new Species of Ileterocera. 517 



dark brown; abdomen grej, the anal segments and tuft dark 

 brown ; underside of thorax and legs dark brown. Primaries 

 dark brown, with two large metallic silver streaks, tiie first 

 in the cell close to the base, the second beyond is the largest 

 and almost reaches the outer margin ; a submarginal row of 

 dark brown streaks extends from the apex to the anal angle : 

 secondaries fawn-colour, broadly bordered with dark brown. 



P^xpanse 1 ^^ inch. 



Hab. Amazons, Manaos {Mas. Druce), 



Cerura phyllis, sp. n. 



Male. — Head white, collar black, tegulfe and thorax grey- 

 spotted with black ; antennse yellow ; abdomen dark grey ; 

 legs black, banded with white. Primaries greyish white, 

 crossed from the costal to the inner margin by a number of 

 fine waved black lines, the marginal line black ; the fringe 

 alternately black and white ; secondaries ])ure white, the 

 fringe white. 



Expanse 1^ inch. 



Hab. Soutli Brazil, Rio Grande {Mas. Dnice). 



A specimen of this species is in the National Collection 

 from Porto Allegre, S. Brazil. 



Fam. NoctuidsB. 

 OxYTHRES, gen. nov. 



Head small ; palpi short, the third joint very minute; an- 

 tennae short ; thorax and abdomen stout ; legs short and 

 rather thick. Primaries long and narrow, rounded at the 

 apex and anal angle-: secondaries large, elongated in shape. 



Type Oxythres splendens. 



Oxythres splendens, sp. n. 



Male. — Head, antennae, underside of the thorax, and legs 

 dark brown ; the collar and base of the tegulae pinkish white; 

 the tips of the tegulse, thorax, abdomen, and anal tuft grey, 

 a few white hairs at the base of the abdomen. Primaries 

 pale brown, the costal margin from the base to the apex 

 broadly pinkish white; a V-shaped black mark close to the 

 apex ; the wing crossed from the white costal margin by a 

 number of fine waved white lines ; the veins white : second- 

 aries pure white, the apex and costal margin shaded with 

 black, the fringe white. Underside of the primaries blackish 



