Lepidoptera-Heterocera from South-East Brazil. 421 



Castronia collaris, n. sp. 



$. Brownish black ; antennae, abdomen, and a streak on patagia 

 black ; back of head, tegulae and anal tuft golden brown. Fore- 

 wings semihyaline, the veins dark. Hindwings semihyaline suffused 

 with black, the margins lighter. 



Expanse, 26-30 mm. 



Eah. Castro, Paran<4, Brazil. 



Ophariis paulina, n. sp. 



$ . Brownish black. Palpi with two orange spots ; head with 

 orange points before and behind antennae ; coxae orange and black ; 

 orange points on shoulders and patagia ; tegulae suffused with 

 orange ; thorax with posterior tufts of orange hairs ; abdomen 

 orange, dorsally black, narrowing down to a thin line on last seg- 

 ment, segments 1-5 rough ; laterally black with series of sublateral 

 orange spots ; underneath brown. Forevvings black brown ; a diffused 

 basal black line containing orange point at costa, a diffused ante- 

 medial line strongly excurved and containing orange points in cell, 

 on submedian fold and just above vein 1 ; medial area darker than 

 the rest of the wing; an indistinct subterminal line of diffused 

 black spots. Hindwings black brown, the basal half in and below 

 cell, and a spot beyond cell semihyaline. 



Expanse 54 mm. 



Hob. Sao Paulo, S.E. Brazil. 



Antarciia uniformis, n. sp. 



9 . Body and wings light brown; antennae shaft white ; abdomen 

 dorsally brown, laterally yellow, anal segment white. Forewings 

 uniform light brown, the scales brown and the hairs liglit greyish 

 brown ; a dark discocellular spot ; cilia brown. Hindwings very 

 thinly scaled at base and medially, the margins more heavily 

 clothed ; veins darker ; cilia ochreous. 



Expanse 45 mm. 



Hah. Castro, Parana, Brazil. 



Differs from A. paula, Schaus, in the lateral yellow 

 stripe and white termination of abdomen. 



Fam. NOCTUIDAE. 



Sub-fam. Hadeninae. 



Chabnata nephrolcuca, n. sp. 



$ . Head, palpi, antennae and abdomen light reddish brown ; 

 tegulae and thorax dark purplish brown. Forewings brown, suffused 



