236 w. scHAus. 



Caradriiia infirnia sp. nov.— Head and thorax fawn color. Abdomen 

 {frayish brown. Primaries above with four-fifths of the costal margin and a 

 broad shade from the costa to the inner angle fawn color; the rest of the wing 

 brownish with a darker t. a., median and t. p. shade ; a subtermiual, wavy, fawn 

 color line on the dark outer margin ; a terminal fine luteous line. Secondaries 

 brownish, grayish towards the base; a terminal luteous line. Underneath- 

 primaries brownish ; secondaries whitish, the outer shade nearly invisible and a 

 small brown discal spot. Expanse 36 mm. 

 Hab. — Castro, Parana. 



Fagitaiia luridsk sp. uov. %. — Palpi, head and thorax reddish brown. 

 Abdomen wliite dorsally, brown underneath. Primaries above bright reddish 

 brown, the outer margin coppery red ; the orbicular and reuiform, also a space 

 from the base between the median and snbmedian vein, and terminating in a 

 lound spot below and contiguous to the orbicular, all coppery red mixed with 

 yellowish scales; the t. p. and s. t. lines dark reddish brown outwardly shaded 

 with grayish scales ; beyond the t. p. line the veins are grayish brown, and there 

 is a row of black points on the veins between the t. p. and s. t. lines; fringe dark 

 brown. Secondaries white, with a faint marginal brown line. Underneath : 

 primaries brown, with two outer, transverse, whitish lines; secondaries white, 

 the costal margin broadly irrorated with brown. Expanse 30 mm. 



Hah. — Castro, Parana. 



The 9 differs in having a pure white spot posteriorly in the reni- 

 forni, and the secondaries have the outer margin broadly smoky 

 brown. 



Fagitaiia innrsa sp. nov. %. — Head and thorax brown. Abdomen gray- 

 ish brown. Primaries above dark silky brown, the lines dai-ker and slightly 

 reddish ; the inner and outer lines forming a large V, slightly iiTegular in shape ; 

 the subterminal line wavy, distinct ; the orbicular and reniform outlined in dark 

 brown. Secondaries white with a terminal dark line, and the apex slightly 

 brownish ; the fringe white, towards the apex grayish. Underneath : the prima- 

 ries and costal margin of the secondaries reddish brown, with an outer transverse 

 line; the secondaries otherwise white. Expanse 30 mm. 



Hab. — Castro, Parana. 



The 9 is somewhat larger, 34 mm., and differs in having a pure 

 white spot posteriorly in the reniform, and the secondaries are dark 

 gray, especially towards the margins. 



Fagitaua ruiiebris sp. nov. — Head and thorax black. Al)(lomen light 

 brown. Primaries above dark grayish, nearly black; two small velvety black 

 spots in place of the reniform ; an outer row of very small black spots on the 

 veins and a terminal row of similar spots. Secondaries white, the costal margin 

 grayish, and a terminal dark interrupted line on the apical half of the outer 

 margin. Underneath ; primaries dark gray, with a short blackish streak from 

 the costa, near the apex; secondaries white, with the costal margin broadly 

 gray, and an indistinct outer row of short streaks on the veins. Exp. 40 mm. 

 Hab. — Castro, Parana. 



