June, iSgS] SCHAUS : NEW SPECIES OF NOCTUID/E. 109 



darker gray ; a median and a subterminal reddish brown shade ; the orbicular and 

 reniform finely outline! in dark gray. Secondaries white, the margins faintly shaded 

 with bro-vn. Expanse, 30 mm. 



Habitat : Jalapa, Mexico. 



There is a specimen of this species in the B. M. from Rio Janeiro. 



Mentaxya biformis, sp. nov. 



Head and thorax gray with a reddish or black spot anteriorly en the collar. 

 Primaries gray, crossed by numerous transverse brownish strios ; a minute dark basal 

 spot on the costa ; the antemedial line straight, inwardly oblique, crossing the clavi- 

 form which is represented by a small black spot ; outer line curved beyotd the cell, in- 

 distinct ; orbicular absent ; reniform small, reddish brown. In the 9 the lines and 

 reniform are also absent. Secondaries pearly white in the $ , the margins shaded 

 with brown in the J. Expanse, 33-36 mm. 



Habitat : Sao Paulo, S. E. Brazil. 



I may here mention that Mentaxya lucilla Btl., is a synonym of A. 

 mess in m Gn. 



Anicla mahalpa, sp. nov. 



Head and thorax light gray or pale buff, the anterior portion of thorax sometimes 

 reddish or velvety brown. Primaries light gray or pale buff with transverse darker 

 stria, and thinly speckled with black ; a few reddish scales in the cell and subtermin- 

 ally ; the outer margin irregularly dark gray ; a terminal row of dark points ; three 

 dark points on the costa ; orbicular absent ; reniform spotted and surrounded by small 

 black sagittate marks. Secondaries and fringe pearly white. Expanse, 38 mm. 



Habitat : Castro, Parana. 



The peculiar reniform and pearly white secondaries distinguish this 

 species from A. incivis Gn., to which it is otherwise allied. 



Carneades colima, sp. nov. 



Head and thorax brownish yellow. Primaries brownish yellow, brightest along 

 the costal margin and at the base ; two small dark brown basal spots, below the costa 

 and median vein ; antemedial line dark brown, angular ; postemedian line puncti- 

 lorm on the veins, connected by a lunate shade ; the subterminal very fine, indistinct ; 

 the extreme margin brownish with a terminal row of black points ; orbicular repre- 

 sented by a brownish patch ; reniform large, kidney shape, brownish, circled with yel- 

 low. Secondaries wh'te with an interrupted dark terminal line. Expanse, 41 mm. 



Habitat : Colima, Mexico. 

 Carneades cofrensis, sp. nov. 



Head and thorax grayish ; collar with a black posterior line. Abdomen light 

 brown. Primaries light green, mottled with brown ; basal and antemedial lines white, 

 connected by a brown patch below the median vein ; some brownish shades on the 

 costa and a large white spot above the median vein ; space between spots and before 



