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black, the metatliorax with a transverse black line. Abdomen dor- 

 sally cinnamon-buff at base followed by dark shading, the terminal 

 segments pale dr;ib-giay with fine whitish transverse lines; imderneath 

 pinkish buff. Fore wing vnth an oblique fascia from base of costa 

 to tornus and termen, very pale smoke gray mottled with some darker 

 fine scales; an irregular basal black line; a small subbasal black spot 

 below cell; a double fuscous antemedial line interrupted by veins; a 

 double medial black line filled in with olive-brown ; a whitish spot at 

 end of cell edged with lateral black lines, the costa above it drab-gray; 

 postmedial fascia dusky drab from costa to vein 3, proximalh" edged 

 by a fine dark line, and crossed by a conspicuous macular black line, 

 with a similar spot inset between veins 3 and 2 ; termen toward apex 

 with fine darker scales; a subterminal black line interrupted by veins 

 from costa to vein 3 ; the tips of veins with paired black points. Hind 

 wing with the hair brown, the base of costa and suffusions along inner 

 margin white. 



Expanse, 40 mm. 



Habitat. — Itatiaya, Brazil. 



Type.— V.S.N. M. no. 34683. 



Received from J. F. Zikan. Somewhat like R. varugata Dognin. 



RIFARGIA ALI CI AT A, new species 



Male. — Palpi fuscous, fringed with white; frons and vertex mottled 

 white and gray ; front of collar fuscous, vinaceous-cinnamon posteriorly. 

 Thorax light cinnamon-drab, fuscous dorsally. Abdomen above dusky 

 drab with a few buff spots, the terminal segments and anal hairs wliite 

 with a few fuscous scales; venter of abdomen pale grayish vinaceous. 

 Fore wing cream white ; a wavy fuscous line from base of costa to inner 

 margin antemedially; a triangular antemedial fuscous spot on costa, 

 and from it a wavy line upcurved to a similar large quadrate spot 

 from costa to vein 4, the hue extending slightly distally on costa and 

 with three grayish spots on costal edge; a small marginal spot above 

 vein 2 ; a fine black terminal line interrupted by veins, and connecting 

 with dark spots on the white ciUa. Hind wing drab with white 

 suffusions at base, beyond cell and at anal angle; the inner margin 

 and cilia white. Wings below white. Fore wing above median and 

 vein 2 dusky vinaceous, this coloring not reaching termen. Hind 

 mng with the termen narrowly dusky vinaceous. 



Expanse, 53 mm. 



Habitat.— Ne\y Bremen, Santa Catharina, Brazil. 



r?/2?e.— U.S.N.M. no. 34658. 



Two specimens, collected by Fritz Hoffmann. 



