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brown, the costa inoiated with grey ; a lunular hlackisli Hue from near base of 

 costa to middle of inner margin; a black median line on costa ; a black discal 

 point; a black outer line, broad at inner niargi!i,and cut by veins; a subterminal 

 brownish line; black terminal streaks between the veins. Expanse 18 mm. 



Habitat. — Aroa, Venezuela. 



PNeildina ,jaiieir». — Head and thorax buff. Abdomen greyish brown. 

 Primaries bufl"; basal half of costa finely black, shaded below with dark brown ; 

 an olive-brown streak in cell before middle ; spots consisting of a few greenish 

 lines; a green patch between the spots; the reniform followed by a green shade 

 to outer line; a greenish median space below cell, crossed by a geminate dark 

 green line; some roseate on inner margin ; outer line fine, dentate, green, curved 

 beyond cell, crossing a greenish patch from veins 4 to 7 ; a subterminal broad 

 dark velvety brown line, evenly curved, outwardly shaded with roseate and fol- 

 lowed by a fine, light brown shade ; outer margin and fringe light grey, separa- 

 ted by a wavy black terminal line. Secondaries greyish brown ; fringe greyish. 

 Expanse 29 mm. 



Habitat. — Rio Janeiro. 



Acontia? liariniiia. — Head and thorax olivaceous brown. Abdomen 

 and secondaries brown. Primaries pale olivaceous, tinged with huff along sub- 

 costal, and with reddish on inner margin ; a pale line from costa near apex, par- 

 allel with outer margin to vein 4, then incurved to inner margin, beyond which 

 the wing is reddish brown ; the fringe olivaceous. Fringe on secondaries light 

 grey. Expanse 20 mm. 



Habitat. — Castro, Parana. 



Acontia? iiiedalba.— Palpi dark grey. Vertex light brown. Thorax 

 grey-brown. Abdomen light brown. Primaries silky; some white at base, fol- 

 lowed by olivaceous brown, limited by a white inner shade angled at cell ; an 

 oblique median whitish shade, widest on costa; outer space and margin olivace- 

 ous brown ; a subterminal white line, oblique from costa, angled below apex, and 

 irregularly dentate to inner margin ; a terminal white line, on which is an inter- 

 rupted black line. Secondaries whitish ; a subterminal grey brown shade. Ex- 

 panse 22 mm. 



Habitat. — Castro, Parana. 



Spragueia inveritia. — Head and thorax light brown. Abdomen dull 

 brown. Primaries light brown ; two oblique white spots on costa, one near base, 

 the other at middle; a blackish shade between these spots, bifurcating on inner 

 margin, and irrorated with pale olivaceous scales ; apex white, shaded with bulf, 

 and preceded on costa by an olivaceous brown space, which extends obliquely to 

 middle of outer margin ; fringe buff, mottled with brown and black below vein 

 4. Secondaries dull brown. Expanse 17 nim. 



Habitat. — Aroa, Venezuela. 



Spragiieia inargarita. — Head white, collar and thorax greenish grey : 

 a yellow green tuft posteriorly. Abdomen and secondaries dull brown grey. 



TRANS. AM. ENT. SOC. XXX. JUNE. 1904. 



