4 AMERICAN LEPIDOPTERA. 



Gartha dalsa, sp. nov. (Tab. I. fig. 15.) 



Primaries hyaline with the margins narrowly black, and a broad black space at the 

 base spotted with metallic-blue scales ; at the end of the .cell a narrow black transverse 

 streak. Secondaries hyaline with the outer margin black, broadly so at the anal angle. 

 Antennae black. Head black ; frons white with a few blue scales, and there are a few 

 white scales behind the antennse. Collar black, with two large white spots broadly 

 shaded with metallic-blue scales. Thorax black, dorsally shaded with dark blue. 

 Abdomen dorsally black, with a subdorsal row of small blue spots ; on the first 

 segment are four large white spots, and on the second segment three, all these spots 

 being anteriorly bordered with blue scales. Body underneath black shaded with dark 

 blue ; at the base of the abdomen a broad white transverse band. Coxa? white. 



Expanse 34 millim. 



Hob. One specimen received from the province of Sta. Catharina, Brazil. 



There is also a specimen of this species in the collection of H. Druce, Esq., taken by 

 Buckley in Ecuador. 



Pseudomya tijuca. (Tab. I. fig. 3.) 



Pseudomya tijuca, Schaus, Proc. Zool. Soc. Loncl. 1892, p. 275. 



Female. Primaries semihyaline black. Secondaries hyaline, darker towards the outer 

 margin. Head black ; thorax orange ; abdomen black above, whitish underneath. 

 Expanse 30 millim. 



Hob. Tijuca, Brazil. 



Pseudomya pellucida. (Tab. I. fig. 4.) 



Pseudomya pellucida, Schaus, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1892, p. 274. 



Male. Primaries with the basal half semihyaline, black, the apical half hyaline. 

 Secondaries hyaline, a few dark scales along the costal margin. Body black, sub- 

 dorsally velvety black. 



Expanse 20-24 millim. 



Female. Primaries entirely semihyaline black. Secondaries slightly more trans- 

 parent. Body as in the male. 

 Expanse 29 millim. 



Hab. Bio Janeiro, Brazil. 



A very common species in December and January. 



Cosmosoma harpalyce. (Tab. T. fig. 11.) 



Cosmosoma harpalyce, Schaus, Proc. Zool. Soc. Loud. 1892, p. 275. 

 Primaries hyaline, the inner and outer margins very narrowly black, the apex broadly 



