214 Journal New York Entomological Society. [Voi. vii. 



March of 1894, which was the hottest month of March on record. 

 March of 1898 was, like that of 1894, followed by a long season of 

 cold and wet weather. Moreover, the huts found last summer were on 

 one of the areas where they occurred in 1894. In shallow soil over 

 smooth rocks on the hill top. 



NEW SPECIES OF LITHOSIIDiE FROM TROPICAL 



AMERICA. 



By William Schaus. 



Pronola magniplaga, sp. nov. 



(f . Color head and thorax light yellow, palpi brown. Abdomen brown above, 

 last segment and underneath yellow ; legs yellow. Primaries above with a large 

 lilacine brown spot, leaving the base, costal margin narrowly, apex, and outer margin 

 yellow ; fringe brown on inner margin and at inner angle, otherwise yellow ; a cluster 

 of darker scales on the inner margin near the angle. Underneath the spot is replaced 

 by brownish shadings and the hairs in cell are blackish brown. Secondaries above 

 whitish at the base, somewhat tinged with yellow outwardly ; the outer margin 

 broadly brownish, except at apex ; underneath yellowish with the fringe on outer 

 margin brownish. Expanse, 17 mm. 



Habitat : Sao Paulo, S. E. Brazil. 



Pronola diffusa, sp. nov. 



Body creamy white. Primaries above creamy white, the inner margin and outer 

 portion of the wing clouded with grayish brown, leaving the apex, outer margin, and a 

 .spot in the cell creamy white. Underneath pale yellowish with a broad brown spot 

 extending from the inner margin near the angle and not reaching the costa. Sec- 

 ondaries yellowish white. Expanse, 1 6 mm. 



Habitat : Peru. 



Eugonosia angulifer, sp. nov. 



Entirely pale yellowish red, the primaries with all the margins finely black, and a 

 fine black line extending from the inner margin at a third from the base to the end of 

 the cell where it forms an angle and then descends to the outer margin at the end of 

 vein two ; a few blackish scales extend from the angle itself to the costal margin. Ex- 

 panse, 22 mm. 



Habitat : Castro, Parana, 



Talara rufa, sp. nov. 



Head and thorax brownish. Abdomen, deep yellow witli a brown subdorsal line. 

 Primaries above reddish yellow, thickly irrorated with lilacine brown scales, espe- 



