New S;pecies of Lepidoptera-Hetcrocera from S.E. Brazil. 153 



Chahuata phxozona, n. sp. 



$ . Palpi rufous-brown, 3rd joint ochreous ; head and thorax 

 rufous ; abdomen light brown. Fore-wings light brown with two 

 broad dark violaceous brown bands, the first between sub-basal and 

 antemedial lines and the second between postmedial and sub-terminal ; 

 median vein and veins 1 to 4 dark violaceous-brown to sub-terminal 

 line ; a suffused dark medial shade ; orbicular paler than wing with 

 dark brown dot at upper inner corner ; reniform pale with dark 

 bicuspid spot at lower end, touching median vein ; a dark spot at 

 base of cell ; a terminal row of minute black dots between the veins. 

 Hind- wings brown, darkest at apex ; basal half of costal area ochreous, 

 iridescent. Under-side : fore-wings brown suffused with rufous at 

 costa and termen ; hind-wings irrorated with brown and suffused 

 with brown on costal area ; an indistinct brown postmedial line and 

 well defined almost black discocellular spot. 



Expanse 43 mm. 



Hah. Castro, Parand. 



Chdbuata nictitans, n. sp. 



$ . Palpi dark brown outwards, light brown inwardly ; head, 

 thoracic crest and abdomen brown,; patagia rufous-brown ; tegul^ 

 rufous-brown fringed posteriorly with ochreous ; abdominal crest 

 brown with whitish j^oiuts ; anal tuft yellowish-brown. Fore-wings 

 glossy violaceous-brown ; sub-basal line geminate, dark, excurved, 

 followed by minute black dot in base of cell ; antemedial line 

 geminate, enclosing lighter shade, scalloped outwardly from inner 

 margin to submedian and on median fold, displaced inwardly on 

 median and violently bent outwards on subcostal ; a dark medial 

 fascia curved outwards to end of cell ; postmedial line geminate, 

 indistinct, dentate, incurved from inner margin to vein 4, straight 

 from 4 to 7 where it bends violently inwards to costa ; the inner of 

 the two lines the more distinct ; followed by row of black dots on 

 veins ; a sub-terminal line inwardly ochreous, outwardly black, 

 excurved from vein 2 to 5, bent violently inwards on vein 7 ; a 

 terminal row of black spots between the veins ; termen crenulate ; cilia 

 ochreous inwaixUy, brown outwardly ; medial area and outer portion 

 of basal area below subcostal suffused with dark brown, extend- 

 ing to medial fascia and just beyond reniform; orbicular and reni- 

 form ochreous-white suffused with brown, lower end of latter dark 

 brown ; a fine ochreous white line on submedian arched at orbicular 

 joins the two spots ; a dark brown spot between veins 5 and 6 at 

 sub-terminal line. Hind-wings dark brown ; cilia light brown. 



