new Species of Ilcterocera. 517 



dark brown ; alxlonion <^rey, the anal 8f'<jj!n('iits and tuft dark 

 brown ; underside of thorax and h'^.s dark brown. Primaries 

 dark brown, with two huge metallic silver streaks, the first 

 in the cell close to the base, the second beyond is the largest 

 and almost reaches the outer margin ; a submarginal row of 

 dark brown streaks extends from the apex to the anal angle: 

 secondaries tawn-colour, broaiily bordereil with dark brown. 



Expanse 1 j<;, inch. 



J lab. Amazons, Manaos {Mas. JDruce), 



(^erura phyVi's^ sp. n. 



Male. — Head white, collar black, tegulie and thorax grey 

 spotted with black ; antenna3 yellow ; abdomen dark grey ; 

 legs black, banded with white. Primaries greyish white, 

 crossed from the costal to the inner margin by a number of 

 fine waved black lines, the marginal line black ; the fringe 

 alternately black and white : secondaries ))ure white, the 

 fringe white. 



Kxp inse 1^ inch. 



Ihib. South Brazil, Rio Grande (Mas. Dnice). 



A specimen of this species is in the National Collection 

 from Porto Allegre, S. Brazil. 



Fam. Noctuidae. 

 OxYTHRES, gen. nov. 



Head small; palpi short, the third joint very minute; an- 

 tenna sliort ; thorax and abdomen stout; legs short and 

 rather thick. Primaries long and narrow, rounded at the 

 apex and anal angle: secondaries large, elongated in shape. 



Type Oaythres splendeus. 



Oxythres spleudens, sp. n. 



^fak. — Head, antennse, underside of the thorax, and legs 

 dark brown ; the collar and base of the tegulje pinkish white; 

 the tips of the tegulffi, thorax, abdomen, and anal tuft grey, 

 a few white hairs at the base of the abdomen. Primaries 

 pale brown, the costal margin from the base to the apex 

 broadly pinkish white; a V-shaped black mark close to the 

 apex; the witig crossed from the white costal margin by a 

 number of fine waved white lines ; the veins white : second- 

 aries pure white, the apex and costal margin shaded with 

 black, the fringe white. UTiderside t)f the primaries blackish 



