Kew Species of Lepidoptem-JHeterocera from S.B. Brazil. 167 



of thorax and abdomen creamy- white. Fore-wings creamy- 

 white heavily irrorated with olivaceous and black, some white 

 hairs at base ; a geminate black antemedial line strongly angled 

 inwards on submedian ; four wavy dentate black postmedial 

 and sub-terminal lines, the first followed by green, the second by 

 cream, the third by green, all thickly irrorated with black ; a black 

 zig-zag line from sub-terminal between veins 6 and 7 to apex ; 

 a white discocellular spot circled by black, the surrounding space 

 being darker than the rest of the wing; cilia creamy-white alternating 

 with black at the ends of the veins. Hind-wings ochreous-white 

 heavily suffused with black on basal and terminal areas ; a broad 

 diffused postmedial band strongly excurved at tornus ; cilia same as 

 fore-wings. Under-side : fore-wings fuscous irrorated on costal and 

 terminal areas with ochreous ; three diffused dark bands and a pale 

 discocellular spot ; hind-wings ochreous shading to creamy-white at 

 termen, irrorated with fuscous ; three dark dentate postmedial bands? 

 the first and second coalescing on median fold. 

 Expanse 115 mm. 



Rab. CURITIBA, Parana, 



Neogene curitiba, n. sp. 



(?. Palpi head and thorax dark fuscous, scattered grey hairs on 

 patagia ; abdomen dorsally dark fuscous irrorated with ochreous, later- 

 ally ochreous with row of large black spots ; terminal segments and 

 anal tuft are tlark. Fore- wings ochreous-brown heavily suffused with 

 fuscous, especially on basal and terminal areas ; a wbite discal spot ; 

 cilia with white spots between the veins. Hind-wings creamy-white 

 suffused with black on costa, broadly black at termen ; cilia white 

 interrupted at the ends of the veins. Under-side : fore-wings dark 

 fuscous thickly irrorated with ochreous on basal and medial areas, 

 more scattered on terminal area ; base almost white. Hind-wings 

 creamy- white suffused with black irrorated with oclireous on costa; 

 a broad terminal black band as on upper side ; veins black. 



This species is closely allied to N. reevsi, Druce, but differs from it 

 in the thorax being entirely dark, the fore-wings being entirely 

 suffused with black and in the white discal spot and white spots on 

 cilia. 



Expanse (^ 66 m. ; ^15 mm. 



Hab. Curitiba, Parana. 



