NEW MOTHS OF FAMILY NOTODONTIDAE — SCHAUS 573 



length of second, smooth. Fore wing long and moderately broad, the 

 costa straight, apex rounded, termen shghtly curved; vein 2 well 

 before vein 3; 3 and 4 from a point; 5 from middle of discocellular, 

 areole very narrow with vein 6 from beyond middle, 7, 8, 9, and 10 

 from end of areole. Hind ynng long and moderately broad; costa 

 slightly curved beyond base, then straight, the termen rounded ; veins 

 3 and 4 and 6 and 7 stalked; 8 diverging from cell near end. 



Type. — Nodulodes porpara, new species. 



Remarks. — This genus does not appear to be closely related to any 

 described genus of Notodontidae. 



NOCTULODES PORPARA, new species 



Female. — Head, collar, and thorax benzo brown, the patagia deep 

 brownish drab, dorsally edged with buff scaling and with fuscous Hues. 

 Abdomen above purple-drab, irrorated with some buff scales; a dorsal 

 fuscous line on the basal two segments; smiilar fine segmental lines, 

 and a black spot on last segment; a lateral vinaceous-buff Hne with 

 black spots ; broad fuscous transverse lines ventrally. Fore wing with 

 costal edge fuscous, the area below it to cell, as well as the base, buff 

 browTi with dark irrorations; the cell anteriorly dark purplish drab; 

 base of median vein black; a black subbasal spot below cell; the cell 

 posteriorly somev/hat vinaceous; space below cell to inner margin 

 pale brownish drab tliicldy irrorated with black scales ; a double black 

 wavy antemedial line from cell to inner margin; the submedian and 

 edge of inner margin black; a double, thick, black, incurved Ime across 

 end of cell; a double postmedial black line filled in with pale \rinaceous 

 from vein 6 to vein 4, the outer line outangled on vein 4, then incurved 

 and lunular to vein 3, then macular with oblique streaks above inner 

 margin, followed partly by some dull pinkish scaling, and tliis by a 

 thick black curved line below vein 8, tliis line indentate below veins 

 7 and 6; a small bright vinaceous spot below costa before the sub- 

 terminal Ime, the latter Une black, sinuous, and becoming lunular 

 below vein 4; a fine terminal black line. Hind wing natal brown, the 

 inner margin broadly suffused with vinaceous-white. Fore wing 

 below light vinaceous-drab ; a dark medial hne and an indistinct 

 subterminal fine; some white spots on costa toward apex; the vhiaceous 

 spot present. Hmd Aving below paUid purple drab, with an irregular 

 curved, dark medial Hne; the termen with Hght vinaceous-drab suf- 

 fusions. 



Expanse, 42 mm. 



Habitat. — Itatiaya, Brazil. 



Type.— U.S.N.M. no. 34685. 



Keceived from J. F. Zikan. 



