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Dsirjfidsi gi'iiiiliiit'ii sp. nov. — Palpi and head light nifinis brown. Tho- 

 rax lilaciiie brown. Abdomen yellowish white, with a brown subdorsal tuft on 

 the first segment. Primaries above brownish; the median vein creamy white, 

 the white continuing below vein 4 to the outer margin, where it becomes forked, 

 owing to a small brown spot at its extremity; a white line at the base of the 

 inner margin; a broad lilacine band at the base, forming an angle at the median 

 vein, another at tlie middle of the submediau, whence it continues straight to 

 the ai)ex, interrupted only by the median vein: at the apex this band becomes 

 whitish, and is divided by a short, brown, apical streak; the costal margin is 

 broadly lilacine, mottled with brown and white; a marginal white line, preceded 

 b.y another white line, this last interrupted by the veins, the intermediate sub- 

 terminal brown portion with a dark streak on each inter-nerval space; in the 

 cell two s))ots with a light brown central line edged with white and then with 

 black, the inner spot nearly longitudinal, the outer spot oblique towards the 

 costa. Secondaries pure white in the %,; in the 9 '^ broad brown outer margin. 

 Underneath whitish, the costal margin and apices reddish. Expanse .'50 mm. 



Hab. — Castro, Parana. 



Closely allied to D. (jrammivora Walk, and D. prochidus Grote, 

 but smaller and decidedly lilacine in tone. 



CoiiNorviila claii<l» sp. nov. %. — Body violaceous brown. Primaries 

 above violaceous brown ; above the submedian vein in the median space a large, 

 round, velvety spot, connecting the t. a. and t. p. lines, which are finely outlined 

 in paler scales; the t. p. line broadly shaded exteriorly with violaceous brown, 

 paler than the ground color; the s. t. consisting of interrupted clusters of paler 

 scales placed on indistinct, lanceolate, glossy brown spots; some minute, pale, 

 terminal spots, and some similar s])ots on the apical portion of the costal margin. 

 Secondaries brownish. Underneath the base of the wings yellow, the outer 

 margins broadly flecked with' violaceous brown scales; an interrupted, outer, 

 transverse line, and a small discal spot on each wing. Expanse 28 mm. 

 Hab. — Jalapa, Mexico. 



Tricliolita? variata sp. nov. —Head and thorax light reddish brown. 

 Abdomen dull brown. Primaries reddish or grayisli brown, with all the lines 

 very fine and distinct, of a darker shade than the ground color; the basal line 

 straight; the t. a. line slightly wavy and further from the base on the inner 

 margin than on the costal margin ; an oblique mediiui shade contiguous below 

 the reniform to a conspicuous black spot, from which point the shade is perpen- 

 dicular to the inner margin ; the t. p. line forming an angle below the costa and 

 is then nearly straight; the s. t. shade wavy; the orbicular and reniform very 

 indistinct, faintly outlined with darker brown. Secondariesdull blackish brown, 

 the fringe reddish gray. Underneath fawn color, thickly speckled with gray 

 scales; the outer line fine, very distinct; a small discal point on the secondaries. 

 Exi)aiise 33 mm. 



Hab. — Jalapa, Mexico. 



Iladroccia azteca sp. nov. % .—Head, collar and patagiaj reddish brown, 

 mixed w-ith darker scales. Thorax and abdomen blackish brown. Primaries 

 above yellow, thickly covered with reddish brown scales; the veins brownish ; 

 a basal reddish line; the t. a. line fine, brownish, inwardly shaded with yellow ; 



TKANS. AM. ENT. SOC. XXI. JULY, 1894. 



