iifvi Til) r'ulidiL* iiiul Pyraliilu'. M!* 



(20 a.) Stcricta chionophoralls, sp. n. 

 Antcniue of male with tlic process reaching to meta- 

 tliorax ; maxillary ])alpi triangularly scaled and flattened 

 against f'rotis ; lore M'ing on uppersidc with fring(\s of large 

 scales liclow the cell and from upi)cr angle to near apex, the 

 nenration rather distorted. 



c? . Head, thorax, and al)domen ])a1c brownish ochreous, 

 slightly irrorated with fuscmis, jiatagia and dorsum of thorax 

 with some white, metathorax with some black scales; tarsi 

 blackisli, ringed witli white. Fore wing pale brownish 

 ochreous irroratcd ;ind suffused \\ith fuscous ; a white patch 

 from costa bcfuiv middle to below cell ; an indistii\ct double, 

 minutely waved medial line, oblifpie from eosta to below cell; 

 a black point at upper angle of cell; postmcdial line double 

 filled in with whitish, very minutely waved, oblique from 

 eosta to vein 5, then subterminal ; tlic apical part of the 

 fringe of scales beyond cell white; some white sullusion at 

 apex; a terminal series of bhiek points; cilia ochreous, 

 intersected with fuscous and with black points at base. 

 Hind wing scmihyaline whitish; the apical area snft'uscd 

 with fuscous ; an indistinct curved postmedial line from 

 costa to vein 2, where it ends in a small black spot; cilia 

 with series of small blackish spots at base ; the underside 

 with the costal area irroratcd Mith brown and white. 



? . Fore wing with the white areas much reduced, the 

 medial line more distinct and erect. 



Hab. Brazil, Organ Mts., Tijuca {Wagner), 1 ?; Para- 

 guay, Sapucay [Foster), 3 6 type. Exp. 32 mm. 



(20 h.) S/ericia leucoplagialis, sp. n. 



cJ . Maxillary palpi triangnlar and flattened against frons ; 

 fore wing with fringe of large scales below the cell. 



Head, thorax, and abdomen clothed with red-brown and 

 fuscous scales. Fore wing red-brown irroratcd with fuscous 

 and black ; a short subljasal black streak below eosta ; a 

 large wliite patch extending from middle of eosta to vein 1 

 with a few black scales on it, a short black streak in cell, a 

 sinuous line near its outer edge and a large flap of white 

 and black scales on its lower edge ; a discoidal tuft of 

 scales ; a curved, blackish, minutely dentate subterminal 

 line, with some white points on it ; some black points on 

 termcn and cilia. Hind wing scmihyaline yellowish white witli 

 some fuscous at ajx'x, slight stn aks on the veins near termcn, 

 a tcrn.inal line, and a line through cilia towards apex. 



JIab. JiKiTisH Guiana, 1 (^, JNIapiri (Slewart) ; Bolivia, 

 Yungas-la-Paz, 1 ^ type. E.rp. 36 mm. 



