322 MR. "w. scHAus ON NEW [May 3, 



TiTYA ARGENTATA. 



Female. Primaries above silvery white, the margins and fringe 

 finely brown ; a broad brown band from the middle of the inner 

 margin to the costal margin near the apex. Secondaries brown. 

 Underneath, all the wings brown. Body brown, reddish brown 

 towards the anal segment. 



Expanse 52 mm. 



Hab. Rio Janeiro. 



Megalopyge radiata. 



Brown, the basal half of the primaries below the median vein 

 much darker and outwardly bordered with white, whence white lines 

 extend towards the outer margin ; at the end of the cell a large 

 velvety brown spot ; beyond the cell white lines radiate towards the 

 apex and outer margin. Secondaries brown. Body brown. Head 

 behind the antennae white. 



Expanse 54 mm. $ . 



Hab. PetropoUs, Brazil. 



Megalopyge acca. 



Primaries above pinkish brown ; a blackish median transverse 

 line. Secondaries roseate. Underneath roseate, the apices of the 

 primaries brownish. Head and thorax brownish. Abdomen red. 



Expanse 30 mm. S • 



Hab. Rio Janeiro. 



Dalcera tijucana. 



Primaries yellowish white, faintly reddish along the outer and 

 inner margins and through the centre of the wing : fringe yellow ; . 

 a black oblique line at the end of the cell, and a black shade along 

 the median vein. Secondaries bright yellow. Head orange, collar 

 yellow, thorax pinkish, and abdomen dorsally yellow ; underneath 

 orange. The wings underneath are yellow, with a small black mark 

 at the end of the cell on the primaries. 



Expanse 35 mm. , 



Hab. Tijuca, Rio Janeiro. 



Pinconia coa. 



Orange, all the veins on the primaries outlined with yellow, more 

 distinctly so in the male than in the female. 

 Expanse, 6 33 mm., $ 44 mm. 

 Hab. Coatepec, Jalapa, Mexico. 



Parasa minima. 



Primaries light brown ; a transverse median green band, widening 

 on the inner margin to the base of the wing : a submarginal wavy, 

 darker brown shade ; the veins on the outer margin finely outlined 

 with darker brown. Secondaries very light brown, somewhat darker 



