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IVachaba? violascens.— Palpi blackish grey. Head ami tlioiax lila- 

 cine brown. Abdomen dull brown. Primaries brown, slightly tinged with vio- 

 laceous; at apex slightly golden brown; hairy tuft on costa dark lilacine; an 

 inner and outer dark brown line, the former noticeable below cell, the latter 

 quadrate beyond cell, straight below vein 2; fringe and a terminal line violace- 

 ous. Secondaries dull brown ; a violaceous brown shade at vein 2, widening to 

 outer margin, and crossed by an outer line not visible elsewhere; fringe violace- 

 ous. Expanse 25 mm. 



Habitat. — Sao Paulo, S. E. Brazil. 



Boiichis magiialis. — Body grey-brown. Primaries grey-brown ; a me- 

 dian pale line inwardly shaded with darker brown, inwardly oblique from costa to 

 subcostal, then twice curved outwardly to inner margin ; a pale outer line broadly 

 shaded inwardly with golden brown, outwardly oblique from margins, slightly 

 incurved between veins 2 and 5, and followed at vein 7 by a small velvety brown 

 spot; terminal black points. Secondaries thinly scaled, whitish ; the costal mar- 

 gin and apex broadly brown ; a punctiform outer line; some darker shades on 

 outer margin and a terminal dark line. Expanse 26 mm. 



Habitat. — Jal apa, Mexi co. 



Catailupa viridiplaga. — Head and thorax lilacine brown. Abdomen 

 light silky brown. Primaries lilacine brown ; a large olive-green spot near base 

 from subcostal to inner margin, finely edged with lilacine buff; this spot is oval, 

 except a slight indentation on basal side; a smaller round green spot on costal 

 margin above it ; a round greyish buff spot at end of the cell, partly surrounded 

 with reddish brown; traces of a median reddish brown angular shade ; a pale 

 outer line outwardly curved beyond cell, incurved at vein 2, inwardly shaded 

 with dark violaceous gi'ey ; a reddish brown subterminal shade. Secondaries: 

 lilacine brown ; a dark streak below vein 2, cut by a pale transverse outer line, 

 inwardly shaded with violaceous. Expanse 29 mm. 



Ha b itat. — Ca.stro, Paran a. 



Tetraschistis pailla. — Body and primaries light brown, the latter 

 crossed by two fine black lines; the inner line slightly wavy, followed by a black 

 point in cell and a small spot on costa; the outer line curved, dentate, followed by 

 some black irrorations; a black point at end of cell on outer line; a black termi- 

 nal line. Secondaries whitish butF, thinly irrorated with brown on outer half. 

 Expanse 27 mm. 



Habitat. — Sao Paulo, S. E. Brazil. 



Caphys titaiia. — Head and thorax roseate. Primaries roseate, crossed by 

 two white lines, one just before middle of wing, slightly oblique, the other 

 straight at a little beyond two-thirds from base. Secondaries whitish buff on 

 basal half, the outer margin tinged with roseate. Expanse 47 mm. 



Habitat. — Jalapa, Mexico. 



TEANS. AM. ENT. SOC. XXX. (23) JUNE. 1904. 



