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broken ; the first two shaded with brown below the median vein ; the third shaded 

 with brown below vein ic; the fourth not extended below vein 3, geminate 

 towards costa, and yellow posteriorly ; the fifth dark gray from below costa to vein 2 ; 

 the sixth dark brown from costa to vein 3 ; the seventh dark brown shaded with gray 

 above vein 3, below vein 3 yellow ; the eighth very dark brown partly shaded with 

 yellow ; fringe yellow at base, white outwardly. Secondaries whitish with traces of 

 subterminaj grayish lines ; base of fringe pale yellow. Expanse, 33 mm. 

 Habitat : Castro, Parana. 



Costria striolata. 



Head and thorax white mottled with a few buff scales. Abdomen Imff ; white 

 subdorsally at base. Primaries white, shaded with pale brown on the costa, in the 

 cell, and below vein lb ; the fringe on inner margin white ; beyond the cell long fine 

 brownish lines not reaching apex or outer margin ; basal half of costal margin finely 

 dark gray ; an outwardly oblique brownish shade from before the middle of costal 

 margin, terminating in two dark brown spots and below margin vein Ic ; a brown spot 

 on outer margin at vein 3 ; some subapical brown shadings ; terminal brown and 

 gray shadings. Secondaries pale reddish brown ; the costa and inner margin 

 whitish. Expanse, t,o mm. 



Habitat : Sao Paulo, Brazil. 

 Costria arpi. 



Head and thorax white irrorated with a few black scales. Primaries gray 

 shaded with brown along costa, and on outer third ol wing ; some irregular trans- 

 verse black striae, chiefly on outer half of wing ; a thicker transverse black streak in 

 the cell ; a velvety black spot between veins lb and ic at a third from base; and a 

 smaller spot below it nearer the base ; a subterminal outwardly curved black line 

 from veins 2-8 connected with fringe at vein 4 by a black bar, above which it is out- 

 wardly shaded with dark brown ; the marginal space above vein 4 to costa before 

 apex is otherwise pale brown ; a dark costal spot before apex ; fringe reddish brown. 

 Secondaries dull grayish brown. Expanse, 46 mm. 



Habitat : Rio Janeiro. In this species veins 6 and 7 on secon- 

 daries are from a point. 



Costria elegans. 



Palpi brown. Head whitish ; vertex dark brown. Thorax dark brown ; pata- 

 gise buff. Abdomen light brown. Primaries whitish buft", shaded with light brown ; 

 black and brown stride evenly distributed over the surface ; costa, except at base and 

 • outer third, dark brown ; the outer margin occupied by a large dark space, inwardly 

 curved and limited by a dark velvety brown shade ; the space contiguous to this to- 

 ward the base is without strire and appears like a pale line ; the space within the 

 curved brown line and a terminal dark brown line is dark olivaceous above vein 5, 

 and lilacine white below it ; a small dark brown spot on the lilacine portion ; fiinge 

 pale brown. Secondaries and base of fringe pale brown ; the fringe terminally 

 white. Expanse, 25 mm. 



Habitat: Castro, Parana. 



