128 PROCEEDINGS OF THE XATIOXAL .VUSEUM. 



RENIA BIPUNCTALIS, new species. 



Size and markings of ArUtdrin (iztecallx Schaus, hut the antennal 

 tuft farther out, being- at about the "iSd joint instead of the 16th. and 

 the terminal joint of palpi not more than half as long. The lines are 

 more distinct, the transverse anterior traceable, tine, dark; a broad 

 dark median shade running to reniform; reniform of two dots in a 

 yellowish space; posterior line coarsely denticulate, slender, dark. 



Krijanse. — 36 mm. 



ILihltat.- — Orizaba, Mexico. 



Ty2)e.—C^t. No. 9597. T.S.N.M. 



Genus PALTHIS HuiDiier. 

 PALTHIS GNOMA, new species. 



Primaries purplish brown; transverse anterior line visil>le below 

 cell, very slender, l)lack, straight, oblique, strongly angled on median 

 vein; orbicular a round blackish dot; reniform a very faint pale ellipse; 

 transverse posterior line oblique from outer fourth of costa to middle 

 of inner margin, straight white, slender, narrowly black edged within, 

 followed by a broad brosvn shade; subterminal line wavy, slender, 

 brown; a tine terminal crenulate black line, followed by a pale line at 

 base of fringe. Secondaries reddish brown, paler at base; a faint 

 mesial pale line and marginal rufous dilution; a black crenulate ter- 

 minal line. Below reddish suttused with a trace only of lines; ter- 

 minal ))lack lines repeated. 



Expanse. — 25 mm. 



ILihltat. — Sao Paulo. Brazil. 



Tyi>t'.—^2X. No. 9598, T.S.N.M. 



PALTHIS BERTHALIS, new species. 



Palpi upturned, the third joint very long, even, with a large hair 

 pencil on the inner side. Head, thorax, and basal space of primaries 

 (lai'k brown; primaries pale yellowish to subterminal line, the marks 

 obsolete, a trace of the median shade appearing; orbicular a black dot; 

 reniform two superposed dots; transverse posterior line slender, 

 brown, shortly followed by a brown shade, then a pale lilaceous white 

 shade to subterminal, containing a round black s[)ot subapically; 

 terminal space yellowish brown; a terminal row of black dots. Sec- 

 ondaries whitish with bands centrally; a short mesial lirown discolora- 

 tion with narrow dark line, followed by a longer marginal violaceous 

 stiipo, cut by a sul)marginal whitish line. Below pale testaceous, the 

 subapical dark spot of primaries, discal dot. outer line and submar- 

 ginal spottings of secondaries indicated in brown. 



Expanse.— '2,''2i mm. 



I I ah it at. — Silo Paulo. Brazil. 



7y/>.'.— Cat. No. 9599, U.S.N.M. 



