N0.1414. NEW SOUTH AMERICAN MOTHS— SCHAUS. 105 



Below light colored; discal spots large, pale, contrasted; a dark trans- 

 verse posterior line; hind wing with the discal spot and line nuich 

 more distinct on the pale ground. 



Exp(Ui>«:. —30 mm. 



ILihUat. — Rio flaneiro, Brazil. 



Type.—C^t. No. !»5?,8, U.S.N.M. 



Genus COPHANTA Walker. 

 COPHANTA CHRYSARGINEA, new species. 



Blackish ])rown, the. fore wings witli a blue mcitallic luster except on 

 the space ])et\veen transverse posterior line and cell; transverse ante- 

 rior line narrow, yellow, forming- four arcs; discal dot a dark, very 

 faint discoloi'ation; transverse posterior line indicated by a yellow dot 

 on costa, arcuate, obsolete, finely geminate; thi'ee yellow dots on costa 

 beyond; terminal space a little lighter without lines. Secondaries all 

 dark brown-black, slightly l)ronz3^ Belov/ greyish l)lack, discal dots 

 and outer line faintly traced l)y following pale shades. 



Expanse. — 20 mm. 



Hab'ddt. — Sao Paulo, Brazil. 



Ty2)e.—Csit. No. 9589, U.S.N.M. 



Genus PLUSIA Ochsenheimer. 

 PLUSIA CAUDATA, new species. 



Head and collar ocherous brown, thoracic tufts purplish black. 

 Primaries deep purplish brown with a bronzy reflection; Imsal space 

 variegated in clay color; transv(;rse anterior line of this color, straight, 

 produced inward on subcostal vein; sign a mark of 8, tin; out(!r seg- 

 ment filled with yellowish silver, the inner part broken, the two seg- 

 ments directed against median vein; transverse ])osterior line dentate, 

 traversing a day-colored area from costa to vein 5; terminal space 

 variegated with clay color; fringes of this color with purplish striga?. 

 Hind wing dark brown, lighter in cell to base; fringe pale, interlined 

 with brown. 



Expanse. — 80 nmi. 



Ilahitat. — Orizaba, Mexico. 



Tyjje.—OAt. No. 9540, U.S.N.M. 



Genus ACANTHODICA Schaus. 

 ACANTHODICA PAMELA, new species. 



Collar clay color with brown margin, thoi-ax gray, abdomen yel- 

 lowish. Primaries grey, inner and outer halves clay colored, mottled 

 in grey; transverse "anterior linii far out, straight, broken into slightly 

 curved dashes, preceded by a black patch above and below vein 1; 

 orl)icu]ar and reniform round, faintly defined, grey; a large circular 



