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Trachea paranica, sp. nov. 



Head and collar brownish gray. Thorax mottled olive, gray, black and white. 

 Abdomen dark gray. Primaries olive green, thickly mottled with lilacine gray, all 

 the veins being of the latter color ; a broad median band being most devoid of 

 mottling ; the basal line black, broadly shaded with white outwardly ; the antemedial 

 line black, curved between the veins and inwardly bordered with white ; the postme- 

 dial crenulate, indistinct, slightly shaded outwardly with white ; the subterminal 

 broad, white, and very wavy, outwardly shaded with black at the middle of the inner 

 margin and above the inner angle ; a terminal row of black points ; the margin lilacine 

 gray ; orbicular small, grayish ; reniform dark circled, indistinct. Secondaries whit- 

 ish at the base, otherwise grayish black. Expanse, 35 mm. 



Habitat : Castro, Parana. 



Praina, gen. nov. 



Eyes naked. Antennae pectinated. Fore tibiae without spines ; mid tibiae with 

 three terminal spines ; hind tibiae with two pairs of spines. Primaries with outer 

 margin rounded ; vein 8 and 9 anastomosing to form the areole. Secondaries with 

 veins 3 and 4 slightly stalked. Abdomen long, stout, conical. 



Praina radiata, sp. nov. 



Head and thorax dark velvety brown ; a pale line between antennae and poster- 

 iorly on collar. Thorax pale buff ; patagiae with a broad dark brown band. Abdo- 

 men light brown. Primaries pale buff; a broad brown space below subcostal vein, 

 and also below median vein ; the submedian shaded on either side with brown ; the 

 intervenal spaces on the outer margin dark brown. Secondaries yellowish white 

 with a terminal brown line. Underneath primaries and costal margin of secondaries 

 brown. Expanse, 32 mm. 



Habitat : Castro, Parana. 

 Leucania oriza, sp. nov. 



Primaiies light pinkish gray with a slightly darker central shade from the base to 

 the outer margin ; a few black scales scattered over the wing ; the median nervure 

 between veins 2 and 3 faintly white, above which there is a minute black point ; a 

 terminal row of black points. Secondaries smoky gray, whitish at the base. Ex- 

 panse, 30 mm. 



Habitat : Orizaba, Mexico. 

 Leucania jaliscana, sp. nov. 



Head and abdomen ochreous ; collar light reddish brown with three transverse 

 gray lines. Primaries light ochreous, the subcostal and median veins slightly grayish ~ r 

 the fringe and a triangular shade on the outer margin dark reddish brown ; a light 

 reddish brown shade at the end of the cell, and a white spot on the median vein ; 

 some antemedial clusters of dark scales below the median vein ; a postmedial row of 

 black points. Secondaries white with a terminal fine brown line ; the base of the 

 fringe ochreous. Expanse, 32 mm. 



Habitat : Guadalajara, Mexico. 



