952 MB. G. F. HAMPSOIST OTH THE CLASSIFICATION [Dec. 17, 



(2)tERUPA ABQENTESCENS, n. Sp. 



S . Head and thorax red-brown, suffused with purphsh grey ; 

 abdomen ochreous white, reddish at base. Fore wing rufous, 

 suffused with silvery purple, except the costal area, and irrorated 

 with a few dark scales ; a rufous spot in middle of cell ; an obUque 

 rufous line from lower angle of cell to inner margin, with diffused 

 rufous beyond it ; a minutely crenulate submarginal line slightly 

 excurved from costa to vein 2. Hind wing whitish, with slightlv 

 curved brown submarginal line ; the outer area slightly tinged 

 with brown. 



Hab. Castro Parana, Brazil (Jones). Exp. 38 mm. 



(y)tEllUPA NIGRESCENTELLA, n. Sp. 



Dark fuscous brown ; palpi white below at base ; abdomen pale 

 brown, the base tinged with fulvous. Wings glossy ; fore wing 

 with indistinct discocellular spot ; both wings with traces of curved 

 postmedial line. 



Hab. Castro Parana, Brazil {Jones). Exp. 28-30 mm. 



Tjipe. (4)tEE,UPA CHitoiDES, Wlk. xxx. 980. Brazil. 



(5)tEBUPA BiLiNEATELLA, Wlk. XXXV. 1743. Brazil. 



(6)tEBUPA LACTEALIS, n. Sp. 



$ . Creamy white ; palpi pale rufous at sides. Fore wing with 

 the costal area tinged with rufous ; a very oblique sinuous brown 

 line from lower angle of cell to inner margin before middle ; an 

 oblique dentate brown submarginal line ; the outer area and cilia 

 tinged with rufous ; some dark specks on tlie margin. Hind wing 

 with short oblique brown line from lower angle of cell to below 

 vein 2 ; a dentate brown submarginal line not reaching the costa 

 or inner margin ; some marginal dark specks and the cilia rufous 

 towards apex. 



Hah. Eio Janeiro. E.vp. 36 mm. 



(7)tEEUPA piNOSA \ Zell. Hor. Ent. Eoss. 1881, p. 165, pi. xi. f. 6. 



Colombia. 



(8)tEKTIPA BOSEICEPS, n. Sp. 



Head and collar bright pink ; thorax, abdomen, and fore wing 

 ochreous, the last irrorated with pinkish brown ; traces of a pink 

 fascia below the cell, and of a curved series of spots from its 

 termination to costa ; a dark discocellular speck ; traces of a 

 curved submarginal series of pinkish-brown spots ; a marginal 

 series of black specks. Hind wing yellowish white. 



Hah. Castro Parana, Brazil {Jones). Exp. 32 mm. 



Sect. II. Both wings with the outer margin excurved 

 between veins 4 and 2. 



(9)tERUPA BUPTILINEELLA, n. Sp. 



Head and thorax dark rufous ; abdomen ochreous. Eore wing 

 * Zeller's females are all males of his Chilo validus. 



