Sept. 1896.] 



ScHAUs: New Species of Heterocera. 143 



Motada variegata, sp. nov. 



Head black. Collar yellow. Abdomen black with a pale lateral band. Prim- 

 aries dark brown, the veins on the outer half finely white ; two small white spots in 

 the cell connected by a blackish streak, a large round black spot at the end of the 

 cell; some irregular white markings on the inner margin; a fine, indistinct and 

 interrupted whitish outer line; a submarginal wavy white shade. Secondaries 

 white; a dark spot in the cell; some irregular dark blotches along the outer I'nargin. 

 Expanse, 43 mm. 



Habitat: Sao Paulo, S. E. Brazil. 



Some specimens of this species are very much darker. 



Titya lanuginosa, sp. nov. 



Body of grayish brown ; the anal segment silvery gray. Wings grayish brown; 

 the primaries with a basal dark shade from the costa to the submedian ; a velvety 

 • black spot in the cell; an outer wavy transverse dark shade, outwardly bordered with 

 paler gray. Expanse, 9 67 mm. 



Habitat : Sao Paulo, S. E. Brazil. 



Hydrias amaryllis, sp. nov. 



Body bright yellow. Wings bright yellow, the veins darker on the yellow por- 

 tion ; two bro^d transverse straight gray bands, edged on either side with white, the 

 basal band indistinct on the secondaries; the outer band from near the apex of the 

 primaries to the anal angle of the secondaries. Expanse, $ 37 mm. 



Habitat: Castro, Parana. 



Hydrias vitripuncta, sp. nov. 



Body reddish brown. Primaries reddish brown, the basal half darker, limited 

 by a fine pale line, oblique from the costa, then curving inwardly towards the inner 

 margin ; a subterminal row of whitish lunular marks ; a terminal yellowish line ; on 

 the 'fringe grayish lunules. Secondaries reddish brown ; a submarginal row of 

 whitish hyahne spots, the third from the apex being the largest and is placed just be- 

 yond the cell. Expanse, $ 30 mm. 



Habitat : Aroa, Venezuela. 



Hydrias marna, sp. nov. 



Head and thorax violaceous gray. Abdomen lilacine brown. Primaries fawn 

 color thickly speckled with dark brown scales ; the base, inner margin and half of the 

 outer margin above the inner angle, lilacine gray ; an outer yellowish transverse line ; 

 the apical portion of the outer margin whitish ; a subterminal row of fawn color quad- 

 rate spots ; the extreme margin fawn color. Secondaries reddish brown ; the costal 

 margin paler with dark specks : a transverse median and a subterminal whitish line. 

 Expanse, 28 mm. 



Habitat: Sao Paulo, S. E. Brazil. 



Hydrias venalia, sp. nov. 



Body fawn color. Primaries reddish fawn color, darker at the base and limited 

 by a double irregular dark gray line ; a small dark gray spot on the costa at the base ; 



