new Species oj Noctuidte. 373 



terminal areas suffused with fiery red, some black suffusion 

 in base of cell, an oblique elliptical black discoidal spot 

 defined by white and with black bar from costa just beyond 

 it ; an indistinct dark postmedial line wdth blackish spot 

 below vein 6, an indistinct sinuous yellow subterminal line^ 

 some black points on termen towards apex. 



Hah. Fr. Guiana, St. Jean Maroni {Schaus), 1 (^ type, 

 St. Laurent Maroni. E.rp. 32-34 mm. 



Eutelia caustiplaga, sp. n. 



S . Head and thorax bright chocolate-red mixed with a 

 little grey; palpi with the second joint in front and tuft on 

 basal joint of antennae white ; pectus, base of legs, and tarsi 

 white, the tibiae with white bases, the tarsi with black spot on 

 first joint ; abdomen red Math deep chocolate-red subdorsal 

 patches at base, with a little grey before each, the ventral 

 surface pale grey-brown. Fore wing red with some grey 

 suftusion in places ; the median nervure and veins rising 

 from it white ; subbasal line represented by a grey striga 

 from costa ; antemedial line fine, grey, very oblique from 

 costa to median nervure, then inwardly oblique, a diffused 

 oblique grey-white fascia beyond it from costa to lower angle 

 of cell and a chocolate-red patch on inner area followed by a 

 triangular white patch with some yellow and a dark striga on 

 it ; reniform narrow, constricted at middle, chocolate-red 

 with white annulus, a white striga above it from costa, and 

 a large chocolate-red patch beyond it with a little yellowish 

 in centre; postmedial line unusually near termen, white, 

 obliquely curved to vein 6, then inwardly oblique, below vein 

 3 indistinct, dark, slightly waved, with a white point on its 

 outer edge at vein 5 and some whitish suffusion below vein 3; 

 some white points on costa towards apex, which is grey with 

 a white line across apical area to termen at vein 5 ; a grey 

 subtei'minal line from the white point on postmedial line 

 angled inwards below vein 4 and below vein 3 incurved, 

 prominent and white, the area beyond it deep chocolate-red ; 

 some triangular black points on apical half of termen ; a fine 

 white line at base of cilia. Iliud wing pure white, the 

 terminal area brown suffused with fiery red ; a white 

 subterminal line from vein 3, angled outwards to near termen 

 at submedian fold ; a fine white line at base of cilia ; the 

 underside with the costal and terminal areas grey ; a black 

 discoidal spot, a small spot at middle of submedian fold; 

 traces of two waved postmedial lines with some red on them 

 at discal and submedian folds, some black points on termen. 



