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blackish-brown beneath ; tibise yellow on upi)er-side. Fore-wings 

 brown, dark at base and costa, paler and yellowish on outer half of 

 wing ; inner margin dark. Hind-wings yellow, costa narrowly 

 brown ; a wavy suffused sub-terminal band, interrupted between 

 veins 3 and 4 ; termen finely golden-yellow ; cilia golden-yellow. 

 Under-side : fore-wings yellowish-grey ; cell and costal area suffused 

 with brown ; veins brown. Hind-wings yellow suffused with brown 

 on costal and terminal areas. 



9 . Head and thorax dark brown ; base of antenna; orange ; 

 upper-side of femora orange ; abdomen yellow with brown bands, 

 last segment brown ; under-side almost black. Fore-wings brown ; 

 costal area and basal area suffused with very dark brown ; veins 

 dark ; very obscure postmedial and sub-terminal dark diffused lines. 

 Hind-wings basal area yellow ; medial and outer areas brown ; a 

 broad suffused dark sub-terminal band interrupted between vein 3 

 and 4 ; cilia yellow suffused with brown, darker at ends of veins. 

 Under-side : both wings brown, yellow at base. 

 Exjjanse ^ 53 mm. ; $ 72 mm. 



Hob. Castko, Parana. 



Family NOCTUID^. 



Sub-family AGROTIN^. 



Lycopliotia ignirena, n. sp. 



(J. Head and thorax brownish-grey ; abdomen ochreous. Fore- 

 wings brownish-grey irrorated with dark brown ; sub-basal line dark 

 brown most distinct on costa and median vein ; antemedial line 

 faint light brown, dark on costa ; postmedial well defined, terminat- 

 ing in dark spot on costa ; sub-terminal less distinct, approaching post- 

 medial at inner margin ; claviform round, dark rufous ; orbicular 

 and reniform ochreous bordered by light rufous-brown. Hind-wings 

 white. 



9 . Darker than ^ . Fore- wings suffused with brown ; lines 

 obscure. Hind-wings white. 



Expanse 30 mm. 



Hal). Castro, Parand. 



Lycophotia atriclava, n. sp. 



9 . Palpi and head grey irrorated with fuscous-brown ; tegulaj 

 grey ; thorax grey, the patagia being heavily sprinkled with fuscous ; 



