268 Mr. W. Schaus's 



areole long, narrow, originating from before end of cell j 7 and 8 

 more or less stalked. Secondaries : veins 3 and 4 from a point ; 6 

 and 7 usually stalked ; 8 close to 7 to near end of cell. 



Type. N. ebalea, Cr. 

 Ebalea, Cr. (Noctua) Pap. Exot., iv, t. 310, C. (1781) = 



Conchy/era, Guen. (Nystalea), 1. c, p. 122, t. 9, f. 2 



(1852). 

 Nyseus, Cr. (Noctua) Pap. Exot., i, t. 75, E. (1775) = Nyseus 



(Cyrrhesta), Walk., 1. c, p. C33 = Guttiylena, Walk. 



(Nystalea), 1. c, xi, p. 635 (1857). 

 Swpcrciliosa, Guen., 1. c, p. 123 (1852). 

 Zinciplcna, Walk., 1. c, xi, p. 635 (1857) = Cucullia, Feld. 



"Reise, Nov., t. xcvii, f. 6 (1874). 

 Inelwans, Walk., 1. c., xi, p. 636 (1857). 

 Idonea, Walk., 1. c, xv, p. 1743 (1858). 

 Virgula, Feld., 1. c, xcviii, f. 3 (1874). 

 Squamosa, Butl., Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond., 1879, p. 26. 

 Nigritorquata, Dogn., Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg., 1900, p. 436. 

 Drucci, Schs., Nom. Nov. = N. sabella, Druce $ (nee £ ), 



Biol. Centr. Amer. Lep. Het,, ii, t, 92, f. 6. 

 Marmorea, Schs., sp. nov. 

 Pkcmvpes, Schs., sp. nov. 



Nystalea marmorea, sp. nov. 



Head and thorax dark grey. Abdomen light greyish-brown above, 

 yellowish below. Primaries dark greyish-brown, streaked with 

 black ; the inner and outer lines indistinct ; a subterminal dentate 

 light brown line, followed by an irregular line of small velvety 

 brown spots edged with lighter brown ; a terminal row of dark spots 

 extending on to the fringe ; at the apex, inner angle, and from the 

 middle of costa, through discal spot, large white spaces on which the 

 lines are more clearly defined ; the discal spot large, fine, linear, 

 brown. Secondaries with tlie basal half semi-hyaline white, the 

 outer half smoky black ; the fringe whitish. 



Expanse 50 m.m. 



Hob. Tkinidad, B. W. I. 



Nystalea plumipcs, sp. nov. 



Head and collar brown, thorax grey. Abdomen brown above, 

 testaceous at base and underneath. Primaries grey speckled with 

 reddish-brown scales, and shaded with light green ; wavy basal, 



