216 Journal New York Entomological Society. [VoI. vii. 



Xantholopha purpurascens, sp. nov. 



Palpi, collar and back of head orange, otherwise body dull greenish brown ; the 

 anal segments circled with orange. Primaries dark purplish black. Secondaries dull 

 black, faintly tinged with green. Expanse, 26 mm. 



Habitat : Castro, Parana. 

 Lamprostola molybdipera, sp. nov. 



Head, thorax and primaries dark greenish black, slightly iridescent ; the veins 

 still darker. Abdomen and secondaries dull brownish black. Expanse, 17 mm. 



Habitat : Jalapa, Mexico. 

 Agylla obliquisigna, sp. nov. 



Head and thorax light brown, the palpi edged with a dark velvety brown. Abdo- 

 men dull yellowish. Primaries above yellowish white ; the costa linely and apex 

 broadly tinged with yellow ; the inner margin broadly shaded with brown, and at two- 

 thirds from the base an inwardly oblique brown band reaching the median at vein 2. 

 Secondaries whitish. The primaries underneath are brownish gray, the margins 

 somewhat yellowish. Expanse, 30 mm. 



Habitat: U. S. Colombia. 

 Agylla nubens, sp. nov. 



Head and thorax dark silvery gray ; a yellowi.sh line behind the head. Ab- 

 domen and legs yellow. Primaries silvery white ; the costa finely yellowish]; the 

 inner margin broadly dark gray. Secondaries white ; some yellow hairs on the inner 

 margin. Primaries underneath smoky gray ; the costal margin yellow ; a white streak 

 in and beyond the cell. The 5* has the dark shade on inner margin of primaries 

 somewhat narrower. Expanse, 35 mm. 



Habitat : Jalapa, ]\Iexico. 



Agylla barbipalpia, sp. nov. 



Palpi brown. Head and thorax gray, the collar finely edged with paler scales. 

 Abdomen brownish white. Primaries above creamy white, the costa finely yellow ; 

 the inner margin broadly dull gray. Underneath yellowish brown, the outer third 

 suffused with gray. Secondaries white. Expanse, '},t, mm. 



Habitat : Castro, Parana. 

 Agylla polysemata, sp. nov. 



$ . Head and thorax light gray. Abdomen whitish gray. Primaries silvery 

 white, faintly tinged with grey on the inner margin ; underneath the fold below cell 

 containing long yellow hairs. Secondaries silvery white ; the basal tuft yellowish, 

 containing a streak of white hairs, and contiguous to it outwardly is a small cluster of 

 black scales. The 9 has no tufts of scales and the primaries are narrower. Ex- 

 panse, ^ 34 mm.; 9 37 mm. 



Habitat: Nova Friburgo, Castro, Parana. 





