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Eois malvina.— Wings pale huff, with a few scattered hlack scales. Pri- 

 maries: the costa thickly irrorated with hlack, its extreme edge finely brown ; a 

 faint median brown line ; a black streak at end of cell ; an oblique black line 

 from costa before apex to outer margin at vein 3; outwardly shaded with viola- 

 ceous grev, and enclosing a small subapical buff space; the outer margin finely 

 black; at inner angle a small triangular violaceous grey spot; fringe reddish 

 brown, darkest at its base. Secondaries pule huff; a black discal spot; the me- 

 dian and terminal line as on primaries; the latter inwardly shaded with violac- 

 eous grey • fringe reddisli brown. Underneath primaries shaded with black in 

 cell and'at inner angle; the costa, veins and apex reddish brown. Secondaries 

 pale yellow; a black discal point and some black shadings at apex ; fringe red- 

 dish brown. Expanse 13 mm. 



Hab. — Orizaba, Mexico. 



Eois com plexaria.— Abdomen white, with subdorsal black spots. Wings 

 white with a few black scales scattered on veins; a terminal dark brown line: 

 fringe' li-ht brown. Primaries: costa finely reddish brown ; in cell two blackish 

 spots foUowed by a broad transverse black streak ; below median vein two large 

 blackish spots; a fine reddish brown line connects the discal streak and outer spot 

 below the median vein ; a wavy outer line, partly dark brown, and partly red- 

 rish brown, followed by a dark spot on inner margin, and by a subterminal wavy 

 brown shade between veins 3 and 7. Secondaries: an inner and an outer fine 

 reddish brown line; a reddish brown discal spot, and a few subterminal reddish 

 brown shadings. Expanse 21 mm. ^ 



Hab. — Sao Paulo. 



Eois cosymbiata.-Wings greyish brown ; the outer margin violaceous, 

 irrorated with roseate scales; black discal points; median and outer fine roseate 

 Hues- a basal and inner roseate line on primaries; the fringe greyish brown, 

 tinged with roseateat its base. Underneath brown, with traces of a median black 

 line. Expanse 16 mm. 



iJa6.— Castro, Parana. 



Eois OChraria.-Body and wings ochreous. irrorated with red scales: 

 traces of inner, median and outer lines; also a marginal shade, and a subterminal 

 line on primaries ; the terminal line and fringe violaceous red. In one of four 

 specimens the markings are all very distinct ; discal spots reddish. Underneath 

 ochreous. with the lines as above, except the inner line. Expanse 14 mm. 



Hab.— Castro, Parana. 



Eois ineanata.-CoUar brown. Vertex and body white; the abdomen 

 with some dorsal brown spots. Wings white, thinly irrorated with brown and 

 black scales; a terminal black line ; fringe pale brown. Primaries: an '^ner row 

 of small brown spots ; a median, wavy, reddish brown line, crossing a fine black 

 discal streak; a wavy subterminal black line, interrupted between veins 2 and 3, 

 and followed by brown semilunar spots ; a few subapical brown spots ; costa hnely 



TRANS. AM. ENT. SOC. XXVII. (33) JUNE, 1901. 



