166 W. SCHAU8. 



sliade from reniforni to inner margin ; outer shade limited by a greyish line, 

 geminate on c.osta and followed by a reddish brown shade mottled with lilacine 

 grey; outer margin golden brown, the veins lilacine grey. Secondaries brown; 

 a reddish brown spot at anal angle; fringe mottled with grey. Expanse 27 mm. 



Habitat— Sao Paulo, S. E. Brazil. 



rubrescens. — Body and wings glossy lilacine brown. 

 Primaries: a fine reddish brown line from costa to middle of inner margin, where 

 it curves and extends to costal margin at three-fourths from base; ori)icular as a 

 grey point; reniforni thick, linear, greyish; a fine reddish brown shade from 

 reniform to iTiner margin ; subterminal minute reddish brown and grey points 

 on veins; fringe tipped with white. Expanse 28 mm. 



Habitat. — Castro, Parana. 



IVIakapta argentescens. — Head and collar reddish buff. Thorax grey. 

 Abdomen olivaceous brown. Primaries silvery grey, slightly olivaceous; lines 

 yellowish buflf"; inner line very slightly curved; an oblique line angled at apex 

 to middle of inner margin ; an outwardly oblique line from costa at two-thirds 

 from base to this line; a subterminal line parallel with outer margin ; a white 

 point in cell, finely circled with dark grey; an outwardly curved discocellular 

 line. Secondaries greyish buff. Expanse 32 mm. 



Habitat. — Castro, Parana. 



Stellidia fiiiierea. — Violaceous black, irrorated thinly with greyish 

 brown scales. Primaries: inner and outer black lines pa''tly finely shaded with 

 greyish brown ; reniform greyish brown, divided by a black line; some buff spots 

 on costa before apex and on outer margin. Secondaries with an outer line, and 

 a large discal spot divided by a black line. Expanse 25 mm. 



Habitat. — Castro, Parana. 



Stellidia nivosita. — Body dark brown ; abdomen mottled with grey. 

 Primaries dark brown; outer half of costal margin spotted with white; terminal 

 white spots at end of veins; inner and outer punctiform white lines; orbicular and 

 reniform round, white, the reniform surrounded by four smaller white spots; a 

 white spot above vein 2 close to cell ; a subterminal row of white spots. Second- 

 aries white, irrorated with dark brown, very thinly on basal half, and forming 

 an outer and subterminal shade; terminal white points; fringe brown. Expanse 

 22 mm. 



Habitat. — Castro, Parana. 



Stellidia diana. — Head and thorax light. Abdomen buff. Primaries 

 greyish buff, irrorated with brown ; blackish spots on costa at origin of veins; a 

 fine brown basal line; inner line wavy; outer line dentate, and wing heavily 

 shaded with dark brown on inner margin ; a black point in cell near inner line; 

 reniform small, black, shaded with brown ; subterminal faint, brown, preceded 

 by a black spot on costa; triangular brown terminal spots; fringe buff, spotted 

 with grey. Secondaries white, with some brownish terminal spots; fringe white, 

 spotted with grey. Expanse 39 mm. 



Habitat. — Castro, Parana. 



