1892.] SPECIES OF LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 321 



Hydrias SORDIDA. 



Male. Primaries above brown, slightly mottled with greyish 

 scales ; a transverse outer lunular line and a submarginal deeply 

 angular black line. Secondaries rich brovra ; the costal margin 

 mottled with greyish, and an indistinct wavy marginal line. Body 

 brown ; a few greyish hairs on the thorax. 



Expanse 30 mm. 



Hab. Petropolis, Brazil. 



Talima carmen. 



Male. Primaries above grey, brownish along the inner margin, 

 whitish at the apex ; beyond the middle of the wing a semicircular 

 row of small black spots ; an upright white streak on the inner 

 margin near the angle. Secondaries above bright red ; apex and 

 fringe greyish brown. Wings underneath red ; the costal margins 

 and apices grey. Head and thorax grey. Abdomen red dorsally, 

 grey underneath. 



Expanse 23 mm. 



Hab. Petropohs, Brazil. 



Fam. LiMAcoDiu^. 



ECHEDORUS ARGENTINA. 



Male. Wings grey, slightly hyaline and iridescent, the outer third 

 slightly paler in colour. The primaries crossed at a third from the 

 base by two outwardly curved, narrow, whitish lines ; beyond the 

 cell two wavy whitish lines and a wavy marginal whitish band ; a 

 small black spot at the end of the cell. Underneath, the primaries 

 are almost denuded of scales, and show the markings of the upper 

 surface. The secondaries above have the dark and light portions 

 separated by a faint whitish shade, the darker portion occupying 

 the entire inner margin ; underneath, a broad median, transverse, 

 black band, shaded with white on either side. Thorax and abdomen 

 dark grey, with tufts of brownish hairs at the base of the wings ; also 

 similar tufts on the last segments underneath. 

 ' Expanse 43 mm. 



The female is altogether more woolly, the primaries are hardly 

 iridescent, the markings a little less distinct, and the black spot at 

 the end of the cell more conspicuous. The secondaries are uniform 

 dull grey. 



Expanse 60 mm. 



Hab. Petropolis, Brazil ; Buenos Ayres. 



TiTYA FUMIDA. 



Male. Wings smoky brown ; a black spot at the end of the cell 

 on the primaries, and a submarginal greyish band, more distinct on 

 the primaries than on the secondaries. Body brown. 



Expanse 38 mm. 



Hab. Petropolis, Brazil, 



