282 MR. w. scHAus ON NEW [Apr. 5, 



ECPANTHERIA PELLUCIDA, Sp. IIOV. 



Male. Primaries hyaline, except the base and the costal and inner 

 margins, which are white spotted with grey edged with black. 

 Secondaries hyaline, except along the costal and inner margins, which 

 are white, the costal margin being spotted with black. In some 

 specimens there is a black spot at the anal angle. Head and thorax 

 light grey, with darker spots edged with black. Abdomen dorsally 

 bluish black ; ventrally white. 



Expanse 55 mm. 



The female has the body as in the male. The primaries are 

 white crossed by six rows of large grey spots edged with black. 

 The secondaries are black, with the costal and outer margins white 

 spotted with grey, and there is a white band starting from the 

 costal margin beyond the middle and extending halfway across the 

 wing. 



Expanse 62 mm. 



Hab. Rio Janeiro, Brazil. 



Carales celer, sp. nov. 



Primaries above light brown ; a black dot at the end of the cell ; 

 a basal and a median irregular transverse row of small and widely 

 separated blackish streaks ; a minute blackish streak at the apex 

 and also one at the inner angle. Secondaries above smoky. Under- 

 neath : primaries brown ; a large dark patch at the end of the cell ; 

 the secondaries paler, with a median transverse smoky band. Head 

 and thorax light brown. Abdomen brown dorsally, yellow late- 

 rally, light brown underneath. 



Expanse 3S mm. 



Hab. Rio Janeiro, Brazil. 



Opharus lugubris, sp. nov. 



Dark grey, the abdomen laterally shaded with pale grey. 



Expanse 56 mm. 



Hab. Petropolis, Brazil. 



Opharus morosus, sp. uov. 



Primaries grey, a darker shade crossing the cell near its extremity, 

 and a similar undefined shade just beyond the cell. Secondaries 

 white with grey margins. Head and thorax grey. Abdomen very 

 light grey, darker subdorsally. 



Expanse 42 mm. 



Hab. Peru. 



Sermyla morta, sp. nov. 



Primaries above brownish black, yellow along the costal margin for 

 two thirds from the base, which yellow is joined at its extremity by an 

 oblique yellow band crossing the wing from tiie costal margin to 

 the outer margin just above the inner angle ; underneath black, with 

 a yellow space at the base, and the yellow oblique band as on the 



