5( l.S NOCTUIDiE. 



oblique elliptical ; reniform fuscous defiuedby black at sides, some- 

 what constricted at middle aud with black streak from it to post- 

 medial line ; a slight oblique sinuous line from lower angle of cell to 

 inner margin ; postmedial line indistinctly double, filled in with 

 whitish at costa, strongly bent outwards below costa and with some 

 white scales beyond it, then minutely dentate with white points 

 beyond it on the veins, slightly angled inwards in discal fold and 

 incurved below vein 4, some pale points beyond it on costa ; sub- 

 terminal line indistinct, pale, defined on inner side by small dentate 

 black marks, excurved below vein 7 and at middle, a short black 

 streak beyond it in discal fold ; a terminal series of black striae ; 

 cilia rufous intersected with blackish. Hind wing fuscous brown 

 with a slight reddish tinge ; cilia pale brown with a fine pale line 

 at base ; the underside greyish, almost wholly suffused and irrorated 

 with dark reddish brown, a dark discoidal spot, diffused curved 

 postmedial line, and fine black terminal line. 



Hah. S.E. Peru, Carabaya, S. Domingo, type f S in Coll.Dognin. 

 Exp. 34 millim. • 



4224. Monodes stygiata, n. sp. (Plate CXXXV. fig. 28.) 



$ . Head and tegulre red-brown ; thorax fuscous black ; pectus 

 and legs fuscous and grey, the tarsi ringed with white; abdomen 

 fuscous, ventrally whitish. Fore wing grey-brown suffused with 

 fuscous on basal area and costal half to subterminal line ; subbasal 

 line represented by small black marks below costa and cell; ante- 

 medial line double filled in with grey, oblique, waved ; orbicular 

 and reniform defined by black, the former round, the latter rather 

 constricted at middle ; a rather diffused oblique black medial line 

 bent inwards to costa ; postmedial line defined by whitish on outer 

 side, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 5, then incurved, 

 with short black streaks beyond it on the veins, a black streak to 

 subterminal line below vein 5 aud some white points on costa ; 

 subterminal line very indistinct, pale, slightly defined on inner side 

 by fuscous suffusion, excurved below vein 7 and ab middle ; a 

 terminal series of slight black strise ; a fine pale line at base of 

 cilia. Hind wing greyish suffused with fuscous brown, the terminal 

 area darker ; a fine pale line at base of cilia ; the underside white 

 irrorated with fuscous brown, a black discoidal spot, diffused inter- 

 rupted postmedial line, and diffused subterminal band with dark 

 patch at discal fold. 



Hah. Paraguay, Sapucay (Foster), 1 $ type. Exp. 30 millim. 



4225. Monodes hgemassa, n. sp. (Plate CXXXV. fig. 29.) 



Head, thorax, and abdomen grey suffused with brown ; palpi 

 blackish, pale at tips; frons with black bar; teguke rufous with 

 slight dark medial line; tarsi fuscous with pale rings. Fore wing 

 grey tinged with purple and with slight dark irroratiou ; a black 



