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yellowish scales ; the costa also speckled with black and dark green scales ; near the 

 base of the cell a large cluster of greenish black scales and an oblique mark of sim- 

 ilar scales from the costa subapically ; the apex whitish ; two round tufts of raised 

 scales in the cell ; a faint submarginal brownish shade. Secondaries greyish brown ; 

 a minute spot in the cell. Expanse, 22 mm. 



Habitat : Sao Paulo, S. E. Brazil. 



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 Nola natama, sp. nov. 



Head and thorax white. Abdomen cream color. Primaries white on the basal 

 half and at the apex; some olive shadings along the costa; the outer line formed of 

 minute clusters of velvety black scales, heavily shaded on either side with brown and 

 yellowish scales. Secondaries dark grey. Expanse, 18 mm. 



Habitat : Sao Paulo, S. E. Brazil. 



Nola sol vita, sp. nov. 



Body dark grey. Primaries whitish grey, thickly speckled with brown and 

 black scales, giving the wings a dark appearance ; an indistinct basal and outer line ; 

 a faint median shade and another, subterminal ; fringe brown. Secondaries smoky 

 grey. Expanse, 17 mm. 



Habitat : Castro Parana. 



LYMANTRIID.^. 



Orgyia falcata, sp. nov. 



Body grey. Primaries with the basal third brownish grey, limited by a wavy 

 dark brown line and crossed at the base by a similar line which does not reach the 

 inner margin ; the rest of the wing grey with a curved lunular line beyond the cell 

 enclosing toward the costal margin, a large smoky space ; at the end of the cell a 

 small brownish spot, a subterminal brown shade streaked with dark brown near the 

 apex ; a terminal brown line ; fringe pale at the base, dark terminally. Secondaries 

 brownish grey with the fringe as on the primaries. Expanse, 28 mm. 



Habitat : Jalapa, Mexico. 



This species is allied to O, leucostigma S. & A., but the primaries 

 are somewhat produced at the apex. 



CVLLOPODIDyE. 



Rhosus unipuncta, sp. nov. 



Body dark brown, anus orange. Primaries very dark velvety brown, thinly 

 speckled with greyish scales ; a large oblique while spot beyond the cell ; fringe 

 light brown. Secondaries dark brown, fringe mottled white and brown. Un- 

 derneath dark brown, the primaries with a white discal spot and the apex narrowly 

 white ; secondaries with two white lines from the base, fringe white. Expanse, 

 37 mm. 



Habitat : Sao Paulo, S. E. Brazil. 



