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Porana ciissiinilis. — %. Wings yellow, slightly flecked witli brown. 

 A dark dentate line from near apex of primaries to inner margin of secondaries ; 

 beyond this line the wings are violaceous brown ; a black point in the cells, and a 

 wavy median line above inner margin on primaries. 



The 9 has space within the line buff, thickly flecked with brown. Under- 

 neath the wings are thickly flecked and similar in both sexes. Expanse 28 mm. 



Hab. — Castro, Parana. 



Pyrinia bertiilaria.— Light violaceous brown ; some darker shades along 

 costa, and a dark line deeply angled just below apex and continuing to middle of 

 inner margin on secondaries; some dark terminal spots above inner angle on pri- 

 maries. Underneath reddish ochreous, with darker striee and the outer line not 

 reaching apex. The primaries are rather long and narrow, the apex obtuse and 

 the outer margin oblique. Expanse 23 mm. 



Hab. — Castro, Parana. 



Pyriiiia aroaria. — 9 • Apex of primaries slightly falcate. Wings brown, 

 with darker flecks. Primaries with two dark brown lines, the inner line angled 

 below costa, then straight to inner margin ; the outer line angled below costa near 

 apex, then oblique to middle of inner margin on secondaries. Underneath 

 ochreous, with thick reddish striae and the lines as above, but not reaching the 

 costa of primaries. Expanse 18 mm. 



Hab. — Aroa, Venezuela. 



Pyriiiia pescoria. — 9- Light brown, with some reddish and black 

 striae. Primaries with two transverse reddish lines at one-third and two-thirds 

 from base; a subterminal row of small dark grey spots. Secondaries with a me- 

 dian red line and some red shadings about apex. Underneath similar. Expanse 

 21 mm. 



Hab. — Petropolis, Brazil. 



Pyriiiia sanitaria. — Eeddish brown ; primaries with the outer margin 

 tinged with lilacine ; costa finely white, streaked with black: median and outer 

 lines wavy, dark reddish brown ; the outer line from costa near apex and parallel 

 with outer margin. Secondaries with only a single line. Underneath dull 

 ochreous, with red and violaceous striae ; the outer margins reddish ; the lines as 

 above. Expanse 25 mm. 



Hab. — Jalapa, Mexico. Allied to Pyrinia grata Walker. 



Pyriiiia tliscata. — Head and thorax violaceous brown, abdomen greyish. 

 Primaries olivaceous grey : a brown streak from the base through the cell to near 

 apex ; this streak is connected to costa by an oblique brown shade at three-fourths 

 from base. Some blackish striae at ba,se and along costal margin ; a large white 

 spot in the cell; a subterminal greyish line, heavily shaded with white towards 

 apex ; a terminal blackish shade, fringe brown. Secondaries with costal half yel- 

 lowish, otherwise brownish, with a few black striae; a broad median brown line. 

 Underneath yellow, primaries shaded with brown, chiefly beyond cell; a large 

 white discal spot in cell, and a smaller one below it ; a white subapical broken 



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