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does from Ernolatia) in its densely-scaled opaque wings, 

 comparatively slightly shorter antenna?, and more promi- 

 nent thorax. Type, A. domina, Cramer. 



148. Anthocroca muscosa, n. sp. (PI. III. fig. 5.) 

 Allied to A. domina, but the apex and central area of 



primaries clouded with bright sap-green; the white discal 

 spots replaced by lilacine-grey ones ; the discal black line 

 finer; two additional arched convergent brown lines across 

 the basal half of the wing ; secondaries with the discal 

 line finer, a bright yellow spot above its inferior extremity ; 

 anal area bright laky-red, with a patch of bright yellow 

 along the anal third of outer border ; body paler than in 

 A. domina: expanse 2 inches 7 lines. 



Mouth of Rio Jutahi, 18th January, 1875. 



One of the most beautiful of New World moths. 



149. Anthocroca cuneifera, n. sp. (PI. III. fig. 4.) 

 Brownish flesh-colour (or colour of cork) ; wings with 



a black discal line as in the preceding species ; primaries 

 with a large greenish-yellow ferruginous-bordered costal 

 cuneiform patch, an oblique n -shaped ferruginous line on 

 internal area, enclosing one or two yellow spots, and 

 bounded internally on the inner border by a spot of the 

 same colour ; an arched black line across the base of the 

 wing ; basal third of costal margin black ; discal black 

 line edged with lilacine, and bounded on second median 

 interspace by a white spot, apical area irregularly yellow, 

 with a ferruginous internal line ; outer border, excepting 

 at external angle, irregularly whitish ; secondaries with the 

 discal line greyish, becoming abruptly ferruginous below 

 the first median vein, and bounded above by a bright yellow 

 spot ; anal angle and a series of marginal spots, only divided 

 by the nervm-es, bright chrome-yellow ; fringe, excepting 

 at anal angle, ferruginous ; collar and tegula? sordid 

 yellowdsh, the latter with a posterior dusky band ; abdo- 

 men yellowish along the dorsal region ; wings below bright 

 yeUow, clouded here and there with ferruginous, with two 

 blackish subparallel discal lines ; internal area of primaries 

 pinky-whitish : expanse 1 inch 9 lines. 

 Ayrao, Pio Negro, 3rd July, 1874. 



150. Anthocroca hiemalis, n. sp. 



Primaries above dark purplish-brown, crossed by four 

 undulated jxirple lines, two across the basal area and two 



