no. 2372. NEW SPECIES OF LEPIDOPTERA—SCHAUS. 383 



Family CERATOCAMPIDAE. 



ADELOCEPHALA NETTIA, new species. 



Male. — Head lilacine pink with pale yellow hairs at base of anten- 

 nae. Collar and patagia lilacine gray, the thorax dorsalty pale yel- 

 low. Abdomen above pale red. Body underneath whitish. Fore 

 wings: Basal third of costa and cell purple, below cell and vein 2 

 lilacine, shading to whitish lilacine on inner margin, and termen; an 

 orange spot in cell with dark striae preceded by a fuscous purple 

 shade, and followed by a large round similar spot containing a white 

 point; the costa above this spot reddish orange; from vein 4 to costa 

 and apex a large triangular yellow space crossed by dark striae, the 

 terminal lilacine space adjoining with its edge lunular; some fine, 

 indistinct, fuscous striae on the lilacine portions of wing. Hind 

 wings 3^ellow; costal margin purplish red; a purplish red space below 

 cell from base not reaching termen and leaving the inner margin 

 narrowly yellow. Wings below pale yellow; fore wings with the costa 

 brownish gray to near apex ; purple shading at end of cell with a black 

 spot on discocellular; termen above vein 3 broadly dull lilacine, 

 narrowing to a point at apex. 



Exjjanse. — 52 mm. 



Habitat. — Joinville, Southeastern Brazil. 



Type.— Cat. No. 23416, U.S.N.M. 



Family NOTODONTIDAE. 



NYSTALEA SCARRA, new species. 



Female. — Palpi ocherous gray irrorated with brown. Head and 

 collar dull fuscous brown, with grayish tufts at base of antennae. 

 Thorax whitish gray. Abdomen dull dark gray, the basal segment 

 ocherous white with a dorsal black tuft tipped with whitish gray. 

 Fore wings whitish gray; a black line at base below cell to subbasal 

 fuscous brown line, which is geminate somewhat outbent from costa 

 across cell, then single and inbent; costal margin broadly tinged with 

 brown to antemedial, which is close to middle of wing; this line is 

 fuscous brown, geminate, vertical, and sinuous to vein 2, then lunular 

 to inner margin, the line starting from deep black spots on costa, 

 the inner line with black points on veins; some short black streaks 

 and points precede the line; some brownish shading on discocellular 

 and some black scaling behind; an outcurved faint brown shade, 

 darker on costa and with a black spot below vein 2 ; the veins beyond 

 cell streaked with black to a geminate fine line close beyond post- 

 medial; this line is fuscous brown, almost vertical, and is closely 

 followed by a narrow brown shade; veins 3-6 with white and black 

 points where crossed by this shade ; a subterminal black spot between 

 veins 4 and 5 and an interrupted short black line from vein 2 to 



