Sept. 1896.] SCHAUS : New Species of Heterocera. 133 



patagire edged with black ; underneath the coxre and a large spot on the abdomen 

 white. Wings hyaline with black margins. The costal margin of the secondaries 

 white. Expanse, 2S mm. 



Habitat : Trinidad, B. W. I. 



Philoros marita, sp. nov. 



Antennae black. Head gray ; orange behind the antennae. Collar and thorax 

 light brown ; the patagiae dorsally shaded with yellow. Abdomen black. Primaries 

 light brown ; the median, submedian and veins 3, 4 and 6, finely yellow ; fringe 

 yellowish. Secondaries dull black ; fringe white. Underneath blackish gray, the 

 disc of the primaries paler. Expanse, 30 mm. 



Habitat : Castro, Parana. 

 Pygoctenucha dukinfieldia, sp. nov. 



Head crimson. Collar crimson with a black lateral spot. Thorax crimson ; 

 patagi;^ black. Abdomen black ; anal segment crimson. Legs black ; red at the 

 joints. Wings dull black. Expanse, 51 mm. 



Habitat : Sao Paulo, S. E. Brazil. 

 Allied to P. bombycina Perty. 



Aclytia terra, sp. nov. 



Head and thorax dark brown ; a metallic blue point between the antennas. 

 Abdomen metallic blue ; a subdorsal black line and transverse black bands on the 

 segments ; at the base long tufts of brown hairs ; coxas orange ; a ventral orange band. 

 Primaries dark brown. Secondaries black with a broad diaphanous streak from the 

 base to beyond the cell. Expanse, 34 mm. 



Habitat: Castro, Parana. 



Allied to A. conspicua Druce = lucania Schs. 



Charidea katima, sp. nov. 



$. Head black and blue. Collar metallic blue. Thorax black with three 

 metallic blue streaks. Abdomen metallic blue. Fore coxas white; Primaries 

 black shaded with blue at the base, the submedian vein and abroad streak above it 

 red ; a broad oblique red band beyond the cell, from the subcostal vein to nearly the 

 outer margin above the angle. Secondaries with the basal half rich metallic blue, 

 the outer half black. Underneath the same without the red basal streaks on the 

 primaries. Expanse, 36 mm. 



Habitat: Sao Paulo, S. E. Brazil. 

 Eucereon amadis, sp. nov. 



Head and thorax dark brown ; two minute reddish yellow spots behind the 

 antennae. Abdomen chrome yellow ; black at the base and subdorsally on second 

 segment ; a lateral black line ; Anus black. Primaries dark brown ; the veins, an 

 angular basal line, a small spot in the cell, a transverse outer line forming a large 

 curve beyond the cell and reaching the inner margin about its center, and a terminal 

 row of angular spots yellowish brown; the terminal spots filled in with darker 



