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margin to vein 3 brownish buff; the veins and intervening streaks yel- 
lowish. Secondaries brownish buff'; the veins yellowish; indistinct 
grayish intervening streaks; four small outer whitish spots from veins 
2 to 7. 
Expanse. — Twenty-eight millimeters. 
Habitat. — Castro, Parana, Brazil. 
Tijpe.—^o. 6047, U.S.N.M. 
MEGISTIAS SANCOYA, new species. 
Diagnosis. — Male. — Wings dark brown. Primaries, a darker shade 
from vein 2 and cell obliquely toward apex. Underneath brown tinged 
with ocherous. Secondaries, a small dark brown spot just beyond cell 
between 4 and 6; a very indistinct brownish outer shade above vein 2. 
Expanse. — Thirty millimeters. 
JIahitat. — Petropolis, Brazil. 
Ti/pe.—^o. 6048, U.S.N.M. 
MEGISTIAS CARINNA, new species. 
IJiagnosis. — Wings dark l)rown; fringe terminally reddish brown. 
Primaries, slightly darker about end of cell. Underneath, primaries 
violaceous brown; the outer margin tinged with lilacine; a light brown 
space at inner angle. Secondaries violaceous brown tinged with lila- 
cine below cell and on outer margin; a lighter brown space near inner 
margin from base widening to anal angle; a curved outer row of small 
lilacine white spots. 
Expanse. — Twent j'-three millimeters. 
Ilahitat. — Castro, Parana, Brazil. 
TyjM.—^o. 6049, U.S.N.M. 
• MEGISTIAS JAMACA, new species. 
Diagnosis. — Wings dark brown; a few ocherous hairs at base; fringe 
grayish. Primaries, small semihyaline spots; one between veins 3 
and 4, three small spots between veins 6 and 9. Underneath paler, 
only the cell and inner margin of primaries darker; the spots as above; 
a small grayish spot between veins 2 and 3. Secondaries, an outer 
row of small grayish spots from vein 2 to vein 7. 
Expanse. — Thirty-one millimeters. 
Ilahitat. — Jamaica, British West Indies. 
Tijjje.—lSo. 6050, U.S.N.M. 
MEGISTIAS (?) CORESCENE, new species. 
Diagnosis. — Wings dark brown. Primaries with small hyaline 
spots; three outer spots below costa; a small spot between 2 and 3, 
and another between 3 and 4. Underneath brown. Primaries, the 
