June, 1S98.] SCHAUS: NEW SPECIES OF NOCTUID/E. 115 



Leucania oaxacana, sp. nov. 



Head ochreous gray. Collar and thorax light gray speckled with black. Primaries 

 light gray, the veins faintly whitish, black scales scattered over the wing, thickly so 

 aloDg the median vein on which is a white spot containing a black point ; a postmedial 

 row of black spots ; a terminal row of black spots. Secondaries whitish gray, the 

 veins and a terminal line brownish. Expanse, 33 mm. 



Habitat : Oaxaca, Mexico. 



Leucania misteca, sp. nov. 



Head and thorax reddish gray. Primaries pinkish gray speckled with black ; the 

 outer margin darker with long fine black streaks between the veins ; a dark central 

 shade from the base to beyond the cell ; a minute whitish spot on the median vein ; a 

 postmedial and a terminal row of black points. Secondaries white ; a terminal row 

 of black spots between the veins ; the apex and base of the fringe smoky. Expanse, 

 35 mm - 



Habitat: Oaxaca, Mexico. 



Leucania orizaba, sp. nov. 



Body reddish gray ; the collar posteriorly dark gray, anteriorly with two fine 

 black transverse lines. Primaries light reddish gray, the veins paler, and darker 

 longitudinal streaks between the veins ; some black points below the median vein ; the 

 postmedial row of black points very much curved, inwardly oblique, geminate from 

 beyond the cell ; a whitish speck on the median vein preceded and followed by a 

 broad black streak ; a terminal row of black points ; a subapical dark shade on the 

 outer margin. Secondaries grayish brown, paler at the base ; the base of the fringe 

 yellowish. Expanse, 35 mm. 



Habitat: Orizaba, Mexico. 



Atethmia targa, sp. nov. 



Head and thorax brown, the scales tipped with white. Abdomen rufous brown. 

 Primaries brown powdered with whitish scales, the lines whitish ; the basal line al- 

 most invisible ; the antemedial line somewhat oblique outwardly and shaded with 

 darker brown especially on the basal side ; a median brownish shade crossing the 

 reniform which is indistinct ; the postmedial line strongly angled beyond the cell and 

 slightly curved inwardly to the inner margin ; the subterminal line slightly wavy ; the 

 orbicular represented by a brownish dot. Secondaries silvery white ; a broken termi- 

 nal black line. Expanse, 24 mm. 



Habitat : Sao Paulo, S. E. Brazil. 



Atethmia editha, sp. nov. 



Head and thorax light brown, the scales tipped with white ; the collar edged 

 with white. Primaries brown thickly speckled with white scales, the veins finely 

 whitish ; all the transverse lines fine whitish ; the basal line indistinct ; the antemedial 

 line curved on costa, then outwardly oblique to inner margin ; the postmedial line the 

 heaviest and followed by a whitish shade, this line and the subterminal being parallel 

 with he outer margin ; a terminal lunular brown line ; the fringe mottled brown and 



