144 Mr. E. Dukinfield Jones's Descriptions of 



Loxopldcbia Jlavini[/ra, n. sp. 



(J. Palpi inwardly dull yellow, outwardly black, 3rd juiuL black ; 

 head thorax aud abdomen dull yellow ; legs yellow and black ; 

 pectus yellow ; vertex centrally black, a minute black dot behind 

 the antenna} ; tegula posteriorly black ; a broad black stripe on 

 l^atagia ; a broad black dorsal line on thorax and abdomen ; anal 

 tuft black with subdorsal yellow streaks ; terminal 3 segments 

 ventrally black, the black extending sublaterally to segment 4. 

 Fore-wings hyaline, narrowly bordered with black broadening 

 slightly at vein 2 and moderately broad at apex ; a broad black 

 discocellular bar ; base yellow followed by fringe of black, subcostal 

 irrorated with yellow to beyond middle of cell : hind-wings hyaline 

 narrowly bordered with black, broader on inner margin and very 

 narrow on costa, moderately broad at apex ; base yellow. 



Expanse (J 22 mm., $ 21 nun. 



Hah. Castro, Parantl. 



Holophsea lug ens, n. sp. 



(^ . Fuscous black ; fore coxoe inwardly white ; hind tarsi- with 

 the end of the 1st joint and the whole of the other joints white on 

 upper-side. 



5 . Differs from $ in having no white on coxaj. 



Expanse $ 28 mm., $ 32 mm. 



Hal). Sao Paulo, S.E. Brazil. 



Horama castrensis, n. sp. 



^. Black slightly suffused with metallic-green. Tegulce with 

 two white spots on each ; abdomen two white spots on 1st segment, 

 large white lateral spots on 2nd and 3rd segments ; ventral white 

 spot on tliird segment ; three lateral white spots on under-side of 

 thorax. Fore-wings dull black ; a white point at base of costa. 



Expanse 30 mm. 



Hah. Castro, Parand. 



Hoi'ama fiavata, n. sp. 



^ . Palpi orange, a black spot on 2nd joint; antenna^ black; head 

 black and orange, a yellow spot between tlie antenn;\3 ; tegula3 

 greenish-black with white edges laterally and centrally ; patagia 

 black with reddish-brown stripe, yellow in front; mesothorax 

 black with four buff spots; abdomen greenish-black, the segments 

 indistinctively brown posteriorly ; 1st segment with two white 



