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with brown except the part beyond the subterminal line at apex, 

 where it is violaceous brown ; cilia reddish brown. Hind wings 

 suffused with golden brown, lighter on inner margin ; a pale 

 postmedial line, obscure on costa and clearly defined on inner 

 margin; a series of subterminal spots between the veins, the 

 three near tornus much larger than the rest. Underside reddish 

 brown slightly irrorated with darker shade and suffused with 

 fuscous on central area ; costa crossed with brown strigulaa ; 

 ochreous white at apex, above tornus, and on cliscocellulars ; a 

 slightly sinuous postmedial line; on the hind wings the post- 

 medial line is wavy, dark, followed by ochreous white. 



Expanse 34 mm. 



Hob. Alto da Serra, Santos. 



Eephobia bonitaria, sp. n. (PI. II. fig. 22.) 



Female.— Palpi light brown, third joint dark; legs, head, 

 antenna?, thorax, and abdomen brownish grey; patagia dark 

 brown on shoulders. Wings brownish grey. Fore wings :_ costa 

 dark brown at base, becoming paler towards apex ; a dark diffused 

 antemedial shade, clearly defined on costa ; a dark diffused disco- 

 cellular bar ; a narrow postmedial line parallel with termen ; cilia 

 dark with darker spots at ends of veins. Hind wings : an ^indis- 

 tinct cliscocellular spot ; a diffused postmedial line excurvecl from 

 costa to vein 3, incurved from 3 to inner margin ; cilia with dark 

 spots at ends of veins. 



Underside : — Fore wings suffused'on costal and terminal areas 

 with broad brown strigulse ; postmedial line and discocellular bar 

 as on upper side. Hind wings more heavily suffused with brown 

 strigula? ; postmedial as on upper side. 



Expanse 34 mm. 



Hab. Castro, Parana, Brazil. * 



Nephobia paularia, sp. n. (PI. II. fig. 23.) 



Male.— Palpi light brown; pectus grey; legs grey suffused 

 with brown ; frons, head, and antennaa grey ; tegulse and patagia 

 suffused with brown ; thorax and abdomen grey. Wings grey. 

 Fore wings : costa and outer half of wing suffused with brown ; 

 indistinct diffused dark medial shade beyond cell, confluent with 

 postmedial on vein 2; an indistinct diffused dark postmedial 

 shade ; a well-defined dark discocellular bar ; termen and cilia 

 concolorous. Hind wings: a minute dark cliscocellular spot; a 

 very faint medial dark shade; terminal area darker than the 

 rest of the wing. 



Underside : — Fore wings : costa strigulated with darker brown ; 

 a well-defined dark discocellular bar ; a well-defined double fuscous 

 postmedial shade. Hind wings evenly strigulated with bread 

 diffused strigulfe ; a well-defined cliscocellular spot; dark diffused 

 medial and subterminal shades. 



Expanse : male 47 mm., female 48 mm 



Eab. Sao Paulo, S.E. Brazil 



