186 



ROCTUID.*. 



brownish oclircoiis suffused uud irrorated with dark brown ; sub- 

 basal liuc black dotined by ochreous <>n outi-r side, waved, from 

 costa to submediati fold ; aiitemodial line defined by ochreous on 

 inner side, waved, oblique ; claviforni dark l)rown indistinctly de- 

 fined by Idackish ; orbicular and reniform small witli ochreous 

 annuli defined by blackish, the former round ; jiostmedial line 

 defined by ochreous on outer side, lient outwards below costa, then 

 minutely dentnte. ;ini;lrd inwards in discal fold and incurved l»elow 

 vein 1 ; subterminal line oclircous defined by obscure blackish 

 dentate marks on inner side and With blackish patch before it at 

 costa, slij^htly angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle ; 

 a terminal series of slight black points: cilia ochreous intersected 

 witli brown. Hind wing pale ochreous suffused with brown, 

 especially towards termen ; cilia ochreous ; the underside greyish 

 with slight discoidal hniule and traces of curved postmedial line. 



JIab. r.vxAGONiAN Andes, Chubut, Valle Lago Blanco, '1 S type. 

 Exp. 32 millim. 



*231S. Capitarsia purilinea. (Plate C. fig. 31.) 



Orthosia purilinea, Mab. Bull. Soc. Philoni. (7) ix. p. (".2 (ISSo^); id. X. 

 Arch. Mu8. (3) i. p. 152. pi. xi. f. 1 (18.S'.»)- 



2 . Head and thorax grey mixed with pale brown ; abdomen 

 brownish grey doi-sally tinged with fuscous. Fore wing pale grey- 

 brown with darker irroration ; a waved dark subbasal line from 

 costa to submedian fold ; a waved antemcdial lino obtusely angled 

 outwards below cell ; a rather indistinct curved medial line ; a 

 waved postmedial line l)ent outwards below costa, slightly angled 

 inwards at discal fold, strojigly incurved below vein 4. and again 

 slightly angled outwards at vein 1 ; subterminal line represented 

 by a series of short dark streaks in the interspaces ; a prominent 

 terminal series of black points. Hind wing pale brown. 



Hah. Pat.vgonia, Santa Cruz, type t $ iu Mus. Paris. Exp. 

 28 millim. 



Genus HOMOHADENA. ^ 



Type. 



Hoiiiohadcna, Grote, Bull. Buff. Soc. >'at. Sci. i. p. 18() (1873)... hadiifiriga. 



Proboscis fully developed ; palpi obliquely upturned, the 2nd joint fringed 

 with long hair in froni, the 3ra suniewhat porrcct ; frons smooth ; eyes large, 

 rounded, sliglitly overhung by cilia ; nntonnic of male nearly simple ; iiead and 

 thorax clothed chietly with scales and without crests: abdomen witii some 

 rough hair at base but wilhuut crests. Fore wing with the apex and termen 

 rounded ; veins 3 and ."> from near angle of cell ; C from upper anisic ; ".( from 

 10 anastomoBiiig with 8 to form the areole ; 11 from ceil. Hind wing with 

 veins 3,4 from Anglo of cell; ."(obsolescent from middle of discocellulart; 

 <>, 7 from upper angle, b anastomosing with the cell near base only. 



A. Fore wing with the ante- and postmedial lines present. 

 a. Fore wing wilh black streak in i)ase of sulimcdian fold. 

 a'. Koro wing with black streak from reniform towards 

 termen. 



