Pelochrista sullivani new species, and Pelochrista lynxana, new species, are described, respectively, from coastal savannah habitat in Mississippi and North Carolina and from prairie/glade habitat in Kentucky, Mississippi, and Ohio. Four species with similarities to the new taxa are reviewed, Pelochrista matutina (Grote), Pelochrista fiskeana (Kearfott), Pelochrista pandana (Kearfott) and Pelochrista symbolaspis (Meyrick), with P. pandana being recognized as a junior synonym of P. fiskeana. Also reviewed is Pelochrista notialis (Miller), a taxon once confused with P. matutina.