Nevj Species of LepidopteTct-Hetcrocera from S.E. Brazil. 169 



Eustcma rapana, n. sp. 



^. Palpi and Irons dark viulaceous-brown ; vertex, tegulte and 

 thorax brownisli-grey ; mctatliurax and base of abdomen violaceous- 

 brown, remainder of abdomen brown. Fore-wings light brown 

 suffused and irrorated with dark brown and with grey on costa and 

 lower outer half of wing ; a wavy diHused dark medial shade ; a 

 wavy brown postmedial line excurved beyond cell; an obscure 

 sub-ternnnal brown line; a white fascia from inner margin near 

 base to the upper side of the cull which it follows outwards, curving 

 downwards at end of cell and terminating in a discoidal lunule ; a 

 triangular dark space beyond this fascia reaching nearly to tornus ; 

 a white spot on inner margin a little before middle. 



Exjianse 58 nun. 



Hah. CURITIBA, Parana. 



Cerura splendens, n. sp. 



$ . Head and thorax white ; antennte black, the stalk white at 

 tip ; a minute black spot on back of head ; teguhe with a few black 

 hairs centrally and followed by strong black line bent upwards 

 dorsally where it is followed by black tuft ; two posterior black 

 spots ; abdomen silvery-grey suffused and banded with fuscous- 

 black. Fore-wings brilliant silvery- white, a black spot on costa at 

 base ; a black basal line from costa to submedian, heavily marked 

 below subcostal, interrupted on costal area and marked by short 

 bar on costa ; a geminate black antemedial line interrupted between 

 submedian and cell, showing on inner margin as a black ring con- 

 taining round lemon-white spot and on costa a 7-shaped mark 

 containing two lemon-w^hite spots — nearly reaching median vein, 

 followed by three short black bars on costa and two on inner 

 margin ; a wavy black postmedial line bent outwards on veins 1 to 

 4, very broad on vein 1 and coalescing with subapical spot on costa, 

 followed by lemon-white line very broad below vein 2 and between 

 4 and 6, and showing as a spot on the black at costa; cilia white 

 with black spots between the veins, double between 1 and 2 and 

 single from 2 to 7. Hind-wings white suffused with brown to post- 

 medial and darker fuscous to termen. Under-side, fore-wings 

 white suffused with fuscous, costa black, interrupted by white patch 

 just before postmedial ; alarge white apical patch ; hind-wings white 

 suffused with fuscous, terminal area darkest. 

 Expanse 48 mm. 



Hab. Castro, Parana. 



