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Dyomyx jonesi, sp. nov. 



Body brown. Primaries above with the basal half dark reddish brown, the outer 

 halflighter brown, separated by an oblique transverse line from the middle of the costal 

 mu-gin to the inner margin at two-thirds from the base ; this line outwardly shaded with 

 yellowish ; just above the inner margin and close to this line a black spot surrounded 

 by an orange line and containing a white dot ; a dark basal line from the costa to the 

 median vein ; an oblique, dark antemedial line from costa to middle of inner margin ; 

 a postmedial line from costa to vein 3, where it is lost in a cluster of grayish scales 

 which extend to the inner margin ; the reniform large, outlined in dark brown ; a sub- 

 terminal irregular line of dark sagittate spots outwardly shaded with yellowish ; a 

 terminal dark gray line. Secondaries dark brown ; a subterminal yellowish line sur- 

 mounted near the anal angle by white and lilacine scales, above which an irregular 

 yellowish line extends towards the cell and also towards the outer margin ; a termi- 

 nal gray line ; the fringe partly yellowish. Underneath the wings are brown with a 

 wavy dark postmedial line, and an antemedial shade on the secondaries. Evpanse, 

 46 mm. 



Habitat : Sao Paulo. S. E. Brazil. 



Or^esia serpens, sp. nov. 



Palpi, head and thorax dark brown. Abdomen light brown, laterally buff. Pri- 

 maries above dark silky brown, the veins tinged with violaceous ; two dark median 

 transverse lines, the outer one the more conspicuous and forming a border to the tooth 

 or the inner margin ; a subterminal dark wavy line, not reaching the submedian vein 

 and extending abruptly to the outer margin, forming an angle which encloses a small 

 yellowish spot. Secondaries brown, fringe whitish. Underneath primaries dull 

 brown with the coital margin whitish. Secondaries whitish, the outer margin dull 

 brown, and a dull brown streak at the base of the costal margin ; a small brownish 

 discal spot whitish in the center. Expanse, 35 mm. 



Habitat : Jalapa, Mexico. 



Phrodita bilinea, sp. nov. 



Palpi orange. Head, thorax and abdomen creamy white. Primaries above 

 creamy white, the costal margin finely orange ; a velvety black streak below the me- 

 dian vein, not quite reaching the outer margin ; a black point in the cell followed by 

 a black streak to the outer margin atd which is crossed at the end of the cell by a 

 whitish line. Secondaries white. Underneath primaries yellowish white, showing 

 indistinctly the streak on the up^er side ; secondaries white. Expanse, 3^ mm. 



Habitat: Castro, Parana. 



