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a dark shade below cell from l)ase to veiu 4, then broken into spots to near apex ; 

 beyond cell and on outer margin the wing is whitish ; another row of brownish 

 grey spots below and parallel to this shade. Secondaries whitish grey ; some 

 indistinct subterminal spots between the veins. Expanse 40 mm. 



Habitat. — Sao Paulo ; Castro, Parana. 



SATURNIID^. 



.4iitoineris pyginsoa. — %, . Body ochreous fawn color, darkest on 

 thorax. Primaries roseate fawn color; the basal half of costa grey ; a grey dis- 

 cal point containing some black scales; a straight grey line from costa near apex 

 to inner margin close to angle. Secondaries similar in color, with the discal 

 space paler; eye spot piuk and red, with a black point, and circled with black. 

 Underneath: a black discal point on primaries, and the eye spot on secondaries 

 faintly visible. Expanse 33 mm. 



Habitat. — Castro, Parana. 



pj:rophorid.e. 



I'erophora biliiiea.— '^ . Light grayish brown. Head and collar with 

 some reddish brown scales. Wings thinly irrorated with black ; fringe blackish ; 

 a terminal roseate line. Primaries: the costa finely roseate; a fine black straight 

 inner line; a similar outer line slightly angled at vein 5; a black discal point. 

 Secondaries with a fine black median line. Expanse 36 mm. 



Habitat. — Castro, Parana. 



CERATOCAMPID^. 



Othoreiie rubra.— '^. Head, collar, patagiaj and body below lilacine 

 grey. Thorax and abdomen above reddish brown. Primaries reddish brown ; 

 the outer margin from apex to inner margin at two-thirds from base lilacine 

 grey; an indistinct basal greyish shade; a white discal spot. Secondaries deep 

 red, darkest about anal angle. Underneath : primaries greyish ; a dark line from 

 apex; the costal margin shaded with violaceous; the inner margin to cell bright 

 red ; a few blackish irrorations. Secondaries lilacine grey, some black irrora- 

 tions ; a red streak in inner margin ; a dark line at apex. Expanse 112 mm. 



Habitat. — British Guiana. 



Otliorene Csirisma.— "J, . Body above ochreous fawn color; the patagije 

 inwardly bordered with dark grey. Abdomen above similar, shaded with lila- 

 cine laterally and underneath. Wings ochreous fawn color. Primaries: some 

 dark irrorations; inner margin finely lilacine grey; an inner fine, dark, straight 

 line; a fine outer line from costa close to apex to middle of inner margin ; outer 

 margin shaded with lilacine; a white discal spot darkly circled and surmounted 

 by a dark point. Secondaries: inner margin broadly shaded with red; a dark 

 apical shade. Underneath : primaries reddish ochreous; a dark violaceous outer 

 line beyond which the outer margin is tinged with lilacine. Secondaries lilacine. 

 darkest in costal margin; a dark streak from apex; some dark irrorations on 

 costal margin. 



TR.A.NS. AM. ENT. SOC. XXX. JUNE. 1904. 



