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dark gray, secondaries sordid white, discal spots and terminal wavy dark line. Ex- 

 panse, 21 mm. 



Habitat : Castro, Parana. 



Physocleora obscura, sp. nov. 



Wings gray in the $ , light brown in the £> > the basal space and costa grayish, 

 the former limited by a dark line, nearly straight. A perpendicular fine median line ; 

 the postmedial wavy, geminate, the space within filled in with reddish brow n ; the 

 margin mottled brown and gray with an irregular angular white subterminal line, en- 

 closing some cuneiform black marks. Secondaries heavily powdered with gray ; the 

 antemedial line heavy, dark gray, the postmedial fine, indistinct, followed by reddish 

 brown shadings. A terminal dark line on both wings, thickened between the veins. 

 Underneath gray, primaries with a basal, median, postmedial and subterminal dark 

 lines, the latter outwardly shaded with white. Secondaries with a broad antemedial 

 band and a fine postmedial line. Expanse, 9 > 2I mm - 



Habitat : Castro, Parana. 



Physocleora punctilla, sp. nov. 



Wings white with a few black speckles ; lines black ; the antemedial forming a 

 large curve, the space within btiig shaded with light brown ; a black median spot on 

 costa and a small discal spot below it ; the postmedial line fine wavy, followed by a 

 distinct reddish brown shade ; the marginal space heavily shaded with dark gray, 

 divided by a subterminal white angular line ; a terminal row of black points. Sec- 

 ondaries the same, but with the discal spot larger and more distinct. Underneath 

 gray, the margins broadly darker. A postmedial punctiform line and discal spots. 

 Expanse, 15 mm. 



Habitat : Castro, Parana. 



Stenalcidia nortonia, sp. nov. 



Pale gray, speckled with brown'scales. A fine antemedial line, punctiform on 

 subcostal and median veins ; an oblique median yellowish line not extending above 

 cell ; a postmedial punctiform line nearly straight from near apex to middle of inner 

 margin, followed by a broad smoky shade ; margin darker with a terminal row of dai k 

 points. Secondaries with a broad antemedial dark band ; the prstmedial line fine, 

 followed by two reddish gray lines ; a terminal row of black points. Underneath 

 darker gray ; on the primaries a straight postmedial line, and on the secondaries an 

 antemedial band and postmedial line ; the lines somewhat punctiform. Expanse, 

 26 mm. 



Habitat : Castro, Parana. 



Described from a well-marked $ . The secondaries are slightly ex- 

 cavated below apex with a slight tooth at vein 4 and then the margin is 

 straight to anal angle. 



Stenalcidia cindica, sp. nov. 



Wings whitish thinly powdered with gray ; lines dark brown ; the antemedial 

 slightly curved and inwardly oblique to inner margin, marked by a large dark spot 

 on costa, a smaller one on median vein and inner margin, preceded by an oblique 



