Lepidoptera-Hetcrocera from South-East Brazil. 441 



Tosale luguhris, n. sp. 



$ . Head, thorax and abdomen brown. Forewings greyish brown 

 suffused and irrorated with dark brown ; base greyish brown ; ante- 

 medial line dark brown, geminate, strongly excurved, filled in with 

 greyish brown ; the outer half of inner area thickly irrorated with 

 dark brown ; postmedial diffused, dark brown, followed by ochreous, 

 strongly excurved from costa to vein 2, where it bends violently 

 outwards to tornus, forming acute angle on vein 2, the ochreous line 

 broken into dots on veins 2-6 ; outer half of medial and inner half 

 of terminal areas olivaceous with slight metallic sheen ; an indistinct 

 subterminal row of dark points ; cilia dark brown Hindwings 

 brown ; an indistinct ochreous postmedial line, more defined from 

 vein 2 to tornus. Underside brown ; an indistinct, difl'used, geminate 

 postmedial line filled in with ochreous. 

 Expanse 23 mm. 



Hob. Castro, Parana, Brazil. 



Axaviora pyrochroma, n. sp. 



5 . Head, palpi, legs and thorax purplish brown ; abdomen 

 brown. Forewings rich chestnut brown, veins and lines dark purple 

 brown ; base purplish brown ; antemedial line dark purplish brown 

 followed by pure white line broadening out to white spot on costa ; 

 postmedial line incurved from costa to vein 7, then strongly excurved 

 to vein 4 from which it runs straight to inner margin ; a triangular 

 white spot on costa beyond postmedial ; an indistinct, broken sub- 

 terminal line, more distinct from veins 4-7 ; a dark terminal line ; 

 a dark medial shade suffused with purplish white in and below cell 

 to near inner margin ; cilia dark purplish brown, pale at base, a few 

 white scales at apex and below vein 2. Hindwings golden yellow 

 suffused with brown on costal and apical areas ; very indistinct 

 postmedial and subterminal lines ; terminal line brown, cilia paler 

 than in forewings. 



Expanse 22 mm. 



Hah. Castro, Parand, Brazil. 



Sub-fam. Epipaschianae. 



Stericta basalis, n. sp. 



$ . Proboscis, fore and middle femora and tibiae and head pale 

 reddish brown mixed with ochreous; palpi pale reddish brown, 

 2nd joint ochreous in front, 3rd joint black ; antennae grey ; tegulae 



GG 2 



