2 TROPICAL AMERICAN HETEROCERA 



Robinsonia longimacula sp. n. 



cf. Palpi brown spotted with white. Head white with two transverse 

 black hnes. Thorax white with a dorsal yellow streak; patagiae and tegula 

 white edged with bro^\'n. Abdomen above black; a dorsal yellow line; a 

 lateral white hne; abdomen below whitish. Fore wings olive brown, the veins 

 paler; a series of elongated white spots from apex to submedian fold, the spot 

 below cell extending from base to termen, the others from cell not reaching 

 termen; the spots above veins 6 and 7 shorter. Hind wings white; some 

 fuscous shading from anal angle upwards, and terminally at vein 2. Expanse, 

 42 mm. 



Habitat: Joinville, southeastern Brazil. 



Prumala ochrida sp. n. 



cf. Head, collar, and thorax orange brown. Abdomen above roseate, 

 underneath yellowish. Fore wings yellowish, the markings brown; the veins 

 from cell orange brown; basal third suffused with brown leaving a yellow streak 

 above subcostal, a spot at base of cell, a streak below cell, and a spot on sub- 

 median, also an antemedial spot on fold yellow, all partly edged with red; 

 some brown suffusions at end of cell; some postmedial spots on interspaces; a 

 broad outer band, narrowest from vein 5 to vein 2, suffusing below vein 2 

 and cell with dark basal space, leaving only a large yellow spot medially on 

 inner margin, and a smaller spot above it; a subterminal row of broken spots; 

 spots at ends of veins; cilia whitish with black spots at veins. Hind wings 

 yellow suffused with roseate. Expanse, 36 mm. 



Habitat: Joinville, southeastern Brazil. 



Prumala nigranalis sp. n. 



9 . Head, collar, thorax and fore wings Ulacine brown. Abdomen yellow, 

 the last three segments steel black above, steel gray below; a lateral gray 

 streak. Hind wings yellow. Expanse, 32 mm. 



Habitat: Joinville, southeastern Brazil. 

 Very close to P. jalapa Druce. 



Pseudalus minerva sp. n. 



(f. Antennae and body rose red; abdomen white underneath. Fore wings 

 red; a gray streak on costa; some grayish irrorations antemedially and post- 

 medially with traces of darker rod lines; a large semihyaline yellowish space 

 postmedially from al:»ove subcostal to termen at vein 2; an apical square red 

 patch from vein 5 to costa; a white point at base. Hind wings yellowish 

 white; some roseate hairs close to inner margin and terminal red irrorations. 

 Expanse, 35 mm. 



Habitat: Nova Friburgo, Brazil. 



