1892.] SPECIES OF LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 281 



with the basal half brown, otherwise orange ; underneath brown, 

 a lateral row of orange spots. 



Expanse 53 mm. 



Sab, Petropolis, Brazil. 



Ph^goptera proba, sp. uov. 



Primaries fawn-colour, minutely speckled with darker scales. 

 Secondaries yellow, slightly hyaline at the base and in the disk. 

 Head and thorax brown, two black dots on the collar. Abdomen 

 yellow dorsally, pale brown underneath. 



Expanse 80 mm. 



Sab. Paso de San Juan, Vera Cruz. 



Ph^GOPTERA NOTATA, Sp. nOV. 



Primaries brown, with three large yellowish-white spots on the 

 costal margin. Secondaries whitish, with the veins and margins 

 brown, and a yellow spot at the base on the costal margin. Head 

 and thorax brown ; two yellow dots on the collar, and a large 

 yellow spot on either side of the thorax. Abdomen black dorsally, 

 with narrow crimson transverse bands ; underneath brown, with two 

 rows of white spots. 



Expanse .51 mm. 



Sab. Petropolis, Brazil. 



Ph^egoptera granifera, sp. nov. 



Primaries dark brown, crossed by six rows of yellowish-brown 

 spots ; a small white space at the base, another on the middle of 

 the costal margin, and a third subapical. Secondaries uniform 

 blackish brown. Head and thorax brown, spotted with yellow and 

 white. Abdomen dorsally brown on the first four segments, subse- 

 quently orange ; underneath whitish, laterally orange with some 

 minute whitish spots. 



Expanse 45 mm. 



Sab. Petropolis, Brazil. 



Ph^goptera ursina, sp. nov. 



Primaries rich brown ; a large irregular whitish spot at the base 

 of the wings ; a whitish spot on the costa at a third from the base, 

 and a large whitish spot extending from the costa just beyond the 

 middle of the wing, and inwardly contiguous to a small pinkish 

 crescent at the end of the cell ; an irregular and sometimes broken 

 band of white along the outer margin, extending from just below the 

 apex to the inner angle. Secondaries above duller brown, the costa 

 mottled with white. Underneath pale brown, the spots on the 

 primaries less distinct, and on the secondaries there are two large 

 whitish spots on the costal margin. Head and thorax pale brown, 

 with a broad whitish band on either side. Abdomen above pink, 

 with a subdorsal row of black spots ; underneath white ; laterally a 

 row of black spots. 



Expanse, S 42 mm., $ 53 ram. 



Sab. Rio Janeiro, Brazil. 



