276 MR. W. SCHArS ON NEW [Apt. 5, 



Dycladia broteas, sp. nov. 



Primaries hyaline, the outer margin broadly black, the inner 

 margin narrowly so, a small black spot at the end of the cell ; the 

 hyaline portion of the primaries is white crossed by ^black veins, 

 until the end of the cell, beyond which and up to the marginal 

 border the hyaline portion is yellowish with orange veins. Second- 

 aries hyaline, the outer margin broadly black. Head and thorax 

 black, collar and tegulse crimson. Abdomen black, laterally crimson, 

 dorsally on the first segment are two conspicuous silvery- white 

 spots. 



Expanse 22 mm. 



Uab. Santa Catharina, Brazil. 



Argyroeides magon, sp. nov. 



Wings yellowish hyaline, fringe black. Body black. 



Expanse 29 mm. 



Hab. Santa Catharina, Brazil. 



Trichura cyanea, sp. nov. 



Wings hyaline, yellowish along the costal margins, and narrowly 

 bordered with black on the outer and inner margins. A minute 

 blue spot at the base of the primaries. Antennae black. Frons 

 metallic blue. Thorax black ; two metallic blue spots on the 

 collar. Abdomen black ; subdorsal blue spots on the first 

 three and the last segment. Underneath, at the base of the abdo- 

 men, two silvery-white streaks. Legs black outwardly, dark 

 metallic blue inwardly. 



Expanse 38 mm. 



Sab. Petropolis, Brazil. 



Syntrichura doeri, sp. nov. 



Wings hyaline. Primaries narrowly margined with black. 

 Secondaries having only the costa and apex black. Head and thorax 

 black, with a yellow lateral streak. Abdomen black, with a lateral 

 row of yellow spots. Abdomen below whitish. 



Expanse 21 mm. c?. 



Hab. Petropolis, Brazil. 



Earn. Arctiid^. 



ACLYTIA PETRA, Sp. UOV. 



Primaries brownish black, with all the veins clearly defined. 

 Secondaries hyaline, with a broad black margin. Head and thorax 

 black ; a metallic blue spot between the antennae. Abdomen dor- 

 sally black, laterally metallic blue, underneath white. Legs black ; 

 joints and coxse white. 



Expanse 32 mm. 



Hah. Peru. 



