( 419 ) 



VIII. Descriptions of Neiv Species o/Lepidoptera-Heterocera 

 from South- East Brazil. By E. Dukinfield Jones, 

 F.E.S., F.Z.S. 



[Read February 7th, 1912.] 



Fam. SYNTOMIDAE. 



Psilopleura sangicinea, n. sp. 



Palpi and antennae fuscous ; head brown ; tegulae brown edged 

 with silvery white ; thorax brown with some crimson and scattered 

 white scales anteriorly ; patagia with broad edge of crimson in- 

 wardly and in front ; a crimson spot edged with white on shoulder 

 and on breast ; coxae inwardly crimson ; legs brown ; abdomen crim- 

 son, first segment brown with lateral crimson and white spot ; a dorsal 

 brown stripe, lighter in centre ; subdorsal patches of silvery white 

 scattered scales on segments 4-6. Forewings yellowish, slightly 

 hyaline, suffused with black ; base black, followed by yellow sub- 

 costal streak ; a large yellow spot at end of cell, extending from 

 costa to origin of veins 2 and 3, shaded with, black inwardly and 

 outwardly. Hindwings from costa to median fold black, from 

 median fold to tornus hyaline, termen black. 



Expanse ^ 20 mm., $ 22 mm. 



ITah. Castro, Parana, Brazil. 



Rhynohopyga castra, n, sp. 



(J . Palpi brown, white hairs at base ; frons brown with white 

 scattered scales ; antennae brown with white scales at base ; central 

 and lateral white points at back of head ; tegulae brown edged with 

 white ; thorax brown with scattered white scales, some crimson and 

 white underneath ; patagia crimson in front ; abdomen brown above, 

 crimson and white beneath ; large lateral crimson patches irrorated 

 with white on segments 2 aad 3 ; a series of lateral white spots on 

 remaining segments ; coxae and femora streaked with white. Fore- 

 wings semihyaline, the inner and postmedial areas heavily suffused 

 with black-brown ; a yellow spot from costa to median fold beyond 

 the cell. Hindwings semihyaline, costally and terminally broadly 

 suffused with black. 



$ . The coxae less white and the femora none at all ; abdomen 

 brown underneath from segment 4 to anus ; wings more heavily 

 suffused with black. 



Expanse ^ 20 mm., $ 20 mm. 



TRANS. ENT. SOC. LOND. 1912. — PART II. (OCT.) 



