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orang-e patch above vein 6, and broken olive scaling below, on each 

 .side of vein -4 forming olive and brown patches and l)elow vein marked 

 only by its outer edge; the outer shade is marked only by olive 

 blotches beyond cell and on vein 2; marginal dots small; fringe white, 

 with irregular olive mottling. 



Ilinilwlng. — With dark antemedian and postmedian lines, the latter 

 followed by an olive shade; the two su})marg*inal shades ill-detined, 

 clearest toward apex; cell spot ])lack. 



Under side whitish, freckled and tinged with olive on forewing; a 

 dark, smok}^ olive, marginal shade narrowing to anal angle, leaving 

 apex and a patch below vein 4 paler: costa spotted with dark; hind- 

 wing freckled along costa only; cell spots present on both wings. 



Head, thorax, and al)domen white; the last with a pair of large 

 black blotches on second segment; palpi white mixed with olive; legs 

 olive, paler at the joints. 



Expanse of wings. — 2(5 nnn. 



Locality. — Castro, Parana, Brazil; L female. 



Hind margin of hindwing deeply indented beyond cell. 



Ty2)e.—Q,^i. No. t)372, U.S.N.M. 



PHYSOCLEORA FULGURATA, new species. 



Forevnng. — Whitish, thickly sprinkled, and ])e\'ond outer line suf- 

 fused with brownish fuscous; lines dark brown, at one- fourth and two- 

 thirds, thickened on costa; first curved, projecting above and below 

 median vein; median curved round and nearly touching the rather 

 large linear black cell spot, then incurved to middle of inner margin; 

 outer line ])lacker on veins, curved parallel to median, followed by a 

 fulvous shade; submarginal line whitish, stronglj^ zigzag through the 

 brownish marginal area, which is a little paler before the large black 

 marginal lunules; fringe gray-brown witli dark dashes near base. 



lUndinlng. — Similar, but without inner line; cell spot large and 

 round. 



Under side with the Ivasal area as far as median line dark like the 

 marginal in the forewing; in the hindwing Avith the base of antemedian 

 line paler; in both wings the outer line followed by a pale line. 



Vertex, thorax, and abdomen varied, light and dark like wings; face 

 and palpi dark brown. 



Expanse of wings. — 16 mm. 



Localities. — St. fJean, Maroni River, French Guiana; 1 male, July, 

 190'1:; 60 miles up Maroni liiver; 1 female, August, 1904. 



Type.—Q>2X. No. 9373, U.S.N.M. 



PHYSOCLEORA FUSCICOSTA, new species. 



Forewing. — White, the basal space, costa, and marginal area with 

 dark greenish fuscous shadings; costa thickly striated with dark, aiid 



