7iew Thyrididce and PyraliJie. 195 



abdomeu yellow, dorsally tinged witli red. Fore wing 

 yellow wholly suffused with red, the costal area slightly 

 darker to the postinedial line; the lines yellow; the ante- 

 medial line almost from middle of eosta, oblique, straight; 

 the postniedial line erect, straight, ending near tornus. Hind 

 wing yellow tinged with red. Underside yellow suffused 

 with red, the costal area of fore wing with dark scaling to 

 the postniedial line, of hind wing irroratcd with red and 

 with traces of yellow postmcdial line. 



Hah. Brazil, Organ Mts., Tijuca (Wuyner), 1 ? type. 

 Exp. IG mm. 



(2 a.) Parachma atripunctalis, sp. n. 



Arta statalis, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., FTet. ii. p. o4f) (part.) (nee 

 Grote). 



?. Head, thorax, and abdomen brownish white; palpi 

 and fore legs tinged, with fuscous ; hind tibiae white. Fore 

 Aving pale reddish flesh-colour ; yellowish, minutely waved 

 medial and postniedial lines defined on each side by series 

 of black points, the former rather oblique, the latter slightly 

 bent outwards at discal fold ; a terminal series of black 

 points. Hind wing pale brownish flesh-eolour; a fuscous 

 terminal line from ape.K to vein 2 and fuscous line through 

 the cilia. Underside of fore wing pinker with slight fuscous 

 suffusion on basal half of costal area ; hind wing whitish, 

 the costal half suffused with pink, a pale curved subtcrminal 

 line from costa to vein 2 slightly defined by fuscous on inner 

 side and showing traces through to upperside. 



Hub. ]\Iexico, Vera Cruz, Atoyac (//. H. Smith), 1 ? 

 type. J'Jxj). 16 mm. 



(2 b.) Parachma ignefiisalis, sp. u. 



Parachma ochracealis, Hmpsn. A. M. N. H. (7) xiv. p. 183 (nee "Wlk.). 



Fore wing with veins 3, 1, 5 stalked ; hind wing with the 

 lower angle of cell produced, veins 4-, 5 from cell and 

 approximated for some distance. 



?. Head and thorax yellow suffused -with red; legs 

 brownish red, the tarsi with pale rings ; abdomen yellow, 

 dorsally tinged with red. Fore wing yellow suffused and 

 irrorated with red ; the lines indistinct, yellow, erect, slightly 

 exeurvcd at middle. Hind wing yellow slightly tinged with 

 red. Underside yellow tinged with red ; fore wing with the 

 costal area deei)er red with yellow ante- and postinedial 

 spots; hind Aving with the costal area irrorated with deep 

 red and with slight yellow postmcdial line. 



Hub. Bahamas, Audros {Bonhotc), 1 ? type. Exp. 20 mm. 



