42 Journal New Yokk Entomological Society. [Voi. ix. 



Macrocneme sura. 



Palpi and legs black, suffused with metallic blue scales. Hind tarsi tipped with 

 white. Head black ; frons with two large white spots, and two smaller under an- 

 tenn.t. Collar black with two small blue and white spots. Thorax black ; patagiae 

 with a small blue and white spot anteriorly. Abdomen metallic green above, black 

 underneath ; the ventral valve green and followed by two ventral rows of white spots. 

 Primaries : a basal band, and the outer margin broadly black, otherwise shot with dull 

 metallic blue green. Secondaries black. Underneath wings black, shot with dull 

 green to beyond cell. Expanse, 35 mm. 



Habitat : Petropolis, Brazil. 

 >Ethria analis. 



Antenna; black, petinated, and thickly tufted above on median third. Head, 

 thorax, and legs black ; some blue shadings on femora;, collar, and patagise. Abdo- 

 men black ; the last three segments orange red. Wings transparent, the veins black. 

 Primaries : the margins black ; the outer margin inwardly dentate ; a broad black 

 discocellular streak, touching costa ; some violaceous hairs at base of inner margin. 

 Secondaries : the outer margin broadly black. Expanse, 29 mm. 



Habitat: Peru. 

 Argyroeides vespina. 



Palpi yellow. Frons black, edged with yellow. Vertex black with a transverse 

 yellow line, collar black edged with yellow. Thorax black ; yellow lines posteriorly ; 

 the patagiee edged with yellow. Legs pale brown ; fore coxk yellow. Abdomen 

 black, spotted with yellow at base ; four terminal transverse yellow lines. Wings yel- 

 lowish hyaline ; the veins pale brown ; fringe black. Costa of primaries with a 

 darker yellow hyaline streak. Expanse, 24 mm. 



Habitat : Castro, Parana. Belongs to section with vein 6 below 

 angle of cell on secondaries. 



Diptilon aterea. 



Head black ; frons yellow. Collar and thorax black, the former, and patagise 

 finely edged with yellow. Legs black ; tarsi below yellow. Abdomen black ; a yel- 

 low lateral streak on basal half ; underneath yellow on basal half. Primaries yel- 

 lowish hyaline ; the margins black, widest at apex ; median vein yellow, other veins 

 black ; a black discocellular streak ; a hyaline streak on basal half of costa ; base of 

 subcostal vein yellow ; fringe black. Secondaries yellow ; the outer margin black ; 

 fringe yellow. Expanse, 23 mm. 



Habitat : Casa Branca. 

 Ceramidia cuprea. 



Palpi and head black ; frons with metallic green spot ; a white spot at base of 

 antennre. Collar black, irrorated with dark green. Thorax black ; a bronze green 

 spot anteriorly. Legs black ; tarsi gray ; fore coxae whitish. Abdomen : first seg- 



