June, 1898.] 
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 
along 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, gemmate 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 aod followed by a whitish shade, this line and the subterminal being parallel 
with he outer margin ; a terminal lunukr brown line ; the fringe mottled brown and 
