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form, running very close to median line below; subterminal line rather 

 distant from the margin, narrow, yellowish, breaking- into spots on 

 the veins below, preceded by a dark bronzy -brown patch on costa and 

 at margin and followed b}' one obliquel}^ from the costal patch to the 

 angle of the outer margin. Secondaries blackish brown. Below 

 blackish brown, apex of fore wings and submarginal area of hind 

 wings irrorated with bright red, of the hind wings inclosing a dili'use 

 dark-brown band; a faint discal spot. 



Expanse. — 27 mm. 



Habitat. — 



Type.-Cfit. No. 9566, U.S.N.M. 



Genus PHIPROSOP US'Grote. 

 PHIPROSOPUS HYPENOIDES, new species. 



Brownish ocherous, fore wings with reddish shades over cell and 

 submedian fold; transverse anterior line faii^t, blackish on lower half 

 onl}'; a white point for reniform, below which a narrow white line 

 runs straight to margin, blackish edged within; subterminal line sinu- 

 ate, composed of a row of black blotches. Hind wing pale' ocherous, 

 gray tinted especially at margin. Below like hind wings above, a 

 broad blackish shade on disk of fore wings to subterminal line; a com- 

 mon slender extra mesial line and discal dots. 



E,i'pa)ise. — 31 mm. 



Habitat. — Sao Paulo, Brazil. 



Type.—OA. No. 9516, U.S.N.M. 



Genus CASANDRIA Walker. 

 CASANDRIA CHIRICA, new species. 



Light gray, slightl}' metallic shining, inner area broadly shading 

 dark; lines narrow, black; basal line arcuate from costa to base of 

 median vein; transverse anterior waved, transverse posterior obsolete 

 below, the upper segment distinct, angled inward subcostally; subter- 

 minal line iineh' dentate, white above, dark and fainter below. Hind 

 wing pellucid whitish, veins and margin smoky gra}'. Below, prima- 

 ries with costa and outer margin of secondaries dark smok}', disk 

 pellucid. 



Expanse. — 33 mm. 



Habitat. — Jalapa, Mexico. 



Type.—Q^i. No. 9517, U.S.N.M. 



Genus SCHAZAMA, new genus. 



Eyes naked, lashed; palpi upturned, slight, reaching the middle of 

 the front; antennsv appresscd pectinate. Hind wings with vein 5 dis- 

 tinct, arising above 1, ])ut shoi'tly so. Abdomen with long furcate 

 anal tuft. Female with single frenulum. 



