Noctuide from Tropical America. 83 
primaries brown ; secondaries with the inner area buff, irro- 
rated with brown and a brownish discocellular spot. 
Expanse 27 millim. 
Hab. Trinidad. 
Sexes similar, the female antenne simple. 
Poesula gorima. 
Palpi, head, and collar reddish brown. Abdomen viola- 
ceous brown above; anal tuft yellow. Primaries light 
violaceous brown; a broad, outwardly oblique from costa, 
dark brown inner shade ; the inner margin dark brown from 
inner to outer line; an oblique median shade on costa, from 
which there is a fine irregular line to inner margin; a black 
point as orbicular, a dark discocellular streak as reniform ; 
outer line straight, at three fourths from base, dark brown, 
inwardly shaded with lighter brown; the space beyond to 
subterminal also dark brown; subterminal irregular, out- 
wardly dentate between veins 3 and 4; a terminal dark line 
with black points between the veins. Secondaries blackish 
brown, darkest on outer margin; a black discal spot; fringe 
ochreous brown. Underneath: primaries dark grey; the 
costa ochreous brown: secondaries whitish, irrorated with 
darker scales; a black discal point ; a fine outer line. 
Eixpanse 32 millim. 
flab. Rio Janeiro. 
Phurys jaliscana. 
Body brownish grey. Primaries light brownish grey; a 
fine median line, pale, outwardly shaded with dark brown 
above inner margin, angled on costa, slightly curved inwardly 
to inner margin, and preceded below the submedian by a 
velvety black spot; a dark streak at end of cell, crossed by a 
fine darker grey line, and followed by two more similar lines ; 
a pale line from costa near apex to inner margin near angle, 
slightly curved, broadly shaded outwardly with dark brown ; 
a subterminal greyish line, outwardly lunular between the 
veins; minute black points at tips of veins. Secondaries 
brown at base, the outer margin broadly dark greyish brown. 
Underneath brown; traces of a dark outer line and broad 
subterminal dark shade; some fulvous hairs at base of 
secondaries. 
Exxpanse 42 millim. 
flab. Guadalajara, Mexico. 
Allied to P. flexa, Gn. 
