340 noctuid.t:. 



l)~. Fori? wing without red uii reniforiu. 

 a'*. Fore wing witli the costal edge 



wiiitish iole, 



i". Fore wing with the costal edge not 

 whitish. 

 n^. Fore wing reddit-h or grey-brown 



with a p\irplisii tinge vccors, 



i". Fore wing reddish or grey -brown 



with an oehre-jus tinge jnierilis. 



h^. Fore wing with liie renilorin large, kidney- 

 sliapod. 

 a^. Fore wing briglit rufous. 



a'. Fore wing with tlie markings not 



defined by grey rubor. 



b'. Fore Aving with the markings defined 



by grey leiicnpera. 



i''. Fore wing dark brown, witli whitish 

 postinedial band and black spot in 

 discal fold before subterminal line marginalis. 



1625. Eriopyga infirma. 



Orthcdes infirma, Guen. Noet. i. p. 375 (1852). 



5". Head and thorax grey with a slight rufous tinge; tegulae 



Avith a small dorsal black 

 spot at base ; abdomen 

 grevit-he anal tuft ochreous. 

 Fore wing p;ilegrey-brown ; 

 an indistinct pale waved 

 subbasal line from costa 

 to submedian fold : ^wi^- 

 Fig. 88.— Eriopyga wfirma, c^. \. medial line indistinct, de- 



fined by grey on inner 

 side, oblique, waved ; orbicular and reniform with pale annuli, 

 large, oblique elliptical ; an indistinct dark medial line oblique 

 from costa to below cell ; postmedial line defined by grey on outer 

 side, oblique from costa to vein 6, then nearly erect and slightly 

 sinuous, a series of short blackish streaks interrupted by white 

 points on the veins beyond it ; subterminal line pale, very slightly 

 bent outwards at vein 7, then straight ; a terminal series of black 

 points. Hind wing white, the veins and terminal area tinged with 

 brown, a discoidal point and indistinct curved postmedial line. 

 2 much browner ; the hind wing brown. 



Bab. Brazil, IS'ew Fribourg, type f c? in Coll. Oberthiir, Rio 

 Janeiro, Id, 1 $ ; Paraguay, Sapucay (Foster), 1 c? • J^^'P- 

 32 millim. 



*1026. Eriopyga violasceus. (Plate LXXXVII. fig. 27.) 



Himella violasceus, Scliaus, J. N.Y. Ent. Soc. xi. p. 234 (_1903). 



g . Head and thorax pale ])urplish ; abdomen fuscous, the anal 

 tuft and ventral surface pinkish. Fore wing pale purplish piak 



