340 mr. e. dukinfield jones on 



Larentiopsis costiplaga, sp. n. (PI. II. fig. 5.) 



Male.— Palpi and head fuscous grey ; pectus white ; legs brown 

 suffused with fuscous grey ; tegulfe grey ; patagia white mixed 

 with olivaceous ; thorax dark fuscous grey, the metathoracic tuft 

 olivaceous ; abdomen dark fuscous grey. Fore wings fuscous grey 

 heavily suffused and irroi-ated with black and olivaceous-green 

 scales with iridescent reflection ; basal area fuscous grey ; ante- 

 medial line wavy, black, nearly straight from costa to subcostal 

 nervure, where it is angled inwards, excurved below cell, angled 

 inwards on vein 1, excurved to inner margin, followed by 

 some olivaceous scales above and below vein 1 ; postmedial wavy, 

 black, angled outwards on the veins ; a dark, obscure subterminal 

 line ; terminal line black ; medial area darker than the rest of 

 the wing ; a large white spot on costa beyond cell reaching to 

 vein 4, outwardly striated with black on the costa ; an obscure 

 white apical spot heavily suffused with black ; a similar spot at 

 term en between veins 1 and 2. Hind wings uniform dull smoky 

 black. 



Expanse 39 mm. 



Hub. Castro, Parana, Brazil. 



Subfam. Larentiin^e. 



Rhodomena santaria, sp. n. (PI. II. fig. 6.) 



Female. — Palpi fuscous brown ; pectus luteous ; legs brown ; 

 head and tegulse luteous brown ; antenna? dark brown ; patagia 

 and thorax olive-green and fuscous brown, a metathoracic tuft of 

 black curved scales with metallic lustre ; abdomen light brown 

 suffused with greenish. Fore wings luteous olive- green; base 

 fuscous ; antemeclial line geminate, wavy, slightly excurved 

 through base of cell, very dark on costa, followed by olive-green 

 on which there is a ferruginous-brown band from inner margin 

 to subcostal vein ; a geminate dark wavy medial line enclosing 

 darker shade of green, very dark on costa ; medial area pale green 

 suffused with luteous except on costa ; a black discocellular spot ; 

 postmedial wavy, geminate, the outer member denticulate, the 

 points inwards on the veins, enclosing darker shade of green, 

 very dark on costa, followed by a narrow pale line, a diflused 

 dark line and a broad ferruginous-brown band which is confluent 

 with a large black subapical spot and has distal projections above 

 tornus and veins 2 and 3 ; terminal area suffused with dark 

 olive-green at apex and tornus, leaving a luteous spot below 

 vein 2 and a luteous space from vein 3 to the subapical spot ; a 

 terminal row of black lunular spots between the veins ; cilia 

 luteous olive-green with dark centre line. Hind wings pale 

 luteous slightly suffused with fuscous on inner margin ; an 

 obscure geminate postmedial line, excurved beyond the cell ; ter- 

 men crenulate, black, interrupted at the veins; cilia, luteous 

 suffused with fuscous. Underside luteous : fore wings suffused 



