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light greyish brown. Forewings light brown, thinly scaled ; costa 

 and veins, with the exception of subcostal nervure and submedian 

 veins, red ; cilia red; a postmedial row of fuscous spots angled 

 outwards beyond cell between veins 4 and 5, thence incurved to 

 middle of inner margin. Hindwings rose pink ; cilia red. Under- 

 side uniform red. 

 Expanse 30 mm. 



Hah, Castro, Parand,, Brazil. 



Possibly this may be the female of the preceding species. 



Norape undulata, n. sp. 



cf . Pure white ; frons, pectus and upper side of forelegs fuscous ; 

 antennae shaft white, pectinations buff ; abdomen indistinctly 

 banded with buff. Forewings : basal third of costa fuscous ; a 

 geminate fuscous spot in end of cell ; a subterminal row of fuscous 

 spots above veins 2-5 ; an antemedial bar of raised scales from cell 

 to inner margin ; a similar medial bar and postmedial band, the 

 latter reaching indistinctly to costa. Hindwings pure white. 



$ . Antennae white with the pectinations slightly ochreous ; 

 abdomen more distinctly banded than in male. Forewings : costa 

 entirely white ; the fuscous spots as in male but much fainter. 



Expanse ^ 27 mm., 5 33 mm. 



Hob. Castro, Parand, Brazil. 



Fam. LIMACODIDAE. 



Asbolia chica, n. sp. 



(J . Pale yellowish brown ; palpi, fore tibiae, antennae and patagia 

 tawny. Forewings tawny, slightly suffused with grey on costa ; a 

 whitish line from base below median nervure to apex, where it is 

 joined by a similar subterminal line ; a dark shade above the white 

 from base to origin of vein 2; just before vein 2 the white line 

 throws off a spur towards tornus ; beyond the spur the space between 

 the white lines is fuscous, from base to spur tawny ; on costal area 

 at apex a patch of reddish tawny, diffused on inner side ; cilia 

 tawny. Hindwings ochreous ; a fine tawny terminal line ; cilia 

 ochreous yellow. 



Expanse 31 mm. 



Hab. Castro, Parana, Brazil. 



This species is very close to A. cicur, Schaus ; but differs 

 from it in the more definite fuscous shade between the 

 white lines and in the form of the scales on costal area, 

 which are broad and lustrous in A. cicur and dull and 

 hair-like in this species. 



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