448 ARCTIAD^. 



2 . Hind wing slightlj- browner. 



Hah. Brazil, Castro Parana, 1 d" , 1 5 . E,vp., J 34, $ 42 

 millim. Tj-pe t in Coll. Schaus. 



2037. Antarctia rudis. (Plate L. fig. 1.) 



Parades rudis, Butl. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1882, p. 5; Kirby, Cat. Het. 

 p. 225. 



(S . Dull reddish brown ; antennae with the branches darker ; 

 abdomen with a fulvous tinge on dorsum. Hind wing paler. 



Hab. Chili, Valparaiso (Edmonds, J. J. Walker), 2 c? type. 

 Ecv}). 46 millim. 



2038. Antarctia sericea. (Plate XLIX. fig. 14.) 

 Palustra sericea, Schaus, J. N. Y. Ent. Soc. iv. p. 142 (1896). 



J . Head and thorax red-brown to blaek-brown ; antennae 

 with the shaft white above towards base ; femora orange above ; 

 abdomen orange-fulvous, the ventral surface black-brown. Fore 

 wing dull reddish brown to grey-brown. Hind wing nearly pure 

 white, some orange hair on basal inner area. Underside of fore 

 wing with the whole discal area white. 



Ab. 1. Hind wing, with the veins of terminal half, the costal 

 area, and termen suffused with brown. 



2 . Hind wing pale brown, paler towards base. 



Hab. Brazil, Sao Paulo (Jones), 2 $ , Castro Parana, 1 c^" . 

 Exj>., 6 42, 5 60 millim. Type in Coll. Schaus. 



2039. Antarctia vulpina. 



Antarctia vuljnna. Hiibn. Samml. Ex. Schmett. ii. (1827); Kirby, Cat. 



Het. p. 22.5. 

 Arctia pallicosta, Boiscl. Bull. Soc. But. Fr. (3) vii. p. elviii (1859); Kirby, 



Cat. Het. p. 225. 

 Pahcsfra uruguaycnsis. Berg, Bull. Soc. Eut. Fr. (6) r. p. ccxii (1886); 



Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 225. 



S • Head and thorax bright red-brown ; shaft of antennae white; 

 abdomen dorsally orange. Fore wing bright red-brown ; the costal 

 edge yellowish white ; cilia white at tips. Hind wing white ; the 

 base of inner area with some orange hair ; the costa and veins 

 towards apex brownish. 



5 . Fore wing with the costa slightly pale; cilia not white at 

 tips. Hind wing pale brown. 



Hab. Uruguat ; Argentina, Buenos Ayres (Berg), 2 d" , 1 5 . 

 Exp., S 40, 2 58 millim. 



Sect. II. Palpi with the 3rd joint minute, not reaching beyond the frons. 



A. Wings with the veins concolorous brunnea. 



B. Wings with the veins whitish. 



a. Hind wing of female brown, with the veins pale ducinfieldia. 



b. Hind wing white, female with brown streaks in inter- 



spaces of terminal area venata. 



