NO. 1444. NEW SOUTH AMERICAN MOTHS— SCHA US. 97 



wings subpellucid, veins dark, costa, median interspaces and fringe 

 vinous tinted. Below vinous tinted outward!}'; an outer dark band 

 on primaries and costal half of secondaries. 



Expanse. — il nnn. 



Habitat. — 



Typ€.—Q,^t. No. 9.516, U.S.N.M. 



Genus XYLINISSA Hampson. 

 XYLINISSA LIGNITIS, new species. 



Antennae moderately pectinated on basal half, the tips simple. 

 Primaries dark ashen, the median space below stigmata darkened. 

 Orbicular large, oblong, as large as the reniform, both of the ground 

 color, indistinctly outlined in black; lines obsolete; a subterminal row 

 of short black vennlar dashes; terminal space narrowl}' dark, limited 

 by a faint pale line within, roundedl}' incised at vein 3; a black spot 

 in submedian interspace edging an intensification of the subterminal 

 line. Secondaries white, subpellucid, the veins black lined; fringe 

 white. 



Expanse. — 32 mm. 



Habitat. — Bogota, Colombia. 



Type.—C2it. No. 9.517, U.S.N.M. 



Genus EUDIPNA Walker. 

 EUDIPNA TEMPLADA, new species. 



Antennte serrate and ciliate. Primaries brown-gre}-, finely irrorated 

 over a lighter ground, which appears irregularly. Lines single, finely 

 waved, black, pale edged without, the l)lack part obsolete below sub- 

 median vein; claviform orbicular and reniform concolorous, narrowl}^ 

 dark outlined, the reniform with small white specks without; subter- 

 minal line irregular, Avavy, broken, narrowly pale, inclining to be 

 divided into spots; a diffuse white subapical shade; a l)lack patch 

 below it between veins 4 and 5; a terminal black line and venular 

 white points. Secondaries blackish brown with white specks before 

 the margin mesiall} ; fringe apically pale, spotted with brown mesially; 

 a terminal broken black line. Below light brownish, brown irrorate; 

 two common dark brown mesial lines inclosing the discal dots, those 

 of fore wings marked with black on costa and Avith four costo-apical 

 white dots, of hind wing, widely excurved mesially, the outer produced 

 crenulate between the veins. 



Expanse. — 10 mm. 



t Habitat. — Oaxaca, Mexico. 

 Type.—C^t. No. 9518, U.S.N.M. 

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