414 noctuid.t;. 



4881. Rhosiis ovata. 



Pycnodontis ovata, Eoths. Nov. Zool. iii. p. 98, pi. 15. f. 33 (1806). 

 likosus unipuncta, Schaus, J. N.Y. Eut. tioc. iv. p. 153 (1896;. 



Head, thorax, and abdomen black irrorated with yellowish white ; 

 proboscis orange; cosoe and hind tibige with j-ellowish hair; tarsi 

 ringed with white ; abdomen with the extremity orange and with 

 pale yellow ventral bands. Fore wing deep chocolate-brown 

 irrorated with yellowish white ; an oblique elliptical yellowish 

 white spot beyond the cell between veins 8 and 3 ; cilia slightly 

 white at apex. Hind wing black-brown, the cilia white at tips : 

 the underside with more or less develojied white streaks on costa, 

 median nervure, and vein 1. 



Hub. Brazil, Leopoldina, 1 c^ , 1 $ , Bahia, Sao Paulo ; Akgex- 

 TINA (Wilkinson), 1 d" , 1 ? . Ex/). 32-42 milliin. 



4882. Rhosus spadicea. 



Pycnodontis spadicea, Feld. Keis. Nov. pi. 107. f. 12 (1874); Kirby, Cat. 

 Lep. Het. p. 36. 



S . Deep red-brown, slightly iiTorated with ochreous white ; 

 proboscis yellow ; gulge, coxae, and ventral bands on abdomen 

 ochreous white ; anal tuft orange. Fore wing with oblique ochreous 

 yellow band beyond the cell from below costa to vein 2 near termen. 

 Hind wing with the cilia yellow at apex and on underside. 



5 . AVithout ochreous white on coxie and ventral surface ot 

 abdomen. 



Hah. Colombia, Bogota; Ecuador, Chiguinda, 2 J, 1 §; Peru. 

 Exp. c? 40, 2 44 millim. 



*4883. Rhosus Isabella. (Plate CXLVI. fig. 3.) 

 Ehosiis Isabella, Doguin, Ann. Soe. Ent. Belg. slii. p. 315 (1898). 



2 . Head black irrorated with white ; thorax deep red-brown 

 irrorated with ochreous; abdomen black irrorated with ochreous, 

 the extremity orange; a lateral series of white points; wings 

 brick-red. Fore wing thickly irrorated with ochreous ; a very 

 oblique ochreous band beyond the cell from vein 7 to below 3 ; 

 cilia black. Hind wing slightly irrorated with ochreous, the cilia 

 ochreous. 



Hub, Ecuador, type t O in Coll. Dognin. Ex2^. 54 millim. 



Genus PARATUERTA. 



Tvpn. 



Paratuerta, Hiupsn. Ann. S. Afr. Mus. ii. p. •_'82 (1902) inarshalli. 



Proboscis full}' developed ; palpi porrect, tbe 2nd joint fringed with long 

 scales below, the 3rd moderate in male, long in fetuale ; Irons witli large truncate 

 conical prominence willi raised edges and corneous plate below it; eyes large, 



