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Sylepta mysticalis, new species. 



Female. Palpi grayish brown, whitish on first and base of second joints 

 Body above and wings ochreous brown. Body below and legs ochreous 

 white. Fore wings: a fine outbent dark antemedial line; a dark point on 

 discocellular; postmedial line fine, dark, very slightly ontcurved to vein 2, 

 upbent to near cell, angled and downbent to inner margin. Hind wings: 

 postmedial line faint, very slightly outcurved and only a little upbent on 

 vein 2, then angled and downbent to inner margin. \Vings below somewhat 

 paler, the postmedial line almost punctiform. 



Expanse, 27 mm. 



Habitat. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. 



7 ;/*. Cat. No. L'Mso:,, U. S. X. M. 



Near 5. brunnescens H amp son. 



Sylepta nebulalis, new species. 



Male. Palpi brownish gray, the second joint crossed by darker shades 

 at base and tip. Head dark brown. Collar and thorax dark gray shaded 

 with fuscous. Abdomen above brown with fine white segmental lines and 

 some fuscous irrorations towards base. Abdomen below and legs ochreous 

 white, the fore femora shaded with brown. Wings thinly scaled whitish 

 irrorated with brown forming lines and blotches; cilia white partly tipped 

 with fuscous. Fore wings: a dark spot at base; subbasal space mottled; 

 two antemedial pale lines defined by fine dark edging outbent to median, 

 incurved on inner margin; a dark medial point in cell; a large dark spot on 

 discocellular; postmedial line whitish defined by a dark line on inner edge, 

 and outwardly brown shaded to termcn, slightly inbent from costa to disco- 

 cellular fold, outcurved lunular, upbent above vein 2 to cell, then incurved 

 to vein 1, angled and slightly inbent on inner margin; terminal space more 

 darkly shaded along veins. Hind wings: irrorations forming numerous fine 

 lines; postmedial line dark, thick, better defined, outcurved between veins 

 5 and 2, inset and almost straight to inner margin; terminal space as on fore 

 wing. Wings below duller white with finer irrorations; fore wings with the 

 spot in cell and discocellular spot well marked; hind wings with a dark lunule 

 on discocellular, the postmedial line finer and dentate. 



Expanse, 27 mm. 



Habitat. Perti. 



Type. Cut. Xo. 23806, U. S. X. M. 



Lygropia maritzalis, new species. 



Miile. Palpi yellow streaked behind with black; first and second joints 

 terminally fuscous brown. Body above orange; a black dorsal patch at base 

 of abdomen, and a transverse fine black line anteriorly on third segment ; 

 anal hairs ochreous with lateral black tufts. Abdomen below yellowish 



