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tween the veins. Secondaries greyish on eosta, otherwise basal space dark brown, 

 limited by an outer pale line; the marginal space greyish brown towards apex, 

 light reddish brown at anal angle; black marginal spots near apex and near anal 

 angle. Underneath : costal half of primaries greyish brown, shaded with red on 

 outer margin and at apex ; below median and vein 3 the wing is greyish buff; dis- 

 cal spot black, cut by a buff line ; marginal spots as above. Secondaries lilaoine 

 brown; a white discal spot; a wavy whitish outer line inwardly shaded with 

 dark grey; some light reddish brown at anal angle; marginal spots as above. 

 Expanse 26 mm. 



Hab. — Sao Paulo. * 



Looks somewhat like a small E. rofundata Warr. 



Tetracis pagouaria. % .— Antennse bufl', with a fine black line above. 

 Body buflf. Wings bufT, shaded and striated with light brown. Primaries: a 

 black point in the cell ; inner line fine, angled below costa, then straight to inner 

 margin; outer line dark brown, inwardly shaded with buff from costal margin 

 at four-fifths to inner margin at two-thirds. Secondaries with a single line and 

 very minute discal point. 



The 9 is browner as a rule. Expanse % 32 mm., 9 36 mm. 



Hub. — Orizaba, Amecameca, Mexico. 



Metanema excavaria. 9- — Body brown. Wings brown, thinly irro- 

 rated with black scales, and shaded with darker brown on outer margins. Pri- 

 maries: a black discal point; lines reddish brown, distinct; the inner line angled 

 at costa, then straight to inner margin ; the outer line from costal margin near 

 apex to inner margin at two-thirds from base; the outer line continued on sec- 

 ondaries to middle of inner margin. Underneath fawn color, irroratcd with 

 black scales ; the outer margins brown. Expanse 33 mm. 



Hab. — Orizaba, Mexico. 



Theriiia pardiria. — Wings yellowish buff, covered with small, violaceous 

 grey spots; the lines the same color; a broad outer line, the edges of which are 

 somewhat dentate. Primaries: an inner broad line, outwardly oblique from costa, 

 then inwardly curved to below median vein, then inwardly oblique to inner 

 margin ; the inner and outer lines are connected below the median vein by a bar, 

 so the lines have the appearance of forming a semilunar line on inner margin, 

 surmounted by a circular line ; the angle of the inner line in cell being continued 

 by a bar to the outer line at vein 3. Underneath similar. Expanse 29 mm. 



Hab. — Chiriqui. 



Cannagara sagiva. — Head and thorax dark fawn color. Abdomen red- 

 dish brown. Primaries reddish brown; some black and grey scales on costa; 

 inner line very fine, wavy, slightly darker; a small black discal spot; outer line 

 somewhat oblique from costa near apex to vein 4, below which it is slightly curved 

 inwardly and straight below vein 2 ; a small black spot beyond outer line between 

 veins 5 and 6. Secondaries reddish brown, paler at the base ; a black discal spot ; 

 a faint outer line. Underneath : secondaries, also casta and apex of primaries 



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



