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base of inner margin ; inner line irregularly curved, geminate, outwardly black, in- 

 wardly brown ; beyond inner line the veins are finely streaked with black ; spots finely 

 circled with black ; median shade thick, black on costal margin and above submedian 

 where it suffuses with the outer line ; otherwise median shade is brownish ; below the 

 orbicular a black dentate line from inner line to median shade ; outer line strongly 

 dentate, blackish, fine; a series of black dashes between the veins on outer margin, 

 each dash interrupted by a yellowish-white spot; fringe gray spotted with black. 

 Secondaries white suffused with gray, darkest along outer margin ; a discal spot ; 

 fringe white, divided by a black line. Expanse 40 mm. 



Habitat : Chili. 



Mamestra goniophora, sp. nov. 



Head and thorax olivaceous brown. Abdomen dark gray ; a subdorsal white 

 tuft at base. Primaries dark olivaceous, markings pure white ; a broad line at base, 

 not reaching inner margin ; an inner row of spots large on costal and inner margins ; 

 orbicular small, round ; reniform large, irregular, surmounted by a white spot on 

 costa ; an outer row of points, very irregular ; three small spots on costa towards 

 apex ; three larger spots at apex ; four spots on outer margin between veins 2 and 5 ; 

 a small spot at inner angle. Secondaries dark brown ; costa whitish. Expanse 25 mm. 



Habitat: Castro, Parana. 

 Mamestra paranica, sp. nov. 



Head and thorax gray ; the patagias edged with brown dorsally. Body grayish- 

 brown. Primaries : veins steel-gray ; base olivaceous ; basal line black, outwardly 

 white ; inner line black, irregular, inwardly shaded with white ; orbicular whitish, 

 also a spot below it, and a space above it on costa ; median space olivaceous, partly 

 edged with black; reniform large, indistinct, dark gray and olivaceous; a finely 

 lunular black outer line, the lunules filled with giay ; outer space mottled olivaceous 

 and gray, with some black spots and followed by the subterminal, which is wavy, 

 white ; outer margin gray, mottled with olivaceous ; black terminal spots ; fringe 

 while and olivaceous. Secondaries whitish at base, otherwise dull brown ; fringe 

 white. Expanse 36 mm. 



Habitat : Castro, Parana. 



Himella nigripars, sp. nov. 



^ . Head, thorax and primaries light brown. Abdomen dorsally and secondaries 

 darker brown. Abdomen ventrally and anal tuft light brown. Primaries thinly 

 irrorated with black scales ; lines fine, darker ; basal and inner lines wavy ; outer line 

 crenulate, followed by a row of black points on veins. Reniform partly outlined 

 with black ; an oblique black median line from costa to reniform, then as a brown 

 shade to middle of inner margin ; a pale subterminal line ; black terminal points. 

 Secondaries with black terminal points ; a small discal point. 



The female is darker, the lines distinctly reddish-brown ; the orbicular consists of 

 a minute black circle ; the reniform is whitish, finely outlined with black containing a 

 gray point anteriorly and a larger gray spot posteriorly ; the median shade is entirely 

 reddish-brown ; the black dots on veins are close to the subterminal shade which is 



