huacamaya, 
  Carabaya, 
  Peru 
  (Schaus 
  col- 
  

   lection), 
  Cat. 
  No. 
  14987, 
  U.S.N.M. 
  

  

  i 
  M6m. 
  Soc; 
  Ent. 
  Belg., 
  1912, 
  vol. 
  19, 
  p. 
  152. 
  

  

  