AMERICAN LEPIDOP'lERA. 2-i3 



Plialudia jaiieira.— Head brown. Collar huff. Thorax and abdomen 

 violaceous brown, the latter with lateral buff spots; buff underneath, and anal 

 hairs buff Wings dark violaceous brown ; a broad median buff band mottled 

 with olivaceous. Primaries: the costal margin buff from base to median band, 

 irrorated with black striae ; a buff apical spot. Underneath similar; the median 

 band pale yellow without markings; the costa of primaries dark with buffstrise; 

 the apical spot smaller. Expanse 18 mm. 



Hab. — Rio Janeiro. 



Microxydia pnlveraria. — Wings pale buff, irrorated with brown 

 scales, chiefly on outer margin. Primaries: an inner, median and outer daik 

 spot on costal margin ; a dark brown discal point : faint traces of an inner line ; 

 median shade and outer line ; fringe dark brown, buff at apex and inner angle. 

 Secondaries: a dark median line not reaching costa ; a faint outer line; fringe 

 huff, mottled with brown. Underneath buff, much more heavily irrorated with 

 brown. Primaries: a dark space on outer margin between 4 and 6; costa and 

 apex tinged with yellow. Secondaries with the outer line broken into spots. Ex- 

 panse 15 mm. 



Hab. — Orizaba, Mexico. 



Semiuthisa grisearia. — Wings grey, thickly covered with darker strite 

 and irrorations, violaceous grey; the lines reddish brown; the median line 

 straight, crossing the black discal spot; the outer line curved, wavy ; a terminal 

 dark line; fringe grey, darkest at base. Primaries: an inner line angled below 

 costa, then inwardly oblique ; a subterminal wavy line, followed by some whitish 

 scales near costa; apex mottled with white. Secondaries: the subterminal line 

 very indistinct: some whitish scales at anal angle. Underneath dull greyish 

 brown; faint traces of median and outer lines. The primaries are acute; the 

 apex slightly falcate ; the secondaries angled. Expanse 31 mm. 



i/a6. — Colombia. 



Quite distinct from any described species of the genus. 



Eusar<^a giiailaria. — Primaries light brown, darker between the lines, 

 and slightly irrorated with darker brown; the fringe dark brown; the lines 

 pale buff, shaded on median line by very dark brown ; the inner line olique from 

 costa to vein 2, then slightly curved inwardly to inner margin ; the outer line 

 from apex slightly curved to inner margin ; a black discal point, followed by a 

 dark brown shade. Secondaries ochreous, shaded with brown on inner margin ; 

 fringe dark brown. Underneath primaries ochreous, slightly striated on costa, 

 and outer margin with brown ; a black discal spot; a faint trace of the outer line. 

 Secondaries pale brown, shaded with ochreous at base; a small discal spot. Ex- 

 panse 23 mm. 



Hab. -Guadalajara, Mexico. 



PSEUDAPI€IA gen. nov. 

 Differs from Apicia Gn. in having the male antennae simple. 



TRANS. AM. ENT. SOC, XXVII. JUNE, 1901. 



