NEW MOTHS FROM SOUTH-EAST BRAZIL. 355 



light reddish brown ; tegulae fuscous brown ; patagia anteriorly 

 dark, posteriorly light brown ; thorax dark brown ; abdomen 

 dark brown, the first segment and a dorsal line on segments 3-5 

 ochreous ; anal tuft ochreous ; ventral surface ochreous with dark 

 central suffusion. Fore wings light brown striated with silvery- 

 blue strigulse ; a series of inverted V-shaped marks on costa ; a 

 broad reddish medial shade from near tornus to upper angle of 

 cell, with dark suffusion at end of cell ; discocellulars circled with 

 silvery blue ; a blue circle between veins 2 and 3 at lower angle 

 of cell ; two small silvery-buff spots beyond the medial shade 

 between veins 5 and 6 ; a large spot of the same colour and 

 crossed by brown bar and striations from 5-7 and two 

 triangular spots below 5 ; a large silvery-buff spot above tornus 

 and some small ones on termen and inner margin ; a subterminal 

 series of silvery-blue spots below veins 4, 6, 7, and 8 ; cilia brown. 

 Hind wings silvery buff heavily suffused with brown and striated 

 with silvery blue ; a reddish medial shade most conspicuous 

 above vein 1 ; a golden suffusion on the submedian fold contain- 

 ing a black spot and some black points beyond ; some subterminal 

 black points below the fold ; apical area dark brown. 



Expanse 25 mm. 



Rob. Alto da Serra, Santos. 



Fam. Pyralidi. 



PoLYGRAMMODES EXIMIA, Sp. n. (PI. I. fig. 6.) 



Female. — Palpi: 1st joint white, 2nd and 3rd black; legs 

 white, the fore tibiae tinged with purple and ending in black ; 

 tarsi ringed with black ; frons white with black at sides ; head 

 and antennas white ; tegulae white with large chocolate central 

 spot ; thorax white with large posterior dorsal and two subdorsal 

 chocolate spots ; patagia white with central chocolate spot ; 

 abdomen white with transverse chocolate bands and short lateral 

 transverse streaks on segments 2, 4, 5, and 6, segment 7 orange, 

 anal tuft white. Wings white. Fore wings : a large basal 

 chocolate spot ; three subbasal spots on costa, in cell, and on 

 inner margin ; an antemedial chocolate band, broader on costa 

 and angled outwards on median nervure, followed by spot in cell ; 

 a medial series of three bars, one on discocellulars, one below 

 vein 2 to submedian fold and one from vein 1 to inner margin ; 

 a postmedial bar from costa to vein 5 and series of elongated 

 spots between the veins ; a subterminal series of elongated spots 

 from below vein 8 to inner margin, confluent with postmedial 

 series between 1 and 2 and approximate between 3 and 5 ; a 

 terminal orange band expanding below vein 2 and broad at apex ; 

 an orange shade beyond lower angle of cell; cilia white, black at 

 the veins. Hind wings : a medial series of four chocolate spots ; 

 a postmedial series of spots above veins 2-5 : a. subterminal 

 series of elongated spots ; a terminal orange band, expanding 



