Nev) Species of Leiyidoptera-Heterocera froni S.E. 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. TJnder-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. 



Hah. 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 dark. Fore-wings ochreous-brown heavily suffused with 

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

 cUia 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 ochreoixs 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. ; '^75 mm, 



Hah. CURITIBA, Parana. 



